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Women in Coffee
This brand of locally sourced
and roasted coffee is sold
exclusively at EchoStore
branches. The coffee is
produced by female farmers
assisted by EchoStore and
the International Women’s
Coffee Alliance through
training programs and direct
access to the retail markets.Coco Dolce
Founded by Freefood Co.,
Coco Dolce is a line of
premium chocolate bars
made with 100 percent
local cacao beans sourced
via community trading in
a small cooperative based
in Mindanao. That means
its beans are fair-trade,
giving local cocoa farmers a
healthy share.Elemie Naturals
The cosmetic line was
founded to help elevate the
communities and farms in
Bicol. The produts are made
with 100 percent pili and
elemi oils endemic to the
forests of the Bicol Region,
and are made in tandem
with Bicol’s farming
communities in as ethical,
natural, and sustainable a
way as possible.Roots Katipunan
This co-working space-
slash-grocer fosters
Pinoy communities by
raising awareness about
products made by a large
variety of local businesses,
charities, and social
enterprises that focus on
environmental awareness
and poverty alleviation.Nipa Foods
The specialty food business
aims to offer 100 percent
locally sourced and
produced products, like
fruit wines and small batch
beers, to a global audience.
Nipa Foods sources all its
products from local farmers,
offering them equal trade
opportunities and access
to markets throughout the
country and abroad.H&M Conscious
Because of the growing
need for eco-friendly
lifestyle choices, H&M
created the Conscious line
to make “fashion sustainable
and sustainability
fashionable.” The line uses
sustainable materials and is
made in collaboration with
small communities around
the globe.SustainablyMade
The award-winning
enterprise carefully crafts
wooden home products with
sustainably farmed premium
Honduras Mahogany. With
their eco-centric vision,
SustainablyMade makes
sure to use ethically grown
and harvested wood from
the MARSSE Tropical Timber
Plantations in Pangasinan.
Kala Milk
Kala Milk works together with
craftsmen and farmers in
Bulacan to produce high-
quality and fair-trade soap
using natural carabao’s
milk. The group provides
the farmers with work
opportunities and decent
living wages for their labor.
The makers