Dignity Coconuts

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Coconut Products

Company: Dignity Coconuts
Website: www.dignitycoconuts.com

More about Dignity Coconuts

After years of nonprofit work helping trafficking victims, the founders looked upstream and discovered the coconut industry had initially trapped them.

We were outraged. We knew we needed to do more.

We set up a coconut company in the middle of an at-risk community in the Philippines to reverse the cycles of poverty and slavery. Our holistic approach provides 114 jobs, education and clean water for 30 villages, and Direct Trade to 150+ farmer families. Today, over 50% of our Filipino team and management team are women, and for the first time, they are able to send their kids to school!

Key information

Dignity Coconuts sells award-winning coconut oil and natural beauty products!

Our Raw Coconut Oil is USDA Organic and Centrifuge Extracted. It comes in a 3oz jar for travel, a 4oz jar for beauty, a 15oz jar for the kitchen, and a 1 gallon size for the avid baker! Our customers love using coconut oil for beauty as a makeup remover, a non-toxic lube, hair mask, and oil pulling. They love using it in the kitchen for cooking and baking because of its light coconut taste that doesn't overpower food. And moms use it for them and their babies as a belly bal, diaper rash cream, and for baby led weaning.

Our All Natural Vegan Lip Balms won the Vegan Beauty Award and only use 5 clean ingredients!

Contact information

Website: www.dignitycoconuts.com

Email: [email protected]

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Veganism

Are all the products your entity (business, brand, organisation) produces and/or retails suitable for vegans? If no, then, unfortunately, you cannot register as we only accept submissions from 100% vegan entities.: Yes
Which of the following best describes you (professionals and sole traders) or your organisation?: Vegan

Ownership

Is your organisation an independent business/brand or a corporate owned business/brand?: Independent
Are you a Grassroots organisation (for projects, charities/NGOs)?: No
Are you a BAME (Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic) owned/run business/organisation?: Yes
What type of business/organisation are you?: Social enterprise
Are you a woman-owned/run business/organisation?: No

Social, Economic and Environmental Justice

Which social, economic or environmental justice causes does your entity (business, brand, organisation) support or promote (e.g. through social media posts, donations, attending protests and other direct actions etc.)?

Anti-slavery

Economic justice

Environmental justice

Environmentalism

Feminism and gender justice

What do you do to support or promote each of the causes you have identified?

1. 156 farmer families escaped predatory loans and corrupt pricing. They are proud to get fair prices for their coconuts that allow their families to thrive. 2. 114 employees have a dignified job AND live with their families. With over 70% unemployment in our area, most are forced to go on a desperate search for a job far away where they are often abused and trafficked. 3. Thousands are healthier through clean water and multiple medical and dental clinics. 4. The community is stronger. After typhoons and covid, we rebuilt 336 homes, gave food and cash to farmers who lost crops, planted 26,000 trees, and gave a total of 250k lbs of rice house-to-house to over 2,200 families.

Does your business/organisation have an ethical labour policy or code of practice (either formal or informal) which ensures fair labour practices?

Yes

Does your business/organisation have policies and practices which actively promote diversity and inclusion?

Yes

Is your business a member of the World Fair Trade Organisation?

Do you source products and/or ingredients from companies and suppliers that support fair labour practices?

As much as possible

Environment and Sustainability

If any of the products you produce and/or retail, or ingredients you use, have a sustainable production certification, please indicate which certifications apply?: Certified organic
Overall, how many of the products that you produce and/or retail, or ingredients you use, are certified by the sustainable production certifications listed in the question above?: Many (one to two thirds)
Are any of the products that you produce and/or retail, or ingredients you use, free of palm oil?: All
Do you reuse, recycle and/or donate any waste products (e.g. food, plastics, packaging etc.)?: Yes
Do you only use recycled or recyclable materials for packaging?: No
Is all of your packaging biodegradable?: No
Does your business, organisation or project follow a zero waste philosophy?: Yes

Energy, Transport and Distribution

How many of the products you produce and/or retail, and/or the ingredients you use, are made in the country in which your entity (business, organisation) is based?: Many (one to two thirds)

Giving Back

Does your business support or give back to the local community in any way?: Yes