THE 1% FOR THE PLANET

Small Business Gift Guide

Introducing our first-ever Small Business Gift Guide, highlighting businesses in the 1% for the Planet network and the work they’re doing to support environmental initiatives.

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Apparel

Deming Recovery

Deming Recovery designs footwear for deep recovery.

Deming Footwear's giving strategy supports wildlife protection and ecosystem restoration. They also choose intentional materials (like LWG-certified leathers), use recycled packaging and donate excess inventory to keep products out of landfills.

Deming Recovery

Ecochic Shades

Ecochic Shades creates handcrafted sunglasses with eco-friendly materials.

Inspired to protect the waterways and natural spaces that inspire their brand, Ecochic Shades' giving strategy centers on local and global environmental impact through Matanzas Riverkeeper—supported via advocacy, volunteer efforts and donations including 50% of Ripley frame sales. They also support One Tree Planted, where they plant one tree per purchase.

Grasshopper's Mermaid Souvenirs

Grasshopper's Mermaid is a woman-owned, USA-made wholesale company in Colorado.

Through membership, they are committed to reducing their carbon footprint while not compromising the quality of their products.

Grasshopper's Mermaid Souvenirs

HARA

HARA is a female-founded and female-owned undergarment and clothing company baed in Australia.

Each year, HARA supports initiatives that empower women and protect the planet. Their giving focuses on organizations driving environmental and social change, such as the Women's Earth Alliance.

Primal Soles

Primal Soles are the world's first 100% recyclable, circular shoe insoles made from Mediterranean cork.

Their giving strategy supports initiatives that protect and restore nature while promoting circularity in product design. Guided by the principle of discovery without destruction, they strive to give back more than they take, closing the loop not only in materials, but in their impact on the planet.

Babies & Kids

Fig For Kids

Based in New York and produced in Portugal, Fig For Kids crafts kidswear with organic cotton.

Fig For Kids is committed to providing high-quality, certified organic cotton basics that are gentle on sensitive skin and the planet.

Geotoys

Geotoys creates geography-oriented jigsaw puzzles and games to help kids learn more about the world around them.

They support charity: water because they are dedicated to providing access to essential resources around the globe.

Green Sprouts

Green Sprouts designs baby and parenting essentials using recycled fabrics.

They support SEE Turtles, a partner committed to protecting threatened sea turtles and their nesting habitats.

LunchBots

LunchBots offers stainless steel and silicone lunch bentos for kids and families.

Their support focuses on organizations addressing plastic pollution, food-waste recovery and pollinator protection—including The Bee Cause Project, Food Recovery Network and SEE Turtles.

Tiny Toes Design

Tiny Toes Design offers nature-inspired nursery and children's art, books, cards and gifts.

Their giving strategy supports organizations that protect wildlife, habitats and the well-being of the planet.

Tiny Toes Design

Bath & Body

Whispering Willow Soap Company

Whispering Willow handcrafts apothecary products using organic and natural ingredients.

They support environmental partners that provide for both people and the planet.

Whispering Willow Soap Company

Beverages

Crankhouse Coffee

Crankhouse Coffee is a small, UK-based coffee roaster focused on sourcing coffees from producers around the world.

Crankhouse Coffee prioritizes local and global environmental partners—like World Coffee Research, Devon Wildlife Trust and Rainforest Trust UK—along with scientific coffee research.

Crankhouse Coffee

Damrak Gin

Damrak Gin is a craft gin brand from Amsterdam, offering products with or without alcohol.

They support organizations focused on water solutions–whether it's improving the state of oceans or providing water to remote places with no natural supply.

Dear Green Ltd

Dear Green is a specialty coffee roaster based in Scotland.

Their environmental commitment focuses on local projects to support environmental solutions, stewardship and the global coffee community.

Happy Earth Tea

Happy Earth Tea is a family-run business, offering over 80 loose leaf organic teas and herbal blends sourced from around the world.

They are committed to supporting local nonprofits dedicated to environmental protection. They believe it is imperative, as a business, to safeguard the purity of our planet so that they can continue to enjoy its bounty—including exceptional tea.

Happy Earth Tea

Whiptail Coffee

Whiptail Coffee is a sustainability-focused coffee roaster based in California.

Whiptail Coffee supports a healthier planet through their commitment, donating to The Chain Collaborative to empower coffee-growing communities and to The Ocean Cleanup to remove plastic waste from oceans.

Whiptail Coffee

Business Services

CETTE

CETTE is a women-led gifting studio offering curated gift boxes and custom gifting solutions for both individuals and client-driven businesses.

Their giving strategy revolves around making impact-driven choices that are respectful of the planet.

Edward Jones - Financial Advisor, Chris Ellwood

This practice helps people develop and implement financial plans through investment portfolios that align personal values with long-term goals.

By donating to organizations like For Love of Water, Edward Jones supports initiatives around restoring local waterways, maintaining trail systems and expanding community nature access.

Edward Jones - Financial Advisor, Chris Ellwood

Poolside Realty

Poolside Realty is a small, independent, gay-owned and managed real estate company headquartered in Palm Springs, California.

