Social Impact & Sustainable Shopping
Great experiences and doing good aren’t a trade-off. This page gathers every listing we’ve verified as genuinely community-first: nonprofit cafes and social enterprises, women- and minority-owned businesses, zero-waste shops, refugee-employment kitchens, fair-trade pioneers. Each one states plainly why it matters – who owns it, what the mission is, where the money goes – because “sustainable” should mean something you can check, not a color scheme. We add new verified picks every week, city by city, and you’ll find the same places flagged on each city’s own guide with one filter. Spend your travel money like it votes – because it does.
Every place here has a mission behind it — woman-owned, minority-owned and immigrant-run businesses, social enterprises that train and employ people facing barriers, and shops and landmarks with a genuine social or environmental purpose. Here are a few from each category to get a feel for it; use the search below to explore them all by city, category or budget.
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See all Nightlife →1200bookshop
Why it matters: architecture graduate Liu Erxi opened 1200bookshop in July 2014 - Guangzhou's first 24-hour bookstore - after walking 1,200km around Taiwan on the kindness…
View details →A Vida Portuguesa
A beautiful shop reviving classic Portuguese-made soaps, ceramics and pantry goods.
View details →abcV
Jean-Georges' Michelin-recognized, plant-forward, sustainability-minded dining.
View details →Alamesa
Why it matters: opened in 2024 by infectious-disease doctor Fernando Polack, Alamesa is Buenos Aires' first restaurant run almost entirely by a team of around 40…
View details →Alanya Koza Women’s Cooperative
Why it matters: the Alanya Koza women's cooperative revived the near-lost craft of the Alanya silk-cocoon flower (Ipek Kozasi Cicegi) - a skill only two women…
View details →Albergo Etico Roma
Why it matters: Albergo Etico is a certified B Corp hotel where young people with disabilities train and work alongside seasoned hospitality staff, building skills meant…
View details →Albergue de las Carbajalas
Why it matters: the Benedictine nuns of the Santa Maria de Carbajal monastery have run this pilgrim albergue since 1993, non-profit from the start and still…
View details →Amsterdam Underground Tour
Why it matters: Amsterdam Underground is an initiative of the De Regenboog Groep, a charity supporting people facing homelessness, addiction and debt, and its guides have…
View details →Aparelha Luzia
Part bar, part gallery, part political salon, Aparelha Luzia is Sao Paulo's self-declared urban quilombo - a gathering space for Black art, music and thought in…
View details →Arte y Esperanza
Why it matters: this fair-trade shop is run by an NGO that has worked with Argentina's Indigenous communities since 1986, channeling income to more than 500…
View details →Artek 2nd Cycle
The second-hand outpost of iconic Finnish design brand Artek, giving vintage Aalto stools and mid-century pieces a new life, a cornerstone of Helsinki's circular-design scene.
View details →Arti Zanave
A special local favourite for traditional Shkodran home cooking.
View details →Artisans du Monde
France's fair-trade shop network, selling crafts and food that pay producers in the Global South fairly.
View details →Artisans du Monde Nice
Why it matters: this volunteer-run boutique is the Nice outpost of Artisans du Monde, France's pioneering fair-trade network, selling crafts and groceries from producer cooperatives paid…
View details →Äss-Bar
Why it matters: since 2013 this Niederdorf counter has sold baked goods 'fresh from yesterday' - unsold bread and pastries collected free from local bakeries and…
View details →Astier de Villatte
Hand-thrown black-clay ceramics finished in white glaze, all made in a historic Paris atelier.
View details →Aurora
A community house in District VIII that is bar, venue and headquarters for a cluster of Hungarian NGOs and grassroots groups, from Roma rights to refugee…
View details →Azerkhalcha Carpet Gallery
Why it matters: Azerkhalcha's roughly 500 female artisans, aged 18 to 80 and working across 14 studios in rural Azerbaijan, hand-knot every carpet sold here, with…
View details →Babale
Why it matters: Babale is a social enterprise that works with children and adults with Down syndrome, who help create the whimsical clothing, textiles and homewares…
View details →Backstreet Cultural Museum
Why it matters: This small Treme museum documents the living Black cultural traditions of New Orleans, from Mardi Gras Indian suits and second-line parades to jazz…
View details →Baisikeli
Why it matters: Baisikeli - Swahili for 'bicycle' - is a certified B Corp social enterprise that has shipped more than 20,000 refurbished bikes to Tanzania,…
View details →Banco Lotto N.10
Why it matters: founded in 2003 by the Il Cerchio social cooperative, Banco Lotto N.10 is a working tailoring atelier inside the Giudecca Women's Prison, where…
View details →Bar Senza Nome
Why it matters: opened in 2012 by Alfonso Marrazzo and Sara Longhi, this is Italy's first bar owned and run by deaf people, and Italian sign…
View details →Barefoot
Barefoot has been Colombo's most loved shop for over sixty years, a rambling old house on Galle Road filled with rainbow-bright handwoven cloth, a bookshop, an…
View details →Barikama
A migrant-run social cooperative founded by West-African newcomers, producing organic yogurt and vegetables and selling through Rome's solidarity-purchase groups and markets. Buying from Barikamà directly supports…
View details →Bazerdzan
Why it matters: founded in 2016 by Zana Karkin, who got tired of watching generic plastic souvenirs crowd out real Bosnian craft, this Bascarsija concept store…
View details →Beacon’s Closet
Beloved buy-sell-trade secondhand store extending clothing's life.
View details →Beandigen Cafe
Why it matters: owned by Anishinaabe mother-daughter duo Paula and Jayde Naponse of Atikameksheng Anishinawbek First Nation, this Lansdowne cafe is a community hub for Indigenous…
View details →beelove café
Why it matters: this North Lawndale cafe is run by Sweet Beginnings, a social enterprise of the North Lawndale Employment Network that hires and trains formerly…
View details →Behbud Creations
Why it matters: run by the Behbud Association, a women's welfare nonprofit working in Karachi since 1970, this Zamzama shop sells 100% handcrafted pieces made by…
View details →Beigelių Krautuvėlė (Bagel Shop)
Why it matters: run by the Lithuanian Jewish Community on the first floor of its Pylimo street headquarters, this little bakery-cafe brought the bagel back to…
View details →Bellevue di Monaco
Why it matters: run as a social cooperative, Bellevue di Monaco houses more than 40 refugees in its buildings on Müllerstrasse and runs its street-level cafe…
View details →Bettr Coffee @ The Foundry
Why it matters: Bettr Coffee is a certified B Corp that trains marginalised women and at-risk youth as baristas through its own academy, reinvesting profits back…
View details →Beyond Retro
A cavernous vintage warehouse packed with reclaimed denim, tees and party wear.
