I know it feels like the 30th time I’ve said this and sorry for sounding like a broken record but… sustainability can seem daunting at times but we’ve got your back. These are some top tools I use when I’m in doubt of a brand or if I need some help with sustainability in general. Obviously you’ve always got us but just in case you needed more, check out the below:

Good On You

We can’t recommend this enough! If you’re ever shopping something new and want to check just how sustainable or ethical they are, check out Good On You. They offer great shopping guides and their “How sustainable is…” series offers in depth analyses into how sustainable  your favourite brands actually are. It’s super informative and is a useful tool to keep around.

Fashion Checker

Another tool to keep hold of is Fashion Checker. Fashion Checker allows you to search their extensive brand directory and see whether a brand is ethical in their supply chain. It covers whether or not a living wage is paid to employees, gender equality in the fashion industry and economic impact. 

aVOID

aVOID is an online plugin that helps you avoid products that are suspected to be produced with child labour. It’s super easy, just install the plugin (in Chrome or Safari) and products will vanish from site. They research specific products and brands that are more likely of being produced in factories where child labour is prevalent. 

Bring Me Home

An Australian app that partners with delish food places that have left over food so it doesn’t go to waste. Bring Me Home is essentially the UberEats of sustainability but it’s not super expensive and you’ll actually feel good about it after. 

Ecosia 

Ecosia is a search engine, just like any other, but with one major difference: it plants a tree for every search done.I know what you’re thinking, how does this work? So, with every search, Ecosia earns income from search ads on their platform. They then take this money and purchase trees to be planted all around the world. Sound too good to be true? Ecosia are dedicated to transparency and publish all their financial reports and monthly tree planting receipts online. 

 Ucapture 

Ucapture saves you money whilst saving the environment, yes you heard it right! By partnering with over 25,000 online stores, UCapture gives you discount codes for your online purchases AND offsets the carbon of those purchases at the same time. How can they do this? When you shop using their extension, their partners pay them a commission. They then use those commissions to fund carbon offset projects which reduce greenhouse gas emissions such as reforestation & forest preservation projects, methane capture at landfills and abandoned coal mines and solar & wind energy projects.