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Fair trade skin, hair, and body care powered by women-led cooperatives in West Africa.
Alaffia is a beauty and personal care company that handcrafts award-winning clean, green skin and hair care products using fair trade ingredients. Their product line includes African black soap, shampoos, conditioners, lotions, body washes, facial cleansers, and specialized hair care products for different hair types and textures.
The company operates on a mission of creating clean, sustainable beauty products while maintaining fair trade practices. They focus on using traditional ingredients and methods, particularly featuring African black soap and shea butter as key components in their formulations.
Alaffia creates meaningful impact by supporting community empowerment projects in West Africa through their fair trade ingredient sourcing. They have established the Global Alliance for Community Empowerment (GACE) and focus on global job creation, connecting their business success directly to positive outcomes for communities in their supply chain.
Alaffia creates impact through their fair trade ingredient sourcing model, which directly supports community empowerment projects in West Africa. By purchasing ingredients through fair trade practices, they ensure that local communities receive fair compensation and support for sustainable development initiatives.
The company has established the Global Alliance for Community Empowerment (GACE) and focuses on global job creation as key outcomes of their business model. This approach connects their commercial success to tangible benefits for the communities that supply their raw materials.
- First Shea Butter Cooperative established 2003
- Coconut Cooperative launched 2012, adding 130+ women to the cooperative network
- Multiple schools built in Togo: Kouloumi (2011), Nadagou and Tamangue (2017)
- Maternal Care and Education Projects active since 2004
- Environmental Sustainability and Bicycles for Education Projects launched 2006
- 2,500+ U.
S. retail locations as of 2018
- U.S.
Photo credit: Alaffia
Impact-Driven Model
Alaffia creates impact through their fair trade ingredient sourcing model, which directly supports community empowerment projects in West Africa. By purchasing ingredients through…
Core Offering
Alaffia is a beauty and personal care company that handcrafts award-winning clean, green skin and hair care products using fair trade ingredients.
Why It Matters
First Shea Butter Cooperative established 2003 Coconut Cooperative launched 2012, adding 130+ women to the cooperative network Multiple schools built in Togo: Kouloumi (2011), Nad…
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