Fashion, home, accessories: the luxury of shopping is awareness

Pebble Child offers rattles, pixies, blankets, handmade toys made from organic cotton. It all started in 2004 when Samantha Morshed arrived in Bangladesh and, through a local NGO, taught knitting to 12 young women. The project evolved, the women numbered over 2,000 and the production centres were enriched with nurseries and kindergartens. All proceeds support women living in rural communities in Bangladesh (left, Bunny rattle - rainbow, £21, pebblechild.com).

Founded by sisters Hannah and Rachel Vasicek, Francesca is the Australian jewellery brand born in the famous Salamanca markets in Tasmania. It offers jewellery in yellow gold, rose gold or silver. The brand is very involved in charity activities thanks to collaborations with various partners: for example, 100 per cent of the proceeds from the sales of the Be Hers collection (right, the $34 Awareness bracelet) is donated to the association of the same name committed to saving women and children from slavery (francesca.com.au).

Founded in 2018 in North Wales by Dave and Lucy, Battle Green produces handmade vegan cosmetics (below, solid lemon shampoo, £5.5), stored in sustainable packaging. As well as planting a tree for every gift box, the brand donates 1 per cent of the proceeds to Surfers Against Sewage, a charity committed to cleaning up beaches and waterways (battlegreen.co.uk).

Founded in Florence in the mid-1980s, Temple St. Clair is the brand that, thanks to its collaboration with Florentine craftsmen, has been able to translate ancient goldsmithing techniques into jewellery with contemporary lines. For every purchase of the Arcadia collection (below, Simba Lion, €5,741), 20 per cent is donated to Big Life Foundation, which supports nature conservation in the Kilimanjaro-Amboseli-Tsavo area (templestclair.com).

Futura Factory is the solidarity ceramics factory that pursues paths of integration through the right to work. Here, people with disabilities or social disadvantages are supported to achieve the best state of individual well-being: in the workshop, pieces such as mugs, candle holders (below, White Pinecone, 25 €) and plates are handmade, the entire proceeds from which support the cooperative (factory.futuracoopsociale.it).