View details →Bila Vrana
A friendly cafe-bistro (the name means “White Crow”) with a blended team of staff with and without disabilities, providing dignified jobs since 2011. Come for the…
View details →Bison Coffeehouse
Why it matters: opened in 2014 by Loretta Guzman, a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, this is Portland's only Native-owned coffeehouse - the beans come from…
View details →Black History Walks
Why it matters: Black History Walks was founded by Black historian and author Tony Warner and has, since 2007, told the story of London's Black history…
View details →Blindekuh
Why it matters: opened in 1999 by the Blind-Liecht foundation, blindekuh was the world's first dine-in-the-dark restaurant, created to provide employment for blind and visually impaired…
View details →Booksa
Why it matters: run since 2004 by the nonprofit Kulturtreger association, Booksa is Zagreb's living-room literary club - over 18,000 members and 500-plus visiting writers, sustained…
View details →BookWoman
Why it matters: opened in 1975 as Common Woman Bookstore by a collective of 13 women, BookWoman turned 50 in January 2026 and is one of…
View details →Borjgalo Ethnographic Museum
On the green edge of Batumi, this open-air museum recreates Adjarian village life with wooden houses, working models and dozens of costumed figures showing weavers, beekeepers…
View details →Bosu-dong Book Street
Why it matters: this alley of secondhand bookshops was started by North Korean refugees selling magazines off cardboard boxes when Busan was the wartime capital, and…
View details →Bottega del Mondo Lugano
Why it matters: Lugano went two years without a fair-trade shop until this Bottega del Mondo opened in the Quartiere Maghetti on 1 June 2021, staffed…
View details →Boutique Ayla
A slow-fashion boutique making timeless pieces from 100 percent natural fabrics, with a focus on linen and a sustainable, low-waste ethos.
View details →Brasserie Bio Carpathia
Why it matters: this Old Town brasserie is the storefront of the Bio Carpathia Cooperative - 34 certified organic farmers whose mountain dairy, meat and eggs…
View details →Bread & Breakfast Hostel
Why it matters: run by the CONCORDIA Foundation since 2017, this old-town hostel gives disadvantaged young people - many aging out of state care - paid…
View details →Brenda’s French Soul Food
Why it matters: Brenda's is the work of chef-owner Brenda Buenviaje, a Filipina-American raised in New Orleans who built a devoted following for her Creole and…
View details →Brickyard Retreat at Mutianyu
Why it matters: American-Chinese couple Jim Spear and Liang Tang converted a derelict glazed-tile factory in Beigou Village into this 25-room retreat expressly to create jobs…
View details →Brixton Village
A covered market of independent traders and global kitchens at the heart of Brixton.
View details →Brooklyn Grange
The world's largest rooftop soil farms; tours, CSA and products.
View details →Brownies&downies Breda
Why it matters: part of the Dutch Brownies&downies network, this cheerful lunchroom is staffed by people with Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities, who run the…
View details →Bureau des Guides du GR2013
Why it matters: this non-profit, co-founded in 2014 by Julie De Muer, Loic Magnant, Baptiste Lanaspeze and Alexandre Field, is the collective of artist-walkers behind the…
View details →Cabbages & Condoms
A restaurant and social enterprise whose profits fund sexual-health and community education across Thailand, serving solid Thai food in a quirky, memorable setting.
View details →Cafe Čokl
Why it matters: owner Tine Čokl discovered fair-trade coffee in 2012 and built the city's most rigorous sourcing around it - importing raw, unroasted fair-trade beans,…
View details →Cafe La Trova
Why it matters: Cafe La Trova is the vision of Cuban-born maestro cantinero Julio Cabrera, who keeps alive the flamboyant Havana bartending tradition he learned back…
View details →Cafe Mziuri
Why it matters: this cafe tucked into Vake's beloved Mziuri Park is a social enterprise whose profits go straight back into maintaining the park - and…
View details →Cafe Positive
India's first cafe run entirely by HIV-positive youth, opened in 2018 in a 120-square-foot Jodhpur Park garage after landlords across the city refused the team space.…
View details →Cafe Reconcile
Why it matters: Cafe Reconcile is a nonprofit that trains young people from underserved neighborhoods in restaurant and hospitality work, with your lunch tab supporting the…
View details →Cafe Roze
Why it matters: Cafe Roze is a woman-owned neighborhood cafe led by chef Julia Jaksic, serving thoughtful, produce-forward food from morning coffee through evening cocktails. It's…
View details →Café Sonja
Why it matters: run by Settlementet, a Vesterbro nonprofit founded in 1911, Café Sonja has provided employment for people with physical and social challenges for more…
View details →Cafe Therapy
The Czech Republic's first work-integration social enterprise, opened in 2005, employing and retraining people rebuilding their lives after addiction or prison. A warm cafe-restaurant where a…
View details →Canvetto Luganese
Why it matters: reopened in December 2000 by Fondazione Diamante - a Ticino foundation founded in 1978 that accompanies over 600 people with disabilities - this…
View details →Casa Scalabrini 634
Since 2015 this welcoming house has been a Rome reference point for refugee integration, hosting families and young people in semi-autonomy and running events, shared meals…
View details →Casa Tolentino
Why it matters: run by young people from the Quartieri Spagnoli through the San Nicola da Tolentino social cooperative (a 2014 spin-off of the same La…
View details →Catacombs of San Gennaro
Why it matters: since 2006, the young people of the local La Paranza social cooperative have run these ancient catacombs, turning tourism revenue into 56 jobs…
View details →CATISHOP.CH – Caritas Ticino
Why it matters: run by Caritas Ticino - an anti-poverty association founded in 1942 - this second-hand shop doubles as an occupational programme, staffed by people…
View details →Causses
A quality grocer and café championing small, local, organic producers over industrial food.
View details →Centre Commercial
A concept store of ethical, sustainably made fashion and goods - founded by the people behind Veja.
View details →Chef Creole Seasoned Kitchen
Why it matters: Chef Creole is the creation of Haitian-born Wilkinson Sejour, who built it up from Little Haiti roots into a local institution and stays…
View details →Choosing Keeping
An exquisite stationery shop championing traditional, small-batch European makers.
View details →Clara Stones
A Dubrovnik jeweller crafting ethical, sustainable pieces from certified Adriatic coral, each handmade by master artisans with a certificate of origin.
View details →Clifton House
Why it matters: opened in 1774 by the Belfast Charitable Society - founded in 1752 and still going - this Georgian building was the city's original…
View details →Cofeels
Why it matters: opened in 2021 by Lucian Butnaru as Cluj's first social cafe, Cofeels employs people with disabilities - its operating company, Eyes Love Coffee,…
View details →Communion Restaurant & Bar
Why it matters: Communion is the restaurant of Black chef Kristi Brown, opened in the historically Black Central District as a gathering place for a community…
View details →Community First! Village
Why it matters: this 51-acre master-planned community, opened in 2015 by Austin nonprofit Mobile Loaves & Fishes, is home to 440 formerly chronically homeless neighbors -…
View details →Companhia Portugueza do Chá
A jewel-box tea house blending teas, including Portugal’s own Azores harvest.
View details →Conscious Hotels
Why it matters: Conscious Hotels is a small Amsterdam-grown group built around sustainability rather than a global chain, with Green Key Gold certification at every property,…
View details →Conviva im Blauen Haus
Why it matters: inside the Münchner Kammerspiele theatre, Conviva is an inclusive restaurant run by the Munich cooperative cba, where a large share of the team…
View details →Coopa-Roca
Why it matters: founded in 1987 by Maria Teresa Leal (with roots reaching back to 1981), Coopa-Roca is a textile cooperative built to let women in…
View details →Cortiço & Netos
Four brothers selling discontinued Portuguese azulejo tiles saved from being lost forever.
View details →Cozinha Ocupacao 9 de Julho
Every Sunday, the ground floor of a nine-story occupied building in Bela Vista turns into one of Sao Paulo's most talked-about lunch spots, where residents of…
View details →Crescent City Farmers Market
Why it matters: Run by the nonprofit Market Umbrella, these markets connect small regional farmers, fishers and food makers directly with the community and support local…
View details →Cruisin’ the Castro Walking Tours
Why it matters: Cruisin' the Castro has been women-owned and operated since 1989, one of the longest-running walking tours of San Francisco's most storied LGBTQ neighborhood.…
View details →day by day
A zero-waste grocer selling everything loose - bring your own container and buy exactly what you need.
