Businesses Doing Good

Celebrating innovative ways businesses are making a difference in the world

A woman and her cat sit on a couch. She eats a sandwich, and a jar of Hellmann's mayonnaise sits between them. Behind her are decorations for the Super Bowl.

Hellmann's has created a new post-Super Bowl holiday to combat food waste

The campaign encourages people to repurpose leftovers, with Hellmann's pledging to donate $100,000 to the Food Recovery Network and organizing efforts to rescue surplus food from Super Bowl events.
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A hand planting a seed in the dirt, a screenshot of the Ecosia home page, and a tree nursery

Sustainability-centric search engine Ecosia reaches milestone of 200 million trees planted

The company tracks its projects in a detailed portfolio and has expanded its initiatives to include renewable energy production, regenerative agriculture, and more.
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A collection of baseball bobbleheads honoring members of the historic Negro Leagues

New bobblehead collection honors legendary Black baseball players during Black History Month

The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum released new bobblehead mystery boxes to honor Black baseball players during Black History Month.
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Three photos: Two large canvas bags filled with recyclables, a Ridwell recycling bin on someone's porch, and a woman sitting in a huge pile of Ridwell canvas bags

A sustainable subscription? This startup will pick up your hard-to-recycle waste

An amazing 97% of collected materials are reused or recycled, saving a total of 15 million pounds of waste from landfills.
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Knit cotton, an illustration of greenwashing, and a linen fabric

Total ethics fashion: The holistic approach one nonprofit is taking to combat greenwashing

Nonprofit Collective Fashion Justice coined the term "total ethics fashion" to create a holistic framework for a sustainable future in fashion.
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Screenshots of audiobooks by Ann Patchett, Jason Reynolds and Eriq La Salle

Libro.fm, best-selling authors donate audiobook profits to independent booksellers in need

The initiative involves authors, bookshops, and publishers foregoing royalties and profits to support Binc's mission to provide financial assistance to those in the book industry facing hardships.
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An item of clothing in green seaweed packaging; a person in a teal bikini holding a bundle of seaweed on the beach, a roll of green seaweed film

This California startup is replacing plastic bags with seaweed-based packaging

In an effort to combat the plastic waste crisis, biotech startup Sway has created a seaweed-based alternative to plastic packaging.
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A Revel driver charges his electric vehicle; a blue Revel car drives through the streets of New York; a Superhub charging station in NYC

All-electric rideshare in NYC surpasses 2 million rides

The company operates a fleet of over 500 electric vehicles and is actively involved in building public fast charging infrastructure in New York, aligning with the Green Rides Initiative to electrify New York's rideshare industry by 2030.
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A girl doll with a prosthetic leg on a skateboard, a boy and girl doll with limb differences as athletes, a girl doll with red hair and glasses

The Doll For All: Startup creates dolls especially for kids with disabilities

The first prototypes, designed with limb differences in mind, have exceeded their fundraising goal on Indiegogo, allowing the company to scale production, promoting diversity and self-esteem.
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Three photos: A young girl speaking into a microphone at a Ship It Zero rally; a shipping port; someone pulling a dolly with a shipment on it

Ship It Zero Makes Waves Calling for Decarbonization in Maritime Shipping

The coalition is dedicated to ensuring the world’s top retail corporations commit to zero-emission maritime shipping by 2030.
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Three photos: One of a person wearing a white dress shirt covered in black fingerprints, another of a piece of white fabric going through a sewing machine covered in black paint, and one of a number of HUMAN TOUCH shirts on a clothing rack

Innovative Clothing Line Makes 'Human Labor Visible' on Every Garment

A project aims to bring transparency to clothing manufacturing by using an art where the human labor involved becomes visible on the garment.
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A screenshot of an Instagram Reel showing the back of a camera; a photo of a brown Pit Bull, and a screenshot of a TikTok of the behind-the-scenes of a pet photo shoot

Photographer Gives Shelter Dogs a 'Second Shot' With Professional Adoption Photos

A professional photography business in Florida volunteers at the local humane society to take photos of adoptable pets, increasing their chances of finding forever homes.
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