Giving back
20% of our profits is donated to social & environmental causes
We are not only advocates of a greener planet, we also work towards a sustainable business model for a better distribution of wealth in the home decoration category. We support our partners to improve and expand their business to become even more sustainable and create more job opportunities.
Eco & social sustainable business model
We work towards a sustainable business model for a better distribution of wealth in the home decoration industry.
To build a truly sustainable business and value chain, there is no substitute for commercial viability and profitability. Therefore, we are a for-profit enterprise. However, we do not aim for profit maximalisation.
We use our profits or surpluses to reinvest back into the business to e.g., developing new sustainable materials, improving the products & production processes, expanding distribution, and improving the businesses of our suppliers with financial support to buy raw materials or expanding their capacity.
Conscious Pricing
The makers earn a very small amount of the value of the end product in the market. Therefore, our makers determine the price.
We solely discuss the prices to guarantee that they make enough margin. Discounts are not in place in these ways of working. All products are made by hand on a non-industrial scale, therefore there is limited to no economies of scale.
Better distribution of margin
Giving back also means that you are conscious of what you take.
That means that our margins are limited, and we apply this type of limitation through all our ways of working. We are grateful to work with people who understand that working for a social cause is of beneficial value. We are cost conscious, inventive, work efficiently and make smart choices. We promote this way of working through the chain. Only then it is possible to work towards a more equal distribution of wealth.
Donations
20% of our profit is used to increase social and environmental impact further.
We donate to selected social and/or sustainable projects that benefit the communities of our producing partners.
The selected eco & social sustainable causes support (and/or):
- small scale entrepreneurship
- waste management
- greening the planet
- improving community environment
Donations
2021
Food packages for the glass upcyclers from Zanzibar
Although Zanzibar is a fruitful island, after a year of Covid and the lack of tourists on which the people from Zanzibar rely on, all reserves are vanished. Additional food support was needed. Via a special “COVID-19 AID THROUGH TRADE” promotion originalhome generated funds for their Covid Relief Fund for artisans in need. This Covid Relief Fund donated food packages to the glass upcyclers of Zanzibar. Originalhome kept on producing with the sourcing partners during the Covid lockdowns (unless people were not allowed to work) to assure income for the artisans.
2020/2021
Blankets for weavers in Bangladesh
Originalhome donated blankets to the artisans of the handloom workshop in Panchagarh Bangladesh. During the winter it can be very chilly in this area and blankets where needed. The blankest were donated via the Covid Relief Fund for artisans. Originalhome kept on producing with the sourcing partners during the Covid lockdowns (unless people were not allowed to work) to assure income for the artisans.
2020
10.000 kg rice for artisans in need in Bangladesh during Covid
Via a special “COVID-19 AID THROUGH TRADE” promotion, originalhome generated funds for their Covid Relief Fund for artisans in need. The BANGLADESH promotion generated an equivalent of 10.000 kg rice for the jobless artisans of the handloom workshop in Panchagarh Bangladesh. Together with our customers and the donations of generous private supporters of the cause, many jobless artisans received their weekly donation for basic necessities during the Corona period. Originalhome kept on producing with the sourcing partners during the Covid lockdowns.