View details →Deadstock Coffee
Why it matters: founded in 2015 by former Nike shoe developer Ian Williams, this Black-owned sneaker-culture coffee shop set out to make specialty coffee feel welcoming…
View details →Dialogue in the Dark
Why it matters: co-founded in 2008 by social entrepreneurs Patrick Cheung and KK Tse, this is one of Hong Kong's most celebrated social enterprises - visually…
View details →Dignita
A trio of lovely all-day brunch spots where 100% of the profit funds training programmes for survivors of human trafficking and exploitation. Organic, locally sourced food…
View details →Dignity Kitchen
Why it matters: opened in 2019 by Singaporean social entrepreneur Koh Seng-Choon, this Mong Kok hawker food court trains and employs differently-abled and disadvantaged Hongkongers -…
View details →Dignity Kitchen
Why it matters: founded in 2010 by social entrepreneur Koh Seng Choon, this Boon Keng hawker centre runs all seven of its stalls with differently-abled and…
View details →Dilli Haat INA
Why it matters: since 1994 this craft bazaar has handed its stalls to artisans registered with the Development Commissioner (Handicrafts), rotating them every 15 days at…
View details →Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution
Why it matters: established in April 2002 by Hyogo Prefecture to preserve and pass on what the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake taught a city that lost…
View details →Dooky Chase’s Restaurant
Why it matters: This is one of the country's most storied Black-owned restaurants, opened in 1941 and shaped for decades by Leah Chase, who fed civil…
View details →Down North Pizza
Why it matters: founded by Muhammad Abdul-Hadi and open since March 2021, this Strawberry Mansion pizzeria hires only people who have been through the justice system…
View details →Downtown Phoenix Farmers Market
Why it matters: this Saturday market is run by Community Food Connections, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2005 to support small Arizona farms and make fresh…
View details →Druga Violina
Why it matters: opened in summer 2012 by the Dolfke Boštjančič Centre (CUDV), this Stari trg gostilna is staffed by adults with intellectual disabilities who train…
View details →Earthtone
A Bangkok sustainable-fashion label using organic, recycled and fair-trade fabrics and supporting small-batch local makers, part of the city's growing ethical-design scene.
View details →Eco Boutique Hostal Grau
Why it matters: Hostal Grau has been in the Grau family since the 1960s, and when the current generation renovated it they rebuilt it as a…
View details →EcoLocal Farmers Market
Why it matters: founded in 2018 by a nonprofit association of eco and artisan producers, this is Chisinau's only true farmers market - around 80 small-scale…
View details →Economat (Cooperative Supermarket)
The biggest cooperative supermarket in Barcelona, member-owned and running for over a decade with around 700 family members. Shopping here supports dignified wages and a fairer,…
View details →Eden Lodge Paris
Why it matters: Eden Lodge is an eco-luxury property built around a zero-carbon promise, powered by solar and wood-pellet energy in a timber structure, and recognised…
View details →Edible Excursions
Why it matters: Edible Excursions is a woman-run business, started by Lisa Rogovin in 2004 and locally owned ever since. The tours walk you through neighborhoods…
View details →EduJoc
Why it matters: EduJoc is a registered Moldovan social enterprise with a simple mission - that every child in Moldova has at least one educational toy…
View details →Eighteen Chefs
Why it matters: founded in 2007 by ex-offender Benny Se Teo, this affordable Western-food chain builds its social mission into its franchise agreements - every outlet,…
View details →El Fogon Verde
A worker-owned cooperative restaurant built on agroecology, sourcing from local eco-friendly producers and run by assembly with equal pay, including members who came to Madrid as…
View details →El Rio
Why it matters: El Rio has been queer-owned and operated since 1978 and, by its own account, throws more than 150 benefit events a year for…
View details →El Titan de Bronze
Why it matters: This small-batch cigar factory is owned by Sandy Cobas, a Cuban immigrant woman who has kept production on Calle Ocho since 1995 rather…
View details →Elektriteater
Why it matters: Tartu is the birthplace of Estonian cinema, and Elektriteater - an independent single-screen art-house that inherited its name from the country's first permanent…
View details →Embaixada
A neo-Moorish palace turned concept mall of independent Portuguese designers and makers.
View details →Emma’s Torch
A nonprofit restaurant giving refugees a paid culinary apprenticeship.
View details →Emmaüs
The charity-secondhand movement whose shops fund jobs and housing for people rebuilding their lives.
View details →Emmaus Helsinki
A non-profit second-hand store selling clothes, books and furniture, where your purchases support the organisation's social and solidarity work.
View details →Empreintes Paris
A four-floor concept store devoted to French métiers d'art, selling work straight from artisan makers.
View details →Espigoladors
A pioneering Catalan social enterprise fighting food waste - gleaning unharvested and “imperfect” produce and turning it into jams and preserves under the Es Im-perfect label,…
View details →Estelita’s Library
Why it matters: Estelita's Library is a justice-focused, Black-owned community bookstore and free lending library founded by Edwin Lindo, built around social justice, ethnic studies and…
View details →ExAequo Bottega del Mondo
Why it matters: run by the ExAequo social cooperative since 1993, this is Bologna's original fair-trade shop, stocking food, crafts and textiles from producer cooperatives that…
View details →Fábrica Sant’Ana
A tile workshop hand-painting azulejos by the same methods since 1741.
View details →Fabulosa Books
Why it matters: Fabulosa is an LGBTQ-owned bookshop in the heart of the Castro, and it runs Books Not Bans, a program that ships queer titles…
View details →Fællesskabets Butik
Why it matters: this Kirkens Korshær shop sells ceramics, sewing, woodwork and metalwork made by socially vulnerable people at the charity's Restrup Kærvej work community -…
View details →Fair Trade Cafe
Why it matters: founded in 2007 by former teacher Stephanie Vasquez, this is the longest-standing Latina-owned cafe in Phoenix - and every cup is fair-trade sourced.…
View details →Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Why it matters: Fairchild is a nonprofit dedicated to tropical plant conservation, education, and research, running efforts like the Million Orchid Project to reintroduce native orchids…
View details →Family Meal at Blue Hill
Dan Barber's farm-to-table flagship sourcing from Blue Hill Farm & Stone Barns.
