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5 Sure-to-Please Gifts From Retailers Who Give Back

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It’s hard to buy gifts that tick all the boxes. First, you want to find a present that’ll be truly appreciated, a feat in and of itself. Then, it needs to be the right price, and if you’re ordering it online, it needs to arrive before this year’s gift exchange — a struggle late-season shoppers know all too well. To ask for it to be ethically made, too? Well, that’s just one more requirement to add to your list. But this year, PayPal is proving it’s possible by teaming up with socially responsible merchants that make ethically focused gifting much easier.

These are companies that use sustainable and high-quality ingredients, employ people who historically struggle to find jobs, support the communities who manufacture their products, or donate part of their profits to good causes. Below, you’ll find five gifts we love from a few of these merchants. Each one not only offers giftees what they want, but also allows everyone to feel good about where it came from. A win-win for the holiday season.

For Your Sustainability-Minded Friend With a Sweet Tooth

Cocoa nibs — better known as unprocessed chocolate — are what’s inside a cocoa bean, and this batch has been roasted, giving it a rich, nutty flavor. They taste delicious blended into smoothies, sprinkled onto granola, or eaten on their own. Plus, like all Askinosie Chocolate, they’re sourced from a single origin and harvested sustainably. The company also profit-shares with its farmers in Tanzania and the Philippines, and for every item purchased, it donates a school lunch to children in communities there.

Askinosie Chocolate Single Origin Roasted Cocoa Nibs
$10.50 at Askinosie Chocolate

For the Nature-Lover Who Embraces Self-Care

Long winter nights are all about living that cozy life. Can you picture anything cozier than sipping hand-crafted white tea sweetened with orange blossom honey and lighting a beeswax candle? Conveniently, all those items come in this gift box from Bee Raw. One percent of profits go to its Save the Bees Foundation, which supports bee conservancies, botanical gardens, and underfunded organizations promoting the insects’ health and habitats.

Tea Retreat
$52 at Bee Raw

For the Zero-Waster Who Loves Art

Inspired by geometric shapes in architecture, this large woodblock print is handmade with textile scraps in a zero-waste process at a woman-run print- and paper-making studio in Jaipur, India. The Block Shop has a long-standing partnership with the studio, and each year, it invests 5 percent of its profits into community health and well-being programs there.

Mr. People Person Rose Blockwood Print
$320 at Block Shop

For the Imaginative Child Looking for a New Stuffed Friend

Meet Juliette: She’s an exceptionally soft stuffed rabbit who likes to paint, and she’s looking for a small human to dress her up, tell her stories, and take her everywhere. She’s made of 100-percent organic and ethically sourced materials by Hazel Village, a Brooklyn-based toy and clothing company that partners with organizations around the world to empower artisans with quality jobs and fair wages.

Juliette Rabbit in River Green Linen Dress
$54 at Hazel Village

For the Activist on Their Chill Day

The Little Market is full of fair-trade products handmade by artisans around the world, and this spa package is no exception. It features a sugar scrub and soaking salt created by young mothers in Chicago, soap handmade by women transitioning out of homelessness in Los Angeles, and an all-natural bath bomb made by Musee Bath, a Mississippi-based company that creates jobs for people struggling to find them, including women coming out of prison and people with special needs.

Spa Gift Set - Classic
$76 at The Little Market

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