Thoughtful giving

WITH FAIR&GOOD What if the presents you buy this Christmas could give a gift twice – that would be pretty good value right?

Fair&good, a new ethical brand directory, has partnered with Good magazine to bring you the Thoughtful Christmas Gift Guide. It presents an amazing selection of ethically produced products that not only make wonderful gifts but can also transform the lives of the people who made them.

Born out of a conviction that spending your money ethically is one of the most powerful tools we have to make a difference, fair&good helps you easily find ethical brands. You can rest easy knowing these products live up to the values important to you:

Fair Labour

Workers receive fair wages, work in safe working conditions and their rights are upheld. No slave or forced labour.

Transparent

Supply chains are known, transparent and monitored for all to see.

Community-minded

Local makers and producers are actively involved and livelihoods protected.

Gender-equity

Specific actions are taken to empower women.

Inclusive

Opportunities are offered to people who are often excluded.

Eco-conscious

Practices are in place to support a healthy environment.

Giving back

Profits are re-invested back into the community.

Consistent

Values are considered in every aspect of operation.

Actor and activist Emma Watson also knows we can change lives by simply choosing where we spend our money,

From clothing and homeware to skincare and food, discover ethical brands you’ll love at fairandgood.co.nz.

Trade Aid

Trade Aid is a social enterprise creating fairness in trade. These Horn Rainbow Earrings, $22.99, are fun, stylish – and hypoallergenic. They’re handmade by skilled artisans working with Tara Projects, a Trade Aid Fairtrade partner in India.

She Made This

She Made This’ vision as a company is to inspire and share ideas for those interested in choosing to purchase and support ethically sourced options that truly make a difference to people and the planet. These Earthernware Clay Herb Sticks, $9.50 each, are handmade in Australia.

Fairplay

“As consumers, we have so much power to change the world by just being careful in what we buy”.

This beautifully painted wooden School Bus, $69, has been expertly crafted by skilled artisans. The roof slides back to allow access to seat all 14 passengers and the driver, providing hours of fun and imaginative play. It’s handcrafted from sustainable albesia wood and finished with non-toxic, child-safe glues and paint.

Trade Aid

This cone shaped Christmas Tree and Star, $44.99, is hand-woven from hagnaya vine and rattan by skilled artisans working with Community Crafts Associations of the Philippines (CCAP). Each tree takes 2 hours to weave.

Duffle&Co

Wellington bag and accessories brand Duffle&Co is using fashion as a force for good. Discover carefully handcrafted, luxurious quality, full-grain leather bags and accessories that are made ethically, fairly and sustainably such as this Greenslade Duffle Bag, $419. By choosing Duffle&Co, you wear your values.

Etico

This Horn Cake Server, $26, is handcrafted in India from natural water buffalo horn with each server having its own distinctive colourations. Water buffalo are a commonly bred animal in Asia for their meat and the horn is a by-product of this industry.

Nisa

Nisa combines impact and intimates by selling ethical comfortwear. Nisa’s range of underwear, swimwear, loungewear and socks are sewn in their Wellington workshop by women from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Below: Nisa Bralette, $119, and Brief, $49.

Loyal

Loyal sources quality, fairly traded goods made by artisans from around the world and sells the imported goods online. All profits are converted to Loyal dollars, and awarded to the customer when they purchase. Customers choose where you spend their Loyal dollars, by selecting from the projects, aid organisations and charities registered with Loyal. Hibiscus Face Mask, $32.

ReCreate Clothing

ReCreate Clothing is ethically and sustainably crafted from crop to customer. Your purchase transforms lives by providing fair employment, training and empowerment to its production team in Cambodia.

WE-AR

WE-AR creates ethically sourced and mindfully made yoga and off-duty clothing. WE-AR has developed these Yoga Mats, $108, in conjunction with the world’s best yoga mat manufacturer. Made with 100 per cent naturally sourced rubber the mats are embedded with jute for an excellent, non-slip, hard wearing yoga practice.

Etico

Etico sources from artisans and socially responsible makers to bring you ethically made homewares, gifts and lifestyle goods. Etico’s aim is to inspire people to make conscious choices, buy less and only quality items that will stand the test of time. French Market Basket, handwoven in Morocco, $64.

Thunderpants

Thunderpants makes Fairtrade, organic, comfy, hardwearing and fun cotton clothing for everyone, such as this Eyes Cami, $68, and French Navy Women’s Original Knickers, $28. They are working on samples for a candy cane stripe design for Christmas.

Trade Aid

These gorgeous stackable Origami Tea Cups, $12.99 each, are hand-painted with assorted modern designs by skilled artisans working with Craft Link, Trade Aid’s Fairtrade partner in Vietnam. The artisans source their excellent quality clay from North Vietnam.

Tonic & Cloth

Makers of ethical and sustainable ‘Monday clothes that feel like Sunday’, Tonic & Cloth’s clothing is all made in New Zealand. Its Linen Cloud Print Dress, $230, is floaty, easy wear for those spring and summer months and made using fabric that would otherwise have gone to landfill.

Living Fibres

Living Fibre makes Fairtrade organic clothing, ethical essentials that are beautiful from the moment the seed is planted right up until you receive the finished product. Women’s Organic Cotton Bralette, $60 and Etiko Women’s Bikini underwear $18.

The Loyal Workshop

The Loyal Workshop is a leather goods producer in Kolkata, India that exists to provide alternative employment to women trapped in modern-day sexual slavery. The hand-stitched Goodstead Ethical Leather Satchel, $280, is the perfect go-anywhere companion.

She Made This

The Star Teacher Christmas Decoration, $22.27, from She Made This is handmade from earthenware clay and can be personalised by handwriting a message with a felt pen on the unglazed side. It comes in a drawstring bag with a little ‘wish’ star tied around the top.

Fairplay

Fairplay is here to connect you with beautiful, handcrafted decor and toys, ethically sourced from around the world. Fairplay ‘Give Hope’ Print, $35.

Duffle & Co

Owning a Duffle&Co bag means that you believe in better. Each item comes with a hand-signed label from the craftsman that made it, and also plants five mangrove trees. Bradley Backpack, $299.

REEMI

Reemi is a social enterprise developing high-tech period underwear – all profits support menstruators who need them most. Their Limited-edition Organic Tee, $59, is made by the women that participated in their first menstrual education programme.

Weave

Weave is passionate about designing textiles for the home, such as this Cantina floor rug, $1399. Through their membership of Care & Fair, Weave gives back to the craftspeople that create their products and helps support community development.

Trade Aid

Trade Aid works with small-scale food and craft producers around the world, and supports and educates its Kiwi consumers to join with them in creating a world where trade is fair for all. Black and Yellow Flower Bowl, $44.99.