The Family Bag from Kildare-based Janni Bars is one of a range of its soap, shampoo and balm gift sets made with natural ingredients, plastic free, vegan friendly and with recyclable packaging.
€100, jannibars.com
Dublin company Shock of Grey’s bold eco-friendly jewellery uses Forest Stewardship Council-certified wood, low-emission paint and scrap acrylic to produce its collection. Its Jenny Fan earrings are made with laser-cut birchwood ply and brass. Available in a range of colours.
€58, shockofgrey.com
The Modern Bar Weekender by Calvin Klein is crafted with 100 per cent sustainably sourced materials, excluding trims. Finished with Calvin Klein branding to the front, an extra front pocket and an additional longer strap.
€189.90, bestmenswear.com
Artist Jo Howard’s The Curragh is made from a vintage Foxford wool blanket and hand dyed, recycled Irish linen, €150. See her work at the Irish Pop-up Collective from December 10th, @irishpopupcollective
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The Body Shop Star gift is one of a range of gift sets included in its Community Fair Trade programme where products contain Fair Trade ingredients and recyclable and/or reusable packaging. Shoppers will also get the opportunity to purchase a useful gift from a preapproved list of products to be donated to a local charity.
€34, thebodyshop.com
Sugarhill Brighton donates 2 per cent of every sale to social and environmental causes and say a tree planted for each order.
CeCe sequin jumper €74.95, available from iclothing.com
Waterford candle company Milis’s trio of travel candles, the Cocktail Collection, is handmade from 100 per cent natural soy wax using essential and fragrance oils which are vegan, paraben and phthalate free, with cotton and paper wicks.
€45 mymilis.com
Kopper Kreation makes beautiful objects out of copper piping and whiskey and gin bottles and other materials that have been sent to recycling centres and landfill. More than 75 per cent of the raw materials they use and their packaging are from recycled sources.
Lamp €155, kopperkreation.com
Two Wooden Horses’ The Body Shop Star gift is sourced from local fallen trees and transported to the workshop within a 10-minute distance.
€80, twowoodenhorses.com
Crann recycled wooden Turas watch, made from recycled materials sourced from ethical manufacturers.
