Zola Africa Sustainability - SustainabilityTracker.com

Zola Africa, also referred to as The Zola Collective, presents itself as a platform for African products with an emphasis on ethical supply chains, community benefit, and support for women artisans and farmers. The brand says it works with small businesses to scale operations and export out of Africa, and that the sale of each product contributes to community improvements such as water, sanitation, and education. It also states that it is involved in sourcing, harvesting, manufacturing, and understanding the carbon footprints of its products, and that products are tested and issued with health certificates before export.

Supports female artisans

We partner with and mentors female artisans who need guidance on packaging and retailing their products online.

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Uses ethical supply chain

Our mission is to enable small businesses to scale their operations and export out of Africa through an ethical supply chain.

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Funds community improvements

The sale of each product goes back to improving the community, whether as water, sanitation, or education and creates a source of livelihood for the farmers.

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Tracks product sourcing

We are involved in every step of the supply chain. Our Co-founder Misha, is based in Kenya and works closely with all the artisans, farmers and microentrepreneurs to ensure not only the quality of the product but also the sustainability. We know where each of our products are grown, harvested, manufactured and also understand their carbon footprints.

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