Americans spend a lot of money on holiday gifts. Beyond the pleasure of finding the right thing for someone you love, wouldn’t it be nice to feel a little bit good about where your money was going? There’s probably no such thing as the perfect business, of course, and consumer dollars are never a substitute for strong policy. But here are some places you might want to look in that last-minute holiday shopping rush:
- The AFL-CIO has a union-made holiday gifts guide ranging from See’s Candies to Joseph Abboud suits. Or maybe someone you know would appreciate a nice Harley-Davidson, which is certainly in your gifting budget.
- The Alliance for American Manufacturing has its Made in America holiday gift guide with something from every state: sleeping bags from Alabama, jewelry from Alaska and Arkansas and Oregon and Rhode Island, toys from Arizona and Colorado and Indiana and Pennsylvania, and much more.
- The DoneGood shop allows you to search for products from mission-driven companies. You can choose to highlight companies that are eco-friendly, empower workers, give back, are woman- or minority-owned, or manufacture in the U.S., and ones that make products that are organic or GMO-free, recycled or upcycled, toxin-free, cruelty-free, or vegan.
Take a look and see if you can’t find some gifts to feel good about buying as well as giving.