Sustainable Christmas Gift Guide
This festive season we are focusing on small businesses who create beautiful gifts with a positive impact. We have picked some of our (many!) favourite ethical and sustainable brands just for you. Give back with your gifting this year.
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Essence + Alchemy - Winter Bergamot
Essence + Alchemy - Winter Bergamot
£48.00 - Check it out
Bergamot is a fruit that has been used in Italian folk medicine for hundreds of years for its therapeutic properties. The aroma from the Bergamot candle is both soothing and revitalising and will and will take you on an uplifting journey through citrus scented mountain woodland. Candles are hand-poured into British made hand-blown glass with a sustainable and locally sourced rapeseed wax blend, pure essential oils and handmade FSC certified wood wick.
About the brand
Essence + Alchemy is a British brand that handcrafts beautiful and sustainable aromatherapy diffusers and candles. The brand makes sure that all goods produced have a minimal impact on the earth, it’s people and it’s organisms. Sustainability is at the core of the brand and is reflected through their suppliers, partners, manufacturing, and packaging. Throughout their supply chain, they are committed to always using natural, ethical, sustainable, GMO free, cruelty free and as many organic raw materials as possible.
Leiho - You Blue Me Away Bamboo Socks
£12.00 - Check it out
Bamboo fibre is environmentally friendly, temperature adapting, hypoallergenic and odour resistant. The material is softer and more delicate. For every item sold, another is donated to a homeless person.
About the brand
Leiho is on a business mission to make every purchase more meaningful. For every pair of bamboo socks sold, Leiho donates another pair to a homeless person. So far, Leiho has managed to donate 842 pairs of socks and 1565 cartons of water to the homeless.
Leiho -
You Blue Me Away Bamboo Socks
Wunder Workshop - GOLDEN MYLK Classic Turmeric Latte
Wunder Workshop - GOLDEN MYLK Classic Turmeric Latte
£12.99 - Check it out
This smooth, organic healing drink is a nourishing alternative to coffee and the perfect way to get your turmeric fix as part of your daily wellness rituals. The turmeric is ethically sourced from small community farms in the heart of Sri Lanka.
About the brand
Wunder Workshop is inspired by intuitive herbalism and Ayurveda. Wunder Workshop creates products for the People & Planet, focusing on Consumption with Purpose. 1% of their yearly revenue is invested in projects such as planting trees in Sierra Nevada, Colombia and helping mothers in Sri Lanka.
Mind the Cork - Atlas Cork Planter / Desk Tidy
£29 - Check it out
Atlas Cork Planter is a contemporary, eco-friendly planter ideal for beautiful houseplants. It can also be used as a cute pencil pot thanks to the versatile and lightweight cork design. Beautifully crafted with love, the planters are lightweight and made with sustainably sourced Portuguese cork that can be recycled or composted for the most ethical design.
About the brand
Mind the Cork offers contemporary eco friendly cork homeware and lifestyle products. Cork does not require trees to be cut down. As a result, it helps maintain wildlife diversity and promotes reforestation. Cork is also biodegradable, renewable and recyclable.
Mind the Cork -
Atlas Cork Planter / Desk Tidy
Wild Seed Botanicals -
Naked Whipped Shea Butter
Wild Seed Botanicals - Naked Whipped Shea Butter
£22 - Check it out
This lightly whipped butter is smooth and velvety to the touch, leaving skin and hair soft, moisturised and supple. Made with Organic Shea Butter from Burkina Faso in West Africa, Sunflower Seed Oil, Aloe Vera Extract & Natural Vitamin E, this buttercream is high in Omega-6 fatty acids which also soothes sensitive skin or skin affected by inflammatory conditions. Fragrance & Nut Free
About the brand
Wild Seed Botanicals was established in London with roots from African Holistic Traditions. All their products are handmade in small batches to deliver the most potent, raw and purest potions. All the ingredients used are ethically sourced, active and included for therapeutic effects.
Brothers We Stand - Organic Wool Beanie
£27.00 - Check it out
This beanie is made of GOTS (Global Organic Textile Standard) certified 100% organic wool and knitted in Turkey. It is available in a range of colours. All stages of production from fibre growers to processors and manufacturers are audited and must have systems in place to ensure social criteria based on the key norms of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) are met.
About the brand
Brothers We Stand is an ethical and sustainable menswear brand. They conduct research to make sure that every product in their collection meets the following standards: ethical production, designed to please, and created to last. The brand also clearly states the social and environmental impact of each product and the use of ethical practices to provide transparency on their supply chain for the consumers.
Brothers We Stand - Organic Wool Beanie
Alice & Peg x Wearth -
Beauty Gift Box
Alice & Peg x Wearth -Beauty Gift Box
£38 - Check it out
Curated by Alice & Peg exclusively for Wearth, this brand new beauty gift set is full of natural and eco-friendly products, all handmade in the UK by some of their most loved brands and includes personalised gift card. Designed to uplift, revitalise and nourish, this beautifully presented letterbox-friendly gift set features uplifting treats for face and body. £1.25 from each sale goes to YoungMinds, supporting young people with mental health problems.
About the brands
Wearth partners with 250 independent UK brands that make contemporary eco-friendly and ethical products.
Alice & Peg works with UK based independent makers to curate eco-conscious gift boxes with handmade, sustainable and cruelty-free products. From the sale of each gift box, £1 is donated to the UK’s leading charities supporting children and young people’s mental health.
Riley Studio - 'Created From Waste' Classic T-Shirt
£45 - Check it out
Created using recot²®, which is a mix of recycled cotton and GOTS certified organic cotton, this t-shirt improves the eco-balance of organic cotton. The recycled cotton fibres come from waste, including yarn discards and fabric scraps.
About the brand
Riley Studio creates gender-neutral wardrobe staples. The brand is on a mission to change mindsets and make conscious consumerism the norm. Riley Studio puts eco-innovation and sustainability at the core of everything they do.
Riley Studio -
'Created From Waste' Classic T-Shirt
All these would work in perfect combination with House Thirteen jewellery and accessories. Pick your favourites below.