View details →FareStart Restaurant
Why it matters: FareStart is a Seattle nonprofit that runs its downtown restaurant as a hands-on culinary job-training program for people who have faced homelessness, poverty…
View details →Favela Tour – Marcelo Armstrong
Why it matters: Marcelo Armstrong pioneered favela tourism in Rio in 1992, and roughly a quarter of every tour's price still goes to fund two community…
View details →Fendika Cultural Center
Why it matters: dancer Melaku Belay turned this legendary azmari bet into a cultural institution that pays traditional musicians and dancers monthly salaries instead of leaving…
View details →Feria de Mataderos
Why it matters: founded in 1986 to keep gaucho and provincial folk culture alive in the capital, this community fair opened its 40th-anniversary season in 2026…
View details →Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
Why it matters: Running since 1993 and operated by the nonprofit Foodwise, this market exists to link city shoppers directly with California's sustainable growers and food…
View details →Folk Art Baku
Why it matters: this Old City shop has spent over a decade connecting travelers directly with Azerbaijani artisans, paying rural producers and craftspeople from the country's…
View details →Forestry Museum of Lapland
Why it matters: run by a local museum association rather than the state, this labour-of-love museum preserves the story of Lapland's logging camps and log-floating era…
View details →Forget Me Not
A gem of a shop in Plaka championing contemporary Greek design - witty, beautifully made objects, homeware and gifts from independent local designers and makers. A…
View details →Freedom Park Lagos
Why it matters: this was Her Majesty's Broad Street Prison, where Nigeria's independence heroes were jailed under colonial rule - reborn as a memorial and community…
View details →Freedom Tower
Why it matters: Often called the 'Ellis Island of the South,' the Freedom Tower served as El Refugio, where the federal Cuban Assistance Program processed and…
View details →FREITAG Flagship Store
Why it matters: FREITAG pioneered upcycling before it had a name - every bag is cut from used truck tarpaulins, and the flagship 'tower' itself is…
View details →Friche la Belle de Mai
Why it matters: this 45,000 sq m former Seita tobacco factory has been run since 2007 as a SCIC - a cooperative where every member, from…
View details →Gallo Rojo
Part cultural factory, part neighborhood living room, Gallo Rojo fills a former convent-area warehouse in San Julian with jazz jams, art shows, coworking desks and craft…
View details →Gamcheon Culture Village
A hillside maze of rainbow houses, murals and tiny galleries.
View details →Gamnae Cafe
Why it matters: Gamnae Cafe is run by the Gamcheon Culture Village Residents' Association - the registered nonprofit of village residents that also operates the village…
View details →Garvald Makers Shop
A Morningside shop selling ceramics, glass, jewellery and textiles handmade by makers with learning disabilities, with profits supporting their work.
View details →Giraffe Centre
Feed endangered Rothschild giraffes from a raised platform.
View details →Good Hotel London
Why it matters: Good Hotel is a genuine social enterprise, not just a hotel with a charity angle. It runs a three-month training course of study…
View details →Green Ladies
Why it matters: founded in 2008 by NGO St. James' Settlement, this was Hong Kong's first consignment-model secondhand fashion shop, creating jobs for middle-aged women while…
View details →Green Rooms
Why it matters: Green Rooms is an arts-led social enterprise offering low-cost private and dorm rooms aimed at makers, performers and creative travellers, with an on-site…
View details →Green Visions
Why it matters: Bosnia and Herzegovina's first ecotourism company, started in 2000 by Thierry Joubert and a group of friends after he spent eight years on…
View details →Habibi & Hawara
A warm Middle Eastern restaurant run as an integration project - two-thirds of the team come from refugee or migrant backgrounds, employed with fair pay and…
View details →Harriett’s Bookshop
Why it matters: Jeannine A. Cook opened this Black-owned Fishtown bookshop on 1 February 2020 and built it around a single idea - celebrating women authors,…
View details →Hetu
A zero-waste refill store for pantry staples, cleaning and low-impact home goods.
View details →Hidden City Tours
Why it matters: Hidden City Tours is a social enterprise that trains people who have experienced homelessness to work as tour guides, giving them income and…
View details →HistoryMiami Museum City Tours
Why it matters: HistoryMiami is a Smithsonian-affiliated nonprofit that preserves over 40,000 artifacts and two million historical images, and its City Tours program directly funds that…
View details →Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia
Why it matters: this is a Holocaust museum built with money that belonged to the victims. In 2002 the government made the Holocaust Fund of the…
View details →Hotel Casa Amsterdam
Why it matters: Hotel Casa grew out of a foundation set up to tackle student-housing shortages, and it still runs on that dual model, housing hundreds…
View details →Hotel Jakarta Amsterdam
Why it matters: Hotel Jakarta was designed as one of the first energy-neutral hotels in the country, generating and saving its own energy through insulation and…
View details →Hotel Regina
Why it matters: Hotel Regina belongs to Pulitzer Hotels, a certified B Corp that folds sustainability and social inclusion into how it runs. The group works…
View details →Hotel Toujours
Why it matters: Toujours backs its green claims with two independent certifications (EU Ecolabel and Green Globe) and buys 100% renewable, traceable electricity, alongside fair-labour and…
View details →Housing Works Bookstore Cafe
Volunteer-run bookstore-café where 100% of profits fight HIV/AIDS and homelessness.
View details →Humana Vintage
Why it matters: Humana Estonia has run this Old Town vintage shop since the early 2000s as part of a nonprofit reuse chain that has spent…
View details →Hummustown
Why it matters: Hummustown began in Shaza Saker's kitchen and grew into a Rome nonprofit that gives Syrian refugees paid work and training while its proceeds…
View details →Hungry Birds Street Food Tours
Why it matters: Hungry Birds was started in 2013 by two women, Zosia Konieczna and Esther-Hanna van der Meer, and remains woman-owned, built around Amsterdam's mix…
View details →Il Conventino Caffè Letterario
In the cloister of the former Monastery of Santa Teresa in Oltrarno, this literary cafe doubles as the neighborhood's living room, surrounded by working artisan studios.…
View details →Il Villaggio dei Popoli
A short walk from the Sant'Ambrogio market, this fair-trade bottega has been Florence's home for ethical shopping since 1990. Why it matters: Il Villaggio dei Popoli…
View details →ILUNION Almirante
Why it matters: ILUNION Hotels is the hotel arm of Grupo Social ONCE, a Spanish social enterprise built around employing people with disabilities, and its special-employment-centre…
View details →Impact Hub Athens
A community and coworking hub for people building social and environmental ventures, hosting events, incubators and a network of changemakers. A window into Athens' fast-growing social-enterprise…
View details →Impact Hub Barcelona
A community and coworking hub for people building social and environmental projects, hosting events, mentoring and a network of changemakers. A window into Barcelona's thriving social-enterprise…
View details →Impact Hub Budapest
A coworking and community hub for people building social and environmental projects, hosting events, incubators and a network of changemakers. A window into Budapest's growing social-enterprise…
View details →Impact Hub Istanbul
A coworking and community hub for people building social and environmental projects, with events, incubators and a network of changemakers. A window into Istanbul's growing social-enterprise…
View details →Impact Hub Madrid
A coworking and community hub for people building social and environmental projects, with events, incubators and a network of changemakers. A window into Madrid's lively social-enterprise…
View details →Indian Coffee House, College Street
A twin landmark to the book market, this high-ceilinged coffee house has been the haunt of Kolkata's students, writers and intellectuals for generations. Come for strong…
View details →Indigenous Walks
Why it matters: founded in 2014 by Metis artist and educator Jaime Koebel, these Indigenous-led walks re-read downtown Ottawa's monuments, art and architecture from an Indigenous…
View details →Inhabit Hotels
Why it matters: Inhabit is one of the few London hotels to earn B Corp certification, meaning an independent body has audited its social and environmental…
View details →Inn at the Presidio
Why it matters: the Inn at the Presidio sits inside the Presidio, a 1,500-acre national park site stewarded by the Presidio Trust, and it runs as…
View details →Inspira Liberdade Boutique Hotel
Why it matters: Opened in 2010 as what it calls Lisbon's first sustainable hotel, Inspira Liberdade runs on 100% green energy and holds ISO 14001, Biosphere…
View details →Instituto Chao
This nonprofit grocery in Vila Madalena sells organic produce, grains, bread and cheese at cost price - exactly what it pays small farmers, with zero markup.…
View details →Instock
A social enterprise restaurant fighting food waste - “food-rescue” drivers collect surplus produce, day-old bread and imperfect veg each morning, and the chefs improvise a different…
View details →JCC Krakow
Why it matters: opened in 2008 as a Prince of Wales initiative to serve both Holocaust survivors and Kraków's small, re-emerging Jewish community, JCC Krakow is…
View details →Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
Why it matters: run by the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki since 2001, this museum preserves the memory of a Jewish presence in the city stretching back…
View details →KAFFeFAIR
Why it matters: KAFFeFAIR opened on 7 February 2006 in an old household kitchen on Dannebrogsgade as an EU social-fund project by Fokus Folkeoplysning, aimed at…
View details →Kalnciema Quarter
Why it matters: this cluster of 19th-century wooden houses in Āgenskalns was rescued from decades of Soviet-era neglect by a private restoration initiative in the early…
View details →Kashalata Cafe
Why it matters: founded in 2017 by Aytan Eylanova through the Birge ve Saglam (Together and Healthy) Public Union, Kashalata is Azerbaijan's first inclusive cafe -…
View details →Kaviaren Radnicka
Why it matters: Radnicka is a sheltered-workshop cafe that employs waiters with intellectual disabilities, training them with a hotel-management school so they can move on to…
View details →Kazuri Beads
Why it matters: Kazuri means "small and beautiful" in Swahili, and it began in 1975 as Lady Susan Wood's backyard pottery employing two local women. Today…
View details →Kobe Mosque
Why it matters: opened in October 1935 with donations gathered by the Islamic Committee of Kobe, this is Japan's first mosque - and it has outlasted…
View details →Koel Cafe & Gallery
Why it matters: artist Noorjehan Bilgrami started Koel in 1977 to revive Pakistan's fading craft of hand block printing, and her atelier still works with master…
View details →Kokula Art & Craft
An award-winning art and craft shop selling authentically Croatian handmade souvenirs, from traditional embroidery to jewellery, helping keep local heritage crafts alive.