They support environmental partners focused on urban resilience—planting shade trees and preserving natural habitats—alongside organizations advocating for housing affordability.

Poolside Realty

Trusted Advice Leadership & Business Consulting, LLC

Trusted Advice helps leaders, teams and organizations grow through reflection, outdoor experiences and leadership development.

Their giving supports conservation and outdoor initiatives that align with their mission to develop stronger leaders by reconnecting people with nature and purpose.

Trusted Advice Leadership & Business Consulting, LLC

Cosmetics & Hair

Pure Hue Cosmetics

Pure Hue Cosmetics creates consciously formulated, vegan and cruelty-free lip products.

As proud members of 1% for the Planet, they support global reforestation projects that nurture the planet.

Pure Hue Cosmetics

River Organics

River Organics is a woman-owned, organic hemp farm in Virginia that's committed to protecting the Chesapeake Bay watershed and their local soil.

Organic farming is essential to River Organics' mission and inspired their partnership with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Mixing both organic practices and environmental commitments, the brand helps prevent runoff and protect the wildlife living on land in water.

Treo Organics Inc

Treo Organics Inc. crafts scent-free haircare.

Through their 1% for the Planet membership, they're helping build a healthier world by supporting ocean restoration.

Treo Organics Inc

Experiences & Travel

Bodhi Surf + Yoga

Support comes from Bodhi Surf + Yoga, offering week-long surf and yoga camps informed by their "Small is Beautiful" philosophy. These camps include surfing, stretching, breathing, and engagement with the local community.

Their giving strategy is rooted in their Travelers' Philanthropy Program, which includes a $20 donation per guest to the local Fundación SOMOS. Bodhi Surf + Yoga also holds an annual Smile While You Paddle Surf-A-Thon to raise funds for Costa Rica Coral Restoration and the organization donates 3-5 annual vacation packages to member organizations of 1% for the Planet for fundraising purposes.

Bodhi Surf + Yoga

Bighorn Wilderness Tours

Bighorn Wilderness Tours offers photography trips and workshops in Yellowstone National Park and beyond.

Because their focus is wildlife photography in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, their giving strategy focuses on organizations that support wildlife, rivers and nature in that ecosystem and beyond.

Bighorn Wilderness Tours

The Reset Club

The Reset Club offers design-conscious getaways in the Catskills.

Rejuvenation starts with respect for place. The Reset Club joined 1% for the Planet to ensure their growth helps directly protect the land, water and ecosystems that make their retreats possible.

Wild Coast Excursions

Wild Coast Excursions offers fly-in bear viewing trips that take guests into Tongass National Forest.

They support environmental partners working to support a regenerative future for Alaska and the Tongass National Forest, as well as local groups working to reduce the region's dependence on fossil fuels.

Wild Coast Excursions

Food

Bee Squared Apiaries

Bee Squared Apiaries is a small honey company in Colorado, selling items from handmade candles to all-natural soaps and speciality honeys.

Bee Squared supports environmental partners that help pollinators and the planet thrive.

Bee Squared Apiaries

Evie Co.

Evie Co. creates small-batch extra virgin olive oil on a California farm.

Evie Olive Oil supports environmental partners focused on sustainable farming and regenerative agriculture across the United States. They believe that good farming practices are the foundation of good food, nourishing people, communities and the planet.

Marimix Company, Inc.

Marimix is a women and minority-owned company creating snacks out of rice, corn and crisp quinoa.

Marimix joined 1% for the Planet to put their values into action—ensuring contributions support organizations championing environmental health and sustainable food systems.

Marimix Company, Inc.

Home Art & Decor

Brett Blumenthal, Inc.

Brett Blumenthal Art offers fine-art wildlife watercolor originals, prints and products that celebrate biodiversity and support conservation.

Their giving strategy supports organizations that protect wildlife, habitats and the well-being of the planet.

Brett Blumenthal, Inc.

Paloverde Botanicals

Paloverde Botanicals offers curated plant gift boxes and disco-inspired garden accessories.

They support local environmental partners focused on habitat restoration in Ventura County and reforestation efforts throughout their home state of California.

Paloverde Botanicals

Plak That

Plak That creates signs, awards, photo prints, decor and more.

At first inspired by Yvon Chouinard to join 1% for the Planet, Plak That has now been committed to giving back since 2012, with a focus on supporting local environmental partners.

Seatree Studio

Seatree Studio creates ornaments, called Whimcycle Designs, with upcycled and repurposed aluminum cans.

Each Whimcycle Design purchase supports ocean cleanup and coastline restoration—removing plastic, planting mangroves and protecting marine life.

Wild Northland

Wild Northland creates hand-made duck canvas pennants.

They support local conservation efforts such as the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

Home Goods

Ash & Iron

Each Ash & Iron scent is born from the earth, a reminder of the elements that shape beauty and emotion.

They’ve reduced plastic throughout their collection and joined 1% for the Planet to preserve the origin of all fragrance.

Eucalan Inc.

Eucalan offers laundry solutions for washing fine knits, hand-sewn quilts, heavy woolens, stuffed toys and more.

Eucalan directs their giving toward organizations that protect waterways and encourage mindful consumption—values that align with their mission of conscious care, extending the life of clothing and preserving water resources.

