A mobile app to help you get informed about the products you buy and the companies you buy from. Envisage a product comparison site that compares not on price, but on whether a product fits your own values.
Health
Do you know what's in your cleaning and personal care products, whether your food is packed with additives or whether you've chosen a healthy option? We want to help you find out.
Sustainability
Whether it's local pollution, global climate change or conservation we all have a stake in our environment. Do the companies we buy from share our concerns, is that reflected in the products we buy and how do we find those that are leading the way?
Fairness
You know it when you see it. Fair pay, animal welfare, company behaviour, consideration of others. People feel better when the world is more equitable.
About Giki
Giki rates products not on price, but on whether a product fits with what matters to you. What is it you care about? Eating healthily, avoiding toxic chemicals, animal welfare, climate change, or buying local. Whatever your priorities, Giki will help you understand the true impacts of products on you and those around, to help you to buy from brands which share your beliefs. Giki is a social enterprise and you can get the ratings via the Giki app in 2018
Our team
Jo Hand
Co-Founder
Favourite badges – no chemicals of concern, animal welfare
Dexter Galvin
Advisor
“People have the power to change the world”. Favourite badges: carbon footprint, responsible sourcing, local, organic….
Paul Dickinson
Board Member
Favourite badge – carbon footprint. “You have to vote with your money”
JP Luchetti
Advisor
Favourite badge – no E numbers. “Seeing is believing”
James Hand
Co-Founder
Favourite badges – carbon footprint, healthier options
Vicki Bales
Board Member
Favourite badges – organic, animal welfare and recycled packaging.
Leyla Basacik
Researcher
“Why Giki? Making product information accessible for ethical consumerism.” Favourite badges: Low carbon footprint, No chemicals of concern
Steph du Plooy
Advisor
“Giki shares a new level of product knowledge with consumers, giving them more power over their product choices”
Chris Havers
Researcher
“We all need help finding our way through the fuzz of product messaging”. Favourite badges: Responsible sourcing, Animal welfare
No chemicals of concern
Contains more natural products, avoids chemicals that can be linked to health or environmental risks
Low carbon footprint
Lower carbon footprint products are better for the environment
No animal testing
Good news for animals
Free from E numbers
Free from additives such as preservatives, colouring, flavourings and sweeteners
Responsibly sourced
Better for the environment and for workers too
Local
Less transportation is better for the environment
Organic
Less pesticides, less chemicals and good animal welfare
Healthier Option
Lower fat, lower sugar, lower salt – helps prevent serious health problems and keeps the waistline trim
Recyclable packaging
Cuts waste to landfill, saves energy and reduces greenhouse gas emissions
Animal welfare
Kinder to animals