View details →Komsu Kafe Kollektifi
A worker-run cooperative cafe in creative Yeldegirmeni on the Asian side, owned and run collectively with no bosses, doubling as a community space for events, film…
View details →Kopche
Why it matters: run by the Red Cross of the City of Skopje since 2018, Kopche is a second-hand shop where one rack of donated clothes…
View details →KOTO Van Mieu
Why it matters: opened in 1999 by Vietnamese-Australian Jimmy Pham, KOTO — Know One, Teach One — was Vietnam’s first social enterprise, putting at-risk and disadvantaged…
View details →Kreuzberger Himmel
An award-winning restaurant serving beautiful Syrian and Levantine food, run by refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan through the Be an Angel integration project. Delicious…
View details →L Train Vintage
A family-owned vintage chain giving thousands of garments a second life.
View details →L’Apres M
Why it matters: when the McDonald's here closed in 2019 and made its 77 staff redundant, assistant manager and staff rep Kamel Guemari led former employees,…
View details →La Casa de las Guayaberas (Ramon Puig)
Why it matters: This Cuban immigrant family business, started by tailor Ramon Puig and continued by his son Louis, has been making the traditional guayabera for…
View details →La Guilde
Why it matters: La Guilde is a charitable non-profit founded in 1906 that exists to preserve and promote Inuit, First Nations and Metis art alongside Canadian…
View details →La Maison Plisson
An ethical épicerie and café spotlighting small French producers and short, traceable supply chains.
View details →La Recyclerie
An eco-café, urban farm and free repair workshop in a former railway station at Porte de Clignancourt.
View details →La Ressourcerie
Why it matters: since 2014 this Fondation de Nice program has brought more than sixty people a year back into work, collecting, repairing and reselling the…
View details →Le Serre dei Giardini Margherita
Why it matters: Bologna's abandoned municipal greenhouses in the Giardini Margherita were regenerated by the Kilowatt work cooperative into a community hub - coworking, a kids'…
View details →Lekki Conservation Centre
Why it matters: this 78-hectare wetland reserve is run by the Nigerian Conservation Foundation, the country's leading environmental nonprofit, which has protected it from Lekki's relentless…
View details →Lepsi pribeh
Why it matters: opened in February 2024 by Martin Zambor and the civic association Stary tunel, Lepsi pribeh (A Better Story) is Slovakia's first training cafe,…
View details →Les Cuistots Migrateurs
Why it matters: Les Cuistots Migrateurs is a social enterprise built to help refugees rebuild careers through cooking, offering free professional training plus French classes and…
View details →Les Filles Fattoush
Why it matters: this is a social-economy project whose kitchen gives Syrian refugee women in Montreal a first work experience, built around their own family recipes…
View details →Les Petits Riens
A long-running Belgian social enterprise whose second-hand shops fund social programmes for people in need, a great place to thrift while doing good.
View details →Libreria delle Donne di Milano
Why it matters: open since 1975, this is one of Europe's longest-running feminist bookshops, run collectively by more than 40 women through the Circolo cooperativo delle…
View details →Like at Home (Yak Vdoma)
Adorned with colorful murals and Ukrainian ornaments, this small cafe near the center of Batumi serves the borsch, holubtsi and deruny that owner Irina Dotsenko brought…
View details →Link tree
Why it matters: run since March 2023 by the social welfare corporation Mikari-kai as a Type B employment-support workplace, this is a real cafe where people…
View details →Little Africa Paris
Why it matters: Little Africa was founded by Jacqueline Ngo Mpii, a Black woman who built the company, a guidebook and a retail-and-gallery 'Little Africa Village'…
View details →Local Alike
A social enterprise championing community-based tourism, connecting travellers with village-led experiences that channel income back to local communities.
View details →Local Aromas
Why it matters: Local Aromas is a woman-owned Italian family business, led by sommeliers Benedetta and Valeria, who have run food and wine experiences in Rome…
View details →Loja das Conservas
A gallery-like shop celebrating Portugal’s artisanal tinned-fish canneries, tin by tin.
View details →Lotus House Thrift Chic Boutique
Why it matters: Every purchase here funds Lotus House, described as the nation's largest homeless shelter for women, supporting meals and services for hundreds of women…
View details →Luminary Bakery
Why it matters: Luminary is a women-led charity and social enterprise that runs a two-year training programme for women who've faced violence, homelessness or the criminal…
View details →Luna & Curious
An independent collective of British designers selling ceramics, jewellery and gifts.
View details →Lush Oxford Street
The flagship of the ethical, cruelty-free cosmetics brand - naked packaging and all.
View details →Maarja-Magdaleena Gild
Why it matters: founded as a nonprofit in 2007 by five local artisans, this guild house revived the name of Parnu's oldest craft guild and now…
View details →Mādahòkì Farm
Why it matters: run by Indigenous Experiences, an Indigenous women-owned organization, this farm 20 minutes from downtown is home to a herd of endangered Ojibwe Spirit…
View details →Magdas Hotel
A design-forward hotel by the Prater run as a social enterprise since 2015, employing and training refugees while proving a social business can still delight guests.…
View details →Mano Guru
Why it matters: running since 2004 as one of Lithuania's first social businesses, this cheerful salad bar trains and employs people rebuilding their lives after prison…
View details →Marché d’Aligre
A lively daily street market with a secondhand brocante alongside the produce - local food and reuse.
View details →Marché des Enfants Rouges
Paris's oldest covered market (1615), full of small organic growers and local food stalls.