Manitou Candle Co.

Manitou Candle Co. crafts hand-poured soy candles and hosts candle making classes in Cincinnati, Ohio.

They support local environmental partners whose missions align with theirs, strengthening the collective impact of people doing good.

Manitou Candle Co.

U Konserve

U-Konserve creates reusable stainless steel and silicone containers.

They partner with organizations like the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation and Food Recovery Network to amplify their mission to build a cleaner, more sustainable future.

Jewelry

Heather Louise Jewelry

Heather Louise Jewelry creates handmade, botanical-inspired pieces using recycled sterling silver, low-waste packaging and carbon-neutral shipping.

Through 1% for the Planet, the artist supports causes that reflect the inspiration behind her work: pollinator and wildlife habitats, wildflower restoration and water conservation.

Heather Louise Jewelry

Line Vanden Bogaerde

Line Vanden Bogaerde is a conscious Belgian jewelry label.

Line Vanden Bogaerde chooses fair-mined raw materials—contributing to a better ecological impact of gold mining, better working conditions and fairer wages. The impact on the planet still exists, which is why they continue to a regenerative world through 1% for the Planet.

Line Vanden Bogaerde

World Treasure Designs

World Treasure Designs is a jewelry business specializing in Australian-made jewelry.

They support environmental partners dedicated to ocean conservation in Australia and around the globe. They are dedicated to protecting and preserving marine life for generations to come.

World Treasure Designs

Luxury

Media & Entertainment

MUTTS.com

MUTTS.com is the online home of Patrick McDonnell's comic strips.

They support environmental partners helping animal shelters and rescue groups.

One Magazine

One Magazine is a print and online journal dedicated to regenerative practices within fashion and reinvesting in climate and community.

Their giving strategy supports climate-focused organizations.

Outdoor Gear

deuter - Infiniti Series

deuter creates backpacks and sleeping bags to accompany outdoor adventures of all kinds, from summer through winter.

To align with their deuter Promise of taking responsibility for people and planet, the brand contributes to social and environmental initiatives—from clean water access in Uganda to climate advocacy through Protect Our Winters.

deuter - Infiniti Series

EcoVessel

From insulated bottles to coffee presses, EcoVessel crafts reusable drinkware.

Their giving supports nonprofits dedicated to outdoor education and climate stewardship, including organizations like Leave No Trace.

Oso Supply Co.

Oso Supply Co. is an outdoor gear brand that takes inspiration from the fresh air, waterways and mountain playgrounds that surround them.

The brand commits a portion of every sale to environmental and conservation partners—because protecting the wild places that inspire their gear is part of who they are.

Paradis Sport

Paradis Sport crafts performance underwear, for women, by women.

Even before their first sale, they joined 1% for the Planet to ensure giving was part of their foundation. Paradis Sport's contributions support CREA Mont-Blanc, a pioneer in alpine ecosystem research since 1966, working to safeguard these vital environments.

Pets

Bender's Bakery

Bender’s Bakery uses expertise in veterinary care and dedication to animal well-being drive the quality of every treat they make.

At Bender's Bakery, the health of dogs and the well-being of the planet are their top priorities.

Bender's Bakery

Petaluma

Petaluma is high-quality nutrition for dogs that does not rely on animal agriculture.

Petaluma is proud to celebrate five years of giving back with Farming Hope, an environmental partner empowering people overcoming barriers to employment through hands-on culinary training and community food programs. Every new Petaluma order helps support their mission to provide nourishing meals and meaningful job opportunities to community members in need.

Skincare

Colorado Aromatics

Colorado Aromatics' business is rooted in respect for the Earth. Their skincare products start with herbs grown on their Certified Naturally Grown Farm and are crafted with sustainable ingredients.

Their customers share their love for the outdoors, so joining 1% for the Planet was a natural extension of their commitment to caring for both skin and the environment.

Colorado Aromatics

Green Bee Botanicals

Green Bee Botanicals creates phytoceutical skincare made with plants.

They built philanthropy into their business model from day one, and have worked to champion biodiversity ever since.

Green Bee Botanicals

Manjeri Skincare

Manjeri Skincare is a luxury holistic body care brand.

They support environmental initiatives that protect the Earth and promote sustainable beauty.

Manjeri Skincare

Wellness

Plantiva - 2nd Wind and ColdDx

Plantiva sells natural health supplements formulated by practitioners.

Each year, they donate to local and global environmental partners dedicated to protection of native plants, bees and animals.

Plantiva - 2nd Wind and ColdDx

The Herbtender

The Herbtender creates supplements and organic herbal teas.

Every month, they donate to the Council of Contributors, a 100% rhino-centric charity channeling its efforts directly to the front line.

Werise

Werise offers collective wellbeing rituals designed to elevate energy. The Werise Holiday Core Session incorporates breathwork, sound and guided reflection.

They support the Turtle Foundation and other sea-life conservation partners—honoring the turtle as a symbol ancient wisdom, and the ocean as a source of renewal and healing.

Acknowledgement in this guide does not constitute an endorsement, promotion, or recommendation of any specific business, product or service by 1% for the Planet.