Social Justice: Charlie Dog and Friends
I came across Charlie Dog and Friends while checking out Shop With Meaning’s Pinterest Board, and it ticked quite a few meaningful boxes for me: They are adorable. They tell the stories of real life shelter dogs. Every toy sold raising funds for rescues and no kill shelters. The Humane Society pegs the number of […]
Social Justice: How Much Do You Know About the Jeans You Are Wearing?
If you live in North America, there is a very good chance you are wearing a pair of blue jeans at this very moment. For at least a few generations, jeans, or ‘dungarees’ as my grandmother insisted on calling them, have been a fashion staple. If you came of age in the 80’s, like I […]
Social Justice: The Birth of a Social Good Company
We have featured quite a few companies on here that are well on their way to mega success. Never before have had as our subject a company that is just in the early, pre-launch stages of building a socially responsible company. Until this week, when I came across The Simple Cup on my friend Ken […]
Social Justice: Wild Idea Buffalo Co. Has A Lot of Heart
Social Justice has covered a fair number of apparel & outdoor sporting companies for two reasons; the former, because there are so many challenging fair labor issues, and the latter, because its consumers are connected to nature regularly and therefore more eco-aware. This week we turn to a business segment we’ve never covered before: MEAT, […]
Social Justice: Green Guru, Upcycling and Cool Products
As the following for this series has grown, I don’t often have to go looking for companies to spotlight on Social Justice – recommendations come flowing in from social connections or readers. But this week I was lucky to stumble upon Green Gurus when I googled Made in the USA Social Good and found Designed […]
Social Justice: MiiR Revisited:There is so Much to Tell
Last November we told the story of MiiR bottles and bikes; in our post we raved about their great design and commitment to tremendous social good. The reality is that I was a bit overwhelmed as I dug deeper into MiiR; this company wasn’t trying to do a bit of social good, it was trying […]
Social Justice: Human Healthy Vending Doing it Differently
HUMAN Healthy Vending is the type of company that gets our minds racing and hearts pumping; they are tackling a difficult problem with unique ingenuity. Much has been written about the obesity problem in the US, and all one has to do is gaze around at any public gathering spot and the evidence is there: […]
Social Justice: Teatulia Teas and an Industry Full of Challenges
If you know me at all, you know that I’m a huge Tea addict; years living in the UK made the ritual of a cup of tea part of my daily life. And since I’ve left the UK I’ve lamented the horrific tea most American restaurants foist upon their tea loving patrons. Considering that after […]
Social Justice: Simply Straws is Simply Brilliant
As the mother of a 6 year old that is always on the go (read that as always spilling her drink if it doesn’t have a top screwed on) Simply Straws caught my attention as I surfed through the B Corporation website. In my home we are eco-conscious to a degree. We recycle and […]
Social Justice: 10 Special Companies Doing Loads of Social Good
As we round up the year at ArCompany we look back at 12 months filled with tremendously hard work, high stakes decision making, and, thankfully, a fast growing client list. 2103 has been good to us. This year has been particularly fulfilling for me; when we founded the company I was looking for an […]