Creating a Movement to Help End Poverty and Hunger

ZOË Alliance is launching our ZOË Challenge later today at an inspiring event in Toronto.  Our goal simply put is to create a movement.  Pretty audacious, we know.  It’s worth a try, because it would help enable 1/3 of the people that we share this planet to live healthier lives.

We invite you to join us [...]

Small Choices with Powerful Outcomes - Join us to Find out More

At ZOË Alliance in many ways we focus on something that is really a very small part of what most people think about – gifts & promo items.

With the all consuming demands of business and the broader scope of conferences and events, the giveaways or gifts are usually a fairly small part of the planning [...]

New Product Announcement from India!!

Honestly, this is so exciting!  A very big focus for us is to find items that can ensure a steady and growing stream of orders into the villages.  The first couple of years it was very difficult to compete in low dollar value items at high volumes because of some of [...]

Is ZOË Alliance Socially Responsible?

Social Responsibility covers a very broad range of potential action in our businesses and personally.  At ZOË, social responsibility is at the core of our business, we enable people to have impact in one small, but powerful, area – leveraging existing promotional & gift budgets for sustainable change. While we are only 3 years old, [...]

Meet More of the Team - Guest Blog by Founders of Okenshield Managment

“This was not just a case of giving money, but rather giving hope along with life skills.”

Bob & Jo-Anne Bryant – Okenshield Management Group

Almost every day it seems, I end up shaking my head and wondering how it was that I ended up working with such amazing people.  I must [...]

Guest Blog - Janet Rogers on our work together in India

ZOË Alliance was named as such because we work in partnership with NGO’s,  local business leaders, and corporations toward the creation of a global alliance that helps to break the cycle of poverty in developing nations.  To date we are working in India, Haiti and Guatemala and each partnership looks a little different based on [...]

What CEO's are Saying About Sustainability

The UN Global Compact has 766 corporate members globally who are committed to sustainability and responsible business practices.  The June 2010 CEO Study released by Accenture outlines had some interesting highlights to share in terms of CEO opinions.  Some of the top ones were:

93% of CEOs believe that sustainability issues will be critical to [...]

A Chance to Source Fair Trade Gifts and Promo Items

Busy days are ahead as we participate in our first Incentive Works show.  If you are in Toronto the next couple of days, why not drop by Booth 2224 and visit us?  It’s a fantastic opportunity to leverage your budget for incredible impact.  Hope to see you there!!

Exceptional Stories About Serving Those with Exceptional Needs

Every month we post an update from one of the villages we are working in because tangible impact in the lives of  people is the reason we do what we do.  We are excited to let you know that there is a new resource available that will provide  weekly content from the field.  [...]

Haiti Update - Jobs, Micro-loans, and Housing Orphans

On Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 Haiti was struck by a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake.  It has been 6 1/2 months since that day.  So much has happened since then, with many countries, organizations and individuals seeking to provide help to the people of Haiti. And as always, in the midst of incredible chaos, there are [...]