Creating a vibrant, sustainable business that has a real impact via retail is best done with others. Here are some must join online groups for impact entrepreneurs:
Facebook Groups
- Sustainable Fashion: eco-fashion, slow fashion, recycle, upcycle
- Social Enterprise and Social Good
- SOCAP Network
- MindfulCommerce Community and Slack
- Starting Good Social Entrepreneurs Network
- Sustainable Fashion (Public)
- Social Enterprise Startup Community – From Idea To Impact
- Build a Sustainable Fashion Business
LinkedIn Groups
- Sustainable Fashion Professionals
- Eco Fashion Network
- LOHAS Lifestyles of Health + Sustainability
- Impact Entrepreneur
- Social Enterprise Alliance
- Social Enterprise and Development
- Sustainable Brands
- B Corp Community
- Ecommerce Experts. #1 Group for Ecommerce Best Practices
- InternetRetailing
- Net Impact — use your career to drive change
- On Startups
Other
- SustainableFashion Reddit
- EvolveCPG
- StartupCPG Slack
- pebble’s Ripples community – Includes free group for consumers and paid group for ethical businesses
Stay tuned for updates to our list for key hashtag communities on Instagram and Twitter. For more – especially groups for sustainable/conscious consumers out of scope above – see our massive Google Sheet with dozens of online places to connect.
We also share the best news and resources – like new online groups on our radar – of the day via our one-way Impact Retail e-newsletter.