View details →Martinhal Lisbon
Why it matters: Martinhal is a Portuguese family-hospitality group co-founded and led by Chitra Stern, whose vision shaped a brand built around genuinely family-friendly luxury rather…
View details →Mercado de Campo de Ourique
A neighbourhood market where locals shop and graze tascas away from the crowds.
View details →Mescladis
Why it matters: Mescladis is a foundation-run social enterprise whose kitchen doubles as a training program, teaching migrants hospitality skills so they can find work and…
View details →Mesteshukar ButiQ
Why it matters: MBQ is a Bucharest-based non-profit social enterprise built to revalue traditional Roma craftsmanship, pairing veteran Roma artisans - silversmiths, coppersmiths, wood carvers, basket…
View details →Metelkova
A graffiti-splashed autonomous quarter of bars, art and music.
View details →Mexic-Arte Museum
Why it matters: founded as a nonprofit in 1984 by artists Sylvia Orozco, Sam Coronado and Pio Pulido, Mexic-Arte is the official Mexican and Mexican American…
View details →Miami Culinary Tours – Little Havana Food & Cultural Tour
Why it matters: founder Grace Della started Miami Culinary Tours in 2010, inspired by her mother, and was the first to run food tours in Little…
View details →Migrantour Barcelona
Why it matters: Migrantour Barcelona is part of a European network coordinated locally by the nonprofit Nexes Interculturals, where migrants themselves are trained as 'intercultural companions'…
View details →Migrantour Lisbon
Why it matters: Migrantour Lisbon is run by the neighbourhood nonprofit Renovar a Mouraria as part of a Europe-wide network of migrant-led intercultural walks, guided by…
View details →Migrantour Roma
Why it matters: Migrantour Roma is run by Viaggi Solidali, a responsible-tourism social cooperative, and every walk is led by a Roman who arrived here as…
View details →Migrateful
Why it matters: Migrateful is a charity whose classes are taught by refugees and migrants, giving them paid teaching work, language practice and confidence as they…
View details →Mikri Frida
Why it matters: founded in 2016, this five-member social cooperative (KoinSEP) runs its tiny cafe-gallery as a community project - proceeds fund free exhibitions, workshops and…
View details →MOB Hotel Paris Les Puces
Why it matters: MOB is a certified B Corp, meaning an independent audit assessed how it treats staff, sources food and gives back, not just its…
View details →Moda re-
Right on Plaza del Salvador beside the baroque church, Moda re- is a bright secondhand clothing store that looks like any modern vintage boutique - until…
View details →Musang
Why it matters: Chef Melissa Miranda's Musang is a Filipina-owned Beacon Hill kitchen that doubled as a free community kitchen during the pandemic, and it stays…
View details →Museo Sierra Pambley
Why it matters: Francisco Fernandez Blanco de Sierra-Pambley, born in Villablino in 1827 into a family of means, chose to spend his inheritance founding free schools…
View details →Myrorna
One of Sweden's largest second-hand charity chains, selling pre-loved clothes, furniture and books while supporting sustainable consumption and social initiatives.
View details →Naga Tree Coffee
Why it matters: founded in 2024 by Ren Jiayi, an entrepreneur with disabilities, Naga Tree is China's first fully accessible cafe — it employs staff with…
View details →Nem Adom Fel Cafe & Bar
The first cafe in Budapest founded and run by people with disabilities, its name meaning Never Give Up. Around 90% of the team are differently-abled, and…
View details →Nike Art Gallery
Why it matters: owner Nike Davies-Okundaye - the doyenne of Nigerian textile art - has trained over 3,000 artists for free through her foundation since 1983,…
View details →Nomad Tribe
Why it matters: Nomad Tribe is an ethical Wynwood boutique built around sustainable fashion, stocking fair-trade accessories, handmade shoes, and responsibly sourced clothing from Latin American…
View details →Officine Universelle Buly
A revived 1803 beauty house with plant-based, refillable formulas in a jewel-box apothecary setting.
View details →Old Spitalfields Market
A covered Victorian market with rotating days for independent makers and vintage sellers.
View details →Omamori Spa
Why it matters: run by BlindLink, a social enterprise founded in 2013, Omamori Spa trains and employs blind and visually impaired therapists, giving Vietnam’s visually impaired…
View details →ONS Restaurant
Why it matters: ONS Restaurant is the public kitchen of ONS label Breda, a social cooperative that since 2013 has trained several hundred people at a…
View details →Open Books
Why it matters: every dollar spent at this nonprofit used bookstore funds Open Books' literacy programs, which reach over 6,000 Chicago students a year and give…
View details →Ophori Cosmetics
Why it matters: Ophori is Brasov County's first work-integration social enterprise (unitate protejata), where every soap, bath bomb and body oil is made from scratch by…
View details →Otrā Elpa
Why it matters: founded in 2009 as Riga's first charity shop, Otrā Elpa ('Second Breath') donates all its profits - more than 150,000 euros and 2…
View details →Oxfam Intermon Leon
Why it matters: opened in 1995, this was the first shop in Leon dedicated to fair trade, and three decades on it is still run entirely…
View details →Package Free (Chelsea Market)
Zero-waste, plastic-free home, beauty and household goods.
View details →Palabras Bilingual Bookstore
Why it matters: owner Chawa Magaña, the daughter of Mexican immigrants, built Palabras as a Latina-owned bilingual bookstore and community refuge that centers BIPOC voices -…
View details →Paris by Mouth
Why it matters: Paris by Mouth was founded by writer Meg Zimbeck and its tour operation is directed by Sara Kavelin, making it a woman-founded, woman-led…
View details →Parnassus Books
Why it matters: Parnassus is a beloved independent bookstore co-owned by novelist Ann Patchett, who opened it to give Nashville a locally owned bookshop after the…
View details →Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni’s Room
Why it matters: Giovanni's Room opened in 1973 and is the oldest continuously running queer and feminist bookstore in the country - and since 2014 it…
View details →Pirmas Blynas
Why it matters: at this social-enterprise pancake restaurant most of the team - seven of eleven staff - are people with intellectual disabilities, working the floor…
View details →Prince’s Hot Chicken
Why it matters: Prince's is the original Nashville hot chicken, a Black-owned business that has stayed in the Prince family for generations, now led by matriarch…
View details →Process Collettivo
Why it matters: Process Collettivo is the retail storefront of Rio Terà dei Pensieri, a social cooperative that has run workshops inside Venice's prisons since the…
View details →Råt&Godt
Why it matters: founded in 2015 by Christian Helweg, Raat&Godt builds furniture and interiors out of salvaged and leftover materials while running STU and employment programmes…
View details →RB Cafe
Why it matters: opened in 2018 by the Rūpju bērns association, RB Cafe is the first cafe in the Baltics where the majority of staff are…
View details →Read The Room
Why it matters: this English-language bookstore and coffeeshop is owned and run by a mother-and-daughter duo of avid readers, and it has quickly become the community…
View details →ReBuilding Center
Why it matters: a nonprofit running since 1997, the ReBuilding Center keeps tons of usable building materials out of landfills and sells them cheap so home…
View details →Red Rooster Overtown
Why it matters: Chef Marcus Samuelsson's Black-owned Overtown restaurant is built around the neighborhood, hiring locally, sourcing from area purveyors, and using its space to platform…
View details →Rederij Lampedusa
Why it matters: Rederij Lampedusa runs its canal tours on two wooden boats pulled from the Mediterranean in 2015, once used to carry migrants, now crewed…
View details →Reem’s California
Why it matters: Reem's California grew from a farmers-market stand (incubated by nonprofit La Cocina) into a Mission bakery led by Palestinian-Syrian chef and former labor…
View details →Refettorio Gastromotiva
Why it matters: opened in 2016 during the Rio Olympics by the NGO Gastromotiva (founded 2006 by chef David Hertz) in partnership with Massimo Bottura's Food…
View details →Reformation SoHo
Sustainable women's fashion; the store runs on 100% renewable offset.
