Frustrated with the lack of human concerns? Frustrated with the lack of environmental concerns? Motivated to translate these concerns into sustainable business practices? Motivated to translate these concerns into profitable business practices?
Derek Hodges, founder and President of Essential Depot, Inc. shared your concerns and motivations. Motivated sufficiently to implement his vision, in October 2014, Derek started the Greener Life Club. The vision was to merge sustainable and profitable business practices to advance a better world for all. However, the cooperation and participation by larger corporations was a problem. In 2016 Derek introduced the Greener Life Diamond (GLD) which codified 4 values:
• CARBON FOOTPRINT QUADRANT: implementing towards a sustainable and healthy world, purchasing products from companies that do not merely SAY that it is environmentally friendly, but show everyone that it is.
• FAIR TRADE QUADRANT: promoting a world where all people are treated as valuable human persons by using products produced from entities that transparently display proof of this value.
• BIO-FRIENDLY QUADRANT: selecting the effective natural alternative when it exists to avoid products that harm the world.
• ANIMAL FRIENDLY QUADRANT: treating other organisms as fellow travelers on this planet as deserving of healthy lives as is the human race.
Read more about that vision in the GLD White Paper.
Since that time, more than 17,000 people — customers and suppliers — have joined the Greener Life Club. But more was needed: transparency. It is not enough to say that something is valued, it must be demonstrated. But how can you demonstrate that value to the world? The answer: Greener Life Certification.
Greener Life Club members make and sell thousands of handcrafted products monthly. Greener Life Club members differentiate those products not only with branding and quality but also with the Greener Life Diamond turning individual buying decisions into power towards a better world.