Planet-friendly
Partners
Choosing suppliers, distributors and other partners that share your commitment to creating a better world and adhere to clearly defined social and environmental standards.
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Guayaki
Certified Organic and Fair-Trade Certified Organic and Fair-Trade
Guayakí only works with farmers who are certified organic through a USDA accredited certification agency, and they must have clear and transparent working conditions in place. Our products are 3rd party certified by CCOF. CCOF maintains one of the most consumer recognized and trusted seals in the organic marketplace. In 2009, Guayakí became the first…
Guayaki
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Miya Water
Creating Local Capacity Creating Local Capacity
“They come in, they train locals, they transfer that technology, and then they let them loose. At the end of 10 years, we’ll have a trained workforce to continue the work.” – WSC General Manager Glen Laville to the New York Times. Miya’s projects all work based on the value of glocalizing: bringing in knowledge…
Miya Water
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Vancity
Industry Exclusions Industry Exclusions
As a financial institution, we will not invest in securities issued by companies whose primary line of business includes one of the following: Tobacco Nuclear power Military weapons Pornographic materials Gaming
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Etsy
Protecting Endangered Species Protecting Endangered Species
Among Etsy’s core values is our commitment to acting as a mindful, transparent, and humane business, and planning and building for the long term. For this reason, it is important for our company and our community to minimize our impact on the depletion of scarce natural resources. Those resources include threatened and endangered animals. As…
Etsy
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Vancity
Socially Responsible Investing Socially Responsible Investing
Vancity Investment Management (VCIM) incorporates socially responsible investing (SRI) criteria incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors as a constraint within the investment process. We are also a signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. We believe that companies with socially responsible corporate behavior are more likely to achieve superior investment returns for shareholders…
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