Words by Smiley Team
Mainstream marketplaces for internet shopping rarely have good track records for respecting their staff – but the good news is you can counter this.
By shopping instead at more eco-friendly and ethical online marketplaces, you make a small contribution to supporting a more sustainable world. And the perfect time to start is with your Christmas shopping.
Here are some suggestions for where you can find carefully-selected products, some of which are delivered by green vehicles, produced in ethical working environments and with the bare minimum of packaging.
New on the online shopping scene, eTHikel Marketplace offers a huge range of ethical and sustainable essentials from clothing to wellbeing products, and from food and drink to gardening equipment. While browsing the site they even allow you to filter products by the ethical criteria that are most important to you.
Discover their online store here.
Vinted made online thrifting and swapping more convenient than ever when it emerged in 2008. It allows individuals to upload photos of clothing and accessories they no longer use to sell or swap. Their website and app promote reuse and exchange, avoiding the emissions involved in producing and packaging new clothes.
Discover their online store here.
A family-run business, Peace With The Wild sells online as well as from its store in North Lincolnshire. They carefully select each of their products to ensure its environmental impact is as minimal as possible. If products are made or packaged with plastic, are not recyclable, biodegradable or eco-friendly, those items won’t make it to their shelves.
Discover their online store here.
“We put things in this order: planet, people, purpose, profit,” says co-founder of My Green Pod, Jarvis Smith. He and his wife run a green news site and online marketplace for eco-friendly products. These range from low-carbon, organic spirits to sustainably-made soy candles infused with essential oils.
Discover their online store here.
