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Bario Neal

United States

Bario Neal is an independent, women-owned jewellery studio in the United States. It makes handcrafted engagement rings, wedding bands, rings, bracelets, necklaces and earrings. It also offers custom design and heirloom redesign, where its in-house jewellers reuse gemstones from existing pieces. The studio uses ethically sourced and reclaimed precious metals along with traceable gemstones. It aims to track its materials from mine to market. Its designs are not gendered and come in a wide range of sizes, reflecting the studio's support for marriage equality. Good On You rates Bario Neal Good overall: Good for planet and Great for people. Animals are not rated because the brand does not use animal-derived materials. Good On You reports that products are made to order and in-house by a small team in the US, and that the brand uses recycled packaging and partners with women artisans or women-owned enterprises. It also notes there is no evidence of action on hazardous chemicals in manufacturing.

FUTURA Jewelry

United States

FUTURA Jewelry is a US luxury jewelry brand that crafts rings, earrings, brooches and wedding bands from Certified Fairmined Ecological gold. Its collections include Legends, which reworks historical designs found with jewelry historians, as well as Essentials, Wedding, Forever Futura and Zodiac. Pieces are available in stock or made to order. The brand's gold comes from certified mines in Mongolia and Peru that extract gold without mercury or cyanide. FUTURA presents this as a response to mercury pollution from small-scale gold mining. It is a partner of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership and says it aims to give customers transparency about where their gold comes from. Good On You rates FUTURA Jewelry Great overall. It scores the brand Great for planet and Good for people, while animals are not rated. Good On You notes made-to-order production, final manufacturing in the United States, no plastic packaging, and a Code of Conduct covering the ILO Four Fundamental Freedoms. It found no evidence of living wages across most of the supply chain.

Will's Vegan Store

United Kingdom

Will's Vegan Store is a London-based brand that sells vegan shoes, boots, sneakers, coats, knitwear and accessories such as belts and wallets for men and women. It began as Will's Vegan Shoes and was renamed once it grew beyond footwear. Everything is vegan, down to linings and glue. Products are made in Italy and Portugal under EU labour, anti-discrimination and health and safety law. Most footwear and accessories use an Italian bio-based vegan leather made from 62-66% plant-origin material on a eucalyptus viscose backing. The brand says the rest is polyurethane and that the material does not biodegrade. Orders ship in plastic-free paper and cardboard packaging. The brand measures its emissions using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, sets yearly reduction targets and is certified through The Climate Label. Good On You rates Will's Vegan Store Good overall and lists it as PETA Cruelty Free and Global Recycled Standard certified.