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Giving Back
Giving
Back
“NO ONE is useless in this WORLD who LIGHTENS the burden of ANOTHER”
Charles Dickens
For people & Planet
Charity is an essential part of our business. It’s how we support the causes that we care deeply about and how we take small actions to create a better future for both people and planet. All of the products that are available to purchase from Bags of Ethics have been created to support our causes, whether that’s through collaborative projects with charitable organisations, or products that support charities through direct donations.
Charity begins at home
As well as helping large charities and organisations, we believe it is important to take regular action that will directly benefit individuals in our communities, both in the UK and at our factory in Pondicherry. This could be anything from supporting food banks and creating educational opportunities to support orphans, blind children, elderly and the disabled.
We also work to support the families of our factory workers, and bring joy through celebrations for key events such as Diwali. Every year we send our factory team on a trip to tea plantations or natural conservation sites in South India, where we cover all expenses so our team can relax and enjoy singing and dancing together.
Our Products are
Fundraising partnerships with charitable organisations
Beautifully designed
to be treasured
Products sold with
direct charity
donations
Charitable action and donations in
local communities
Homegrown charity supporting
education
Our Charity Partners
The Wings of Hope
In 2003, our founders launched the Wings of Hope charity. The Wings of Hope offers a free programme for schools that enables young people aged 13-18 to develop core life skills, such as team work, communication and collaboration, while fundraising for educational projects in Malawi and India.
Over the past two decades, the Wings of Hope have worked with over 40,000 UK students from 500 schools, who have in turn completed over 50,000 youth-led projects in their communities.
Green Tree Badge
In September 2023 Supreme Creations and Bags of Ethics, along with founding charity partner, Royal Forestry Society, launched an ambitious campaign to get 1 million children across the UK to actively learn more about trees.
Dr R. Sri Ram, and Smruti Sriram along with world-leading and conservation experts co-authored an official Activity Passbook. The project is supported by celebrities including Sir David Jason and Millie Mackintosh.
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Fashion Trust Arabia
Our work in supporting designers across the world, extends to supporting fledgling new designers in the Middle East and North Africa region.
To date, we have raised over $1 million through a charity bag partnership with renowned couture designer, Zuhair Murad, to support the wonderful work of Fashion Trust Arabia.
Queen’s Green Canopy
In 2022, Bags of Ethics joined forces with The Queen’s Green Canopy (QGC), a unique tree planting initiative created to mark Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. People across the United Kingdom were invited to “Plant a Tree for the Jubilee”.
Everyone from Scout and Girlguiding groups, villages, cities, counties, schools and corporates were encouraged to play their part to enhance our environment by planting trees during the official planting season. In total, over 3 million trees were planted across the UK.
BFC Foundation
In 2020, during the peak of the Covid 19 pandemic, Bags of Ethics joined forces with the British Fashion Council Foundation to launch ‘The Great British Designer Face Coverings’. British designers donated a print each to be used on sustainably manufactured face masks. Halpern, Julien Macdonald, Liam Hodges, Mulberry, Raeburn and Rixo were amongst those to donate prints.
The project raised over £1m for charities and won Which? Best Buy Awards. Since then, we have continued to work closely with the BFC, joining forces with the Choose to Reuse campaign alongside RIXO, and then in 2023 to celebrate 30 years of NewGen’s creative talent
Our Charity Retail Partners
More charity partners
The Hygiene Bank
A recent YouGov report has stated that more than 3.1 Million adults in the UK are affected by hygiene poverty, which is why we partnered with The Hygiene Bank. A grass-root, people-powered charity and social movement, The Hygiene Bank work tirelessly to bring about a social change by allowing everyone access to hygiene products
Since 2022, Bags of Ethics has donated 100% of the Preen ‘Wellness Collection’ sales to the Hygiene Bank, with the aim of helping millions of people to feel confident and accepted.
Knowledge is Power
Our YouTube Plant Room series delves into some of the most fascinating issues in sustainability and manufacturing. Join our CEO, Smruti, as she talks to industry leaders and renowned experts.
It’s so much more than what I could have imagined...
Speed Mentoring | WOHAA
The word I would use is “inspired”...
Shalini Medepalli | British Deputy High Commission
Shalini, Head of Mission at the British Deputy High Commission in Chennai, India, shares her feelings regarding her visit to the Supreme Creations manufacturing facility, Bags of Ethics factory.
It’s all about being part of a community...
Christopher Di Pietro | Vivienne Westwood Commission
Global Brand Director for Vivienne Westwood, Christopher Di Pietro explains what working with Bags of Ethics means for him.
It’s so much more than what I could have imagined...
Speed Mentoring | WOHAA
The word I would use is “inspired”...
Shalini Medepalli | British Deputy High Commission
Shalini, Head of Mission at the British Deputy High Commission in Chennai, India, shares her feelings regarding her visit to the Supreme Creations manufacturing facility, Bags of Ethics factory.
It’s all about being part of a community...
Christopher Di Pietro | Vivienne Westwood
Global Brand Director for Vivienne Westwood, Christopher Di Pietro explains what working with Bags of Ethics means for him.
OUR CHARITY PARTNERS
OUR CHARITY PARTNERS
