Our Philosophy

The environmental and human outcome that our business generates matter to us. We aim to source and distribute high quality products that fit a modern life style, are strong and generational, are natural and easy on the environment and respect the makers and the consumers. We believe that international trading is still critical for a lot of developing countries and we make sure to source our producers with criteria such as manufacturing that does not exploit the environment, animals or people involved in its production and supply. d-Bodhi and its beautiful reclaimed teak wood furniture fits all of our standards.

We recognize that we do not have a totally sustainable and harmless business or lifestyle and we have an obligation to mitigate the damage we cause, regardless of whether we make a profit. In addition to our choice of products to promote and market, our values can be seen through some of the other activities and actions we are engaged in such as:

  • We belong to 1% for the planet, an alliance of companies that recognize the true cost of doing business and donate 1% of net revenues (as opposed to profits) to environmental conservation causes (www.onepercentfortheplanet.org).
  • We are co-owner of a village level community based enterprise in Yogyakarta Indonesia, not far from where our products are sourced. The business has been established principally as a CSR project (Corporate Social Responsibility) as there is not a strong profit motive. Rather as the main employer in the village, our intentions have been to train women from the community and surrounding area in all aspects of the business, including the production of handmade, all natural dye batik clothing to be sold for the benefit of the community. The enterprise includes a restaurant, traditional cultural activities and performances for local and international guests. Please visit our web site www.soganvillage.com.
  • We are also always trying to reduce our carbon footprint, regardless of whether we are not the final consumer of our products. We believe that climate change is the defining issue of our time and we want to be a part of the solution. Our blog focuses on the challenges associated with reducing one's carbon footprint.
  • Finally we are also striving to ensure a high quality product that will last beyond our generation, a product that is timeless in design and function. And in doing so, we hope to be a profitable business. For ReOrient, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not something that you tack on to what you do for the sake of public relations. For ReOrient our business model is one of being socially responsible and we think it will work.

Please visit our blog for frequent updateson both our products and other topics we think are important to a "green" way of life.