View details →Refresh Cafe
Why it matters: Refresh is the in-house social enterprise cafe of East Belfast Mission, and its profits fund the Mission's work with more than a thousand…
View details →Refugee Company (A Beautiful Mess)
A social enterprise creating work, training and community with and for refugees through hospitality projects and pop-up restaurants like A Beautiful Mess. A warm, welcoming taste…
View details →Refugio Cafe
A warm, colourful non-profit cafe on the ground floor of a house where refugees and locals live together in Neukolln. Every cent funds the wider Refugio…
View details →Retrosaria Rosa Pomar
A haberdashery championing Portuguese heritage wools from native sheep breeds.
View details →Rob de Matt
Why it matters: opened in 2017 by chef Edoardo Todeschini after he saw Jamie Oliver's ex-offender training kitchens in London, Rob de Matt trains people facing…
View details →Robin des Bois
Why it matters: founded in 2006 by Judy Servay, Robin des Bois is a non-profit restaurant run largely by volunteers, and it channels its proceeds -…
View details →Robin Hood Restaurant
A restaurant with a twist, run by the charity Mensajeros de la Paz: paying diners at lunch fund a proper sit-down dinner, served with waiters and…
View details →Roecklplatz
Why it matters: since 2008 this nonprofit training restaurant has given young people from difficult life circumstances - including at least one apprenticeship reserved for young…
View details →Roundabout Charity Store
Why it matters: opened in 2008 by longtime Beijing volunteer Leslie Simpson, Roundabout was mainland China's first charity store, and store proceeds fund medical care for…
View details →Rovaniemi Local Heritage Museum
Why it matters: this open-air museum on the Kemijoki riverbank has been kept alive since 1951 by volunteer heritage association Totto ry - locals restore the…
View details →Sabahar
Why it matters: for over 20 years Sabahar has run as a woman-owned, World Fair Trade Organization-certified textile company, providing reliable employment and equitable pay to…
View details →Salaam Baalak Trust City Walk
Why it matters: this two-hour walk through Paharganj is guided by adolescents who once lived on these streets themselves, and profits go back into Salaam Baalak…
View details →Salem’s Ethiopia
Why it matters: designer Salem Kassahun's woman-owned fair-trade compound creates jobs for Ethiopian artisan women and men, commits to fair returns for its employees and co-op…
View details →San Francisco City Guides
Why it matters: SF City Guides is a nonprofit founded in 1978 and sponsored by the San Francisco Public Library, with tours led entirely by trained…
View details →Sanguich de Miami
Why it matters: Sanguich is the family business of Cuban-American couple Daniel Figueredo and Rosa Romero, who build their Cuban sandwiches from scratch, curing meats and…
View details →Sasha Fair Trade Shop
Fair trade shopping in Kolkata starts here, at a quiet storefront on Mirza Ghalib Street just off Park Street. Why it matters: this is the retail…
View details →Saturday Good Market
Every Saturday, rain or shine, 70 to 90 vendors fill the Nuga Tree Car Park beside the Colombo Racecourse with organic produce, natural food, ethical fashion,…
View details →Scuola del Cuoio
Tucked behind the apse of Santa Croce in a Renaissance dormitory frescoed by Ghirlandaio's school, the Leather School of Florence is where you watch artisans cut,…
View details →Selyn
Selyn is Sri Lanka's only fair trade guaranteed handloom company, and its Fife Road store is the place to buy its brilliantly coloured woven cotton in…
View details →Shakespeare and Company
The fabled English-language bookshop opposite Notre-Dame, which still houses writers above the stacks.
View details →SHARE – Second Hand Reuse
Why it matters: run by Vesti Solidale, a social cooperative active since 1998, SHARE turns donated clothing into jobs for people who need a way back…
View details →Shedia Home
A beautiful four-floor cafe-bar-restaurant, art space and shop run by the Shedia street-magazine organisation, employing around 30 people who were once homeless - its chefs trained…
View details →Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage
A moving sanctuary for orphaned baby elephants.
View details →Slim & Husky’s
Why it matters: Slim & Husky's is a Black-owned pizza 'beeria' started by three Tennessee State University friends who chose to build in North Nashville and…
View details →Slow Fashion Hub
A curated second-hand and vintage boutique and meeting place gathering sustainable fashion sellers, plus circular services like rental, redesign and alterations.
View details →Sobralt Sobrale Parnu
Why it matters: run by the Sobralt Sobrale charitable foundation with Swedish partner Erikshjalpen, every sale in this secondhand store funds the Hoolime Koos programme, which…
View details →Social Concept Store ESKI
Why it matters: this little boutique near Orbeliani Square stocks handmade goods from 25+ Georgian social enterprises under one roof - makers include people with disabilities,…
View details →Solar Hotel
Why it matters: the Solar bills itself as Paris's first activist eco-hotel, running a real environmental policy (EU Ecolabel and Green Key certified) while deliberately keeping…
View details →Spektakulinarna
Why it matters: opened in March 2025 on Praga-Północ by Fundacja Idylla, Spektakulinarna gives people on the autism spectrum and with intellectual disabilities real paying jobs…
View details →Spin Time Labs
A vast reclaimed building near Santa Croce turned self-run community and cultural hub - home to concerts, theatre, workshops, a craft-beer lab and social projects supporting…
View details →Społeczna Kaffka
Why it matters: opened in January 2023 by Społeczna 21, the social enterprise wing of Kraków's Tęcza Association, this was Poland's first cafe built to employ…
View details →SPR Kontti Secondhand
Why it matters: this warehouse-sized secondhand department store is run by the Finnish Red Cross, and its profits fund Red Cross aid work in Finland and…
View details →Stara Trznica (Old Market Hall)
Bratislava's 1910 market hall hosts the city's best Saturday market - local farmers, small producers and artisan food from 9am to 3pm - plus concerts, food…
View details →Starbucks Sign Language Store
Why it matters: this is Starbucks China's first sign language store, opened on 19 May 2019 - the country's National Day for Helping the Disabled -…
View details →Stockholms Stadsmission
A non-profit chain of second-hand stores that funds work training and support for people from disadvantaged backgrounds; its Remake line upcycles old textiles into new pieces.
