We have so much love for our community! For years we’ve donated a share of our earnings to good people doing good things. The goal has always been to provide funding & support to the communities we work alongside – and to hopefully create some awareness while we’re at it. Our Eco Warrior Community Initiatives Fund rolls it all into one neat program.
We’re aiming for complete transparency with our donations, so you can be confident 100% of the funds raised will be passed on to the charities we support.
Our pledge is to contribute 5% of profits from all Eco Warrior beans & merch sales, and we also accept personal contributions at the checkout (of which the entire donation is passed on). Each quarter, we change up where the donations go, but you can always check back here for updates. We’d love to tell you a bit about the fantastic organisations we support…
regenerate australia.
During Spring, we’re proud to partner with Regenerate Australia – a national charity restoring degraded lands and ecosystems across Australia through native tree planting and landscape restoration, delivered in partnership with Traditional Owners and landholders.
We’re already a certified carbon neutral business, but we wanted to do more – backing real, on-the-ground restoration work felt like a natural next step.
Since 2022, we’ve donated $12,126.07 to Regenerate Australia, funding the planting of 3,030 native trees on degraded lands across Australia.
We’re excited to continue our support this year & hope to be able to plant even more trees in future.
streetsmart.
Each Winter, we’re proud to support StreetSmart Australia – a small but mighty not-for-profit helping people across Australia who are experiencing homelessness, housing stress, poverty, food insecurity, or escaping domestic and family violence.
The funds raised go to grassroots charities who provide vital services, like temporary accommodation, meals, personal hygiene products & support to those in need.
We’ve worked with StreetSmart for over a decade now, getting behind their CafeSmart initiative as a roaster partner from 2015. Since launching our Community Initiatives program in 2021, we’ve donated a total of $16,214.07 to StreetSmart and counting.
This includes our 2026 donation amount of $2,362.53.
children's ground.
During Autumn, we raise funds for Children’s Ground – an Indigenous-led organisation working alongside communities to support long-term, community-driven change.
From infants to Elders, they work collaboratively with entire communities over a 25 year period to create change, aiming towards a brighter future for the next generation – led by culture, informed by evidence and built for generational impact.
Since 2021 – noting a gap in 2022 where we reverted Autumn donations to flood-affected communities (see below) – we’ve donated a total of $14,414.71 to Children’s Ground.
We’re proud to be able to support First Nations communities each Autumn.
beyond blue.
Throughout the Summer months, we donate to Beyond Blue – Australia’s most well-known and visited mental health organisation.
Beyond Blue is focused on supporting people affected by anxiety, depression and suicide – providing services to people in Australia for over 20 years.
Since 2022, we’ve raised $14,342.63 for Beyond Blue. This contribution goes towards the running of their free 24/7 support service, helping to ensure every call, chat and email is answered.
We’re proud to support a cause that’s very close to our hearts each Summer.
givit australia.
When devastating floods hit QLD & NSW in early 2022, we decided to pivot for the quarter and use our EWCIF donations to help flood-affected communities get back on their feet.
We chose to support Givit Australia as we were wanting to ensure 100% of the funds raised would go directly into the hands of the people who needed it most.
In Autumn 2022, we donated a once-off total of $4,816.95 to Givit – $2,141.95 through the fund + an additional $2,675 as part of an auction we held for the signed coffee machine we used at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
other charities we support.
While not technically part of our EWCIF program, we’ve raised funds for a few other orgs directly through our products – these have been included in the final tally.
Since its release, we’ve donated $1 from each sale of our Christmas blend Festive AF to Next Steps Australia – a charity helping women & children escaping domestic & family violence.
We also supported two queer-led organisations through the 2026 release of our Pride Blend: $1 per sale to Minus18, supporting their work with LGBTQIA+ young people across Australia. And we proudly partnered with Q-Lit – a queer literature and storytelling organisation at their annual Queer Book Fair.
how can you help us give back?
Since we created the fund in 2021, Locale has donated over $64,000 to local charities!
To help us give back, you can head on over to our online store & grab yourself some Eco Warrior beans, or add a personal contribution to your cart on checkout. Alternatively, we highly encourage you to hit the linked sites and make a personal donation.
This page is updated quarterly, so you can come back here anytime & check on the progress of our donations.
Lastly, if you’ve contributed in any way to our Community Initiatives Fund, we’d like to say a huge thank you! None of this would be possible without the incredible customers & cafe partners who get behind it. We truly appreciate the support.
Click below to learn more about our sustainability journey & the other ways we’re having an impact.
