We believe in leveraging business as a catalyst for positive change. By reinvesting a substantial portion of our profits into social and environmental initiatives, we contribute to meaningful, lasting impact. Our support includes financial contributions, product donations, and advocacy for ethical labor practices across our supply chain.
Grounded in service to people and planet, our values guide every decision—what we make, how we make it, and who we partner with—rooted in sustainability, advocacy, and social justice. These aren’t add-ons; they are the foundation of how we operate. It all began in 2004 with a single 12 oz cup made from bagasse, the fiber left over from sugarcane processing. We knew a cup couldn’t change the world, but it pointed to systems in need of transformation; waste, extraction, and overconsumption. Today, we design smarter products, choose materials with care, operate with integrity, and direct our giving to grassroots solutions tackling social and environmental challenges. While compostables aren’t a perfect fix, they represent a meaningful step away from single-use plastics, especially when made from renewable resources and paired with the right infrastructure. That’s why we invest in innovation, push for better composting systems, and support policies that move us toward circularity. We also recognize that sustainability is inseparable from justice, prioritizing giving to communities most impacted by environmental harm and often excluded from traditional funding. Through it all, we remain accountable to the values we were founded on.
“People and planet” can sound like a marketing cliché, just another phrase on products and campaigns. But behind those words is a truth we can’t ignore: the climate crisis and social inequality are deeply intertwined, both fueled by extractive systems that exploit Earth and its people. We live in the Anthropocene, a human-shaped era marked by environmental breakdown, biodiversity loss, and a warming planet. Yet the burden is not shared equally. Billions, especially in the Global South and historically marginalized communities, face poverty, displacement, and lack of basic human rights as a direct result. Addressing one without the other treats symptoms, not causes. At World Centric, we believe real sustainability must tackle both environmental devastation and social injustice, because justice for the planet is impossible without justice for its people.
World Centric was named after the belief that we need to think beyond ourselves (ego-centric), and think about the world (world-centric). With this mindset, World Centric was created in 2004 as a nonprofit organization to elevate awareness of global sustainability issues. Today, we continue to uphold the same mission and values to be of service to people and the planet in all that we do. We carry this in our business operations, which are far from business-as-usual, to address sustainability in our products, philanthropy, and practices.