View details →Strays of Alanya
Why it matters: Strays of Alanya (SOAR) is a volunteer-run, donation-funded rescue that shelters over 150 dogs, cats, horses and donkeys - mistreated or abandoned animals…
View details →Sunder Nursery
Why it matters: the Aga Khan Trust for Culture spent a decade turning a century-old British plant nursery into this 90-acre heritage park, opened in 2018…
View details →Sweat Records
Why it matters: Sweat Records is a woman-owned (Lolo Reskin) independent record shop and community event space that has anchored Miami's underground music scene since 2005.…
View details →T2F (The Second Floor)
Why it matters: founded in 2007 by the late activist Sabeen Mahmud under the nonprofit PeaceNiche, T2F is Karachi's living room for open dialogue - a…
View details →Taste of Lisboa Food Tours
Why it matters: Taste of Lisboa was founded and is owned by Lisbon local Filipa Valente, who built the tours around the everyday food of ordinary…
View details →The Barrel Room
Why it matters: The Barrel Room is co-owned by sommeliers Sarah Trubnick and Carolyn Johnson, a woman-owned wine bar with a deep focus on small American…
View details →The Bobbin
Why it matters: the City Hall coffee shop is run by Loaf Catering and Cafes, which provides training and work experience places for people with a…
View details →The Cafe at Thistle Farms
Why it matters: This cafe is part of Thistle Farms, a nonprofit social enterprise where women survivors of trafficking, addiction and prostitution find employment alongside free…
View details →The Edinburgh Remakery
A Leith social enterprise tackling waste by repairing and reselling electronics and furniture and running community repair workshops, diverting tonnes of goods from landfill each year.
View details →The Good Shop
The Good Shop is Mauritius's home-grown thrift network, reselling donated clothing, books, toys, furniture and household goods across five branches island-wide. Why it matters: launched in…
View details →The Late Birds Lisbon
Why it matters: The Late Birds is a gay urban resort built by and for the LGBTQ+ community, created out of the founders' own experiences travelling…
View details →The RealReal SoHo
Luxury consignment extending the life of designer goods.
View details →The RomeHello
Why it matters: The RomeHello is a social enterprise that ploughs all of its profits back into community and environmental projects and hires people with intellectual…
View details →The Social Hub Rome
Why it matters: The Social Hub's Rome location is part of a B Corp-certified group that commits 1% of its revenue to the TSH Talent Foundation,…
View details →Think Twice
A well-loved vintage and second-hand chain with several Brussels branches, offering curated pre-loved fashion at friendly prices.
View details →Ticha Kavarna
A gentle “quiet cafe” staffed since 2011 by deaf and hard-of-hearing baristas - order by pointing or signing, and enjoy good coffee and cake in a…
View details →Tienda Oxfam Intermon
A five-minute walk from the Museo de Bellas Artes, this small shop on Calle Banos stocks fair-trade coffee, chocolate, textiles and crafts made by producer cooperatives…
View details →toMy Kawiarnia
Why it matters: opened in 2023 by the Fundacja Leny Grochowskiej, toMy is a working cafe where people with intellectual disabilities are employed as baristas, servers,…
View details →TRAID Dalston
A charity fashion shop reworking donated clothes to fund garment-worker projects.
View details →Tranzit House
Why it matters: the Tranzit Foundation has leased the former Poalei Tzedek synagogue from Cluj's Jewish community since 1997 and run it as an independent centre…
View details →Treasures of Lisboa Food Tours
Why it matters: Treasures of Lisboa is co-founded and co-owned by Ruthy, a woman entrepreneur who runs the tours alongside her Portuguese partner, sharing a personal…
View details →Two Chicks Walking Tours
Why it matters: This woman-owned company, founded by Christine Miller, runs small-group walking tours led by knowledgeable local guides. Choose from French Quarter history, Garden District…
View details →TYPA Printing and Paper Arts Centre
Why it matters: TYPA was founded in 2010 to rescue Estonia's last letterpress machines from destruction, and it keeps the country's printing and papermaking heritage alive…
View details →Uber den Tellerrand
A heart-warming social project born in Berlin where refugees and locals cook and eat together - cooking classes led by newcomers, shared meals and events that…
View details →UFF
A well-known Finnish thrift chain with several Helsinki stores, dedicated to sustainable fashion, with sale proceeds funding humanitarian aid projects around the world.
View details →Union Square Greenmarket
GrowNYC's flagship farmers market with ~140 regional, producer-only growers.
View details →Unseen Tours
Why it matters: Unseen Tours is a social enterprise whose guides have all experienced homelessness or insecure housing, and most of your ticket price goes straight…
View details →URIHO Gallery Shop
Why it matters: URIHO is Zagreb's institution for the rehabilitation and employment of people with disabilities - around 500 employees, about 60 percent of them disabled…
View details →Uuskasutuskeskus
Why it matters: run by a nonprofit since 2004, Uuskasutuskeskus (Reuse Centre) keeps roughly 250,000 items a month out of landfills and channels support to more…
View details →Uuskasutuskeskus (UK)
Why it matters: founded in 2004 as a nonprofit, Uuskasutuskeskus (UK) has grown into Estonia's largest self-sustaining social enterprise, a reuse chain that supports over 50…
View details →Uuskasutuskeskus Parnu
Why it matters: Uuskasutuskeskus is Estonia's largest nonprofit reuse organisation, and this Parnu shop is the flagship of its 17-store network, built on the belief that…
View details →Uwajimaya
Why it matters: Uwajimaya is a beloved Asian grocery and marketplace founded by the Japanese American Moriguchi family in 1928 and still family-run nearly a century…
View details →Veja Store
The French sneaker label built on fair-trade Amazonian rubber and organic cotton, with in-store repairs.
View details →Vollpension
A gloriously cosy “grandmas'-living-room” cafe where seniors bake the cakes and serve alongside younger staff - a social enterprise fighting old-age poverty and loneliness. Come for…
View details →War Childhood Museum
Why it matters: an independent, non-profit museum founded by Jasminko Halilovic, who was four when the siege began - it started in 2010 as an online…
View details →WeFood
Why it matters: opened in 2016 by the Danish aid organization DanChurchAid, WeFood was the world's first supermarket to sell only surplus food - mislabeled, overstocked,…
View details →Wereldwinkel Breda
Why it matters: Bredas fair-trade world shop is run entirely by volunteers and, as a registered charity (ANBI), works for a fairer deal for less-visible producers…
View details →White’s Mercantile
Why it matters: White's Mercantile is a woman-owned 'general store for the modern day' founded by singer-songwriter Holly Williams. The 12 South shop is a well-curated…
View details →Whitney Plantation
Why it matters: Whitney is the only plantation museum in Louisiana that centers the lives and voices of the enslaved rather than the enslavers, with memorials…
View details →Wild SF Tours
Why it matters: Wild SF Tours is an artist- and activist-led company co-founded by Wes Leslie and J. Jo, built around telling 'the people's history' and…
View details →Willie Mae’s Scotch House
Why it matters: Started by Willie Mae Seaton in the 1950s and carried on by her family, this Black- and family-owned kitchen earned a James Beard…
View details →Wing Luke Museum
Why it matters: The Wing Luke is a community-based museum in the Chinatown-International District that tells the Asian Pacific American story through exhibits created hand-in-hand with…
View details →Women & Children First
Why it matters: founded in 1979 by Ann Christophersen and Linda Bubon, this Andersonville institution is one of the largest feminist bookstores in the country and…
View details →Women of Paris
Why it matters: this is a female-founded company whose entire purpose is to put women back into the story of Paris, from revolutionaries to writers to…
View details →YHA London Central
Why it matters: YHA is a long-standing registered charity, and staying at one of its hostels directly funds its work giving young people and families of…
View details →Yuman Village
A circular concept store bringing together sustainable brands, repair services and a cafe, and hosting regular ethical markets and events.
View details →Zogaj Kilim Weaving Workshop
Why it matters: after Zogaj's state rug factory was destroyed in the collapse of communism, master weaver Nebija Qotaj - at a loom since age 10…
View details →Zoo Miami
Why it matters: Zoo Miami is supported by the nonprofit Zoo Miami Foundation, whose mission is to inspire people to preserve nature through conservation, education, and…
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