Green Awakening: Sparks Active makes leggings and sports bras for a good cause

In this series, The Straits Times spotlights fashion and beauty entrepreneurs who walk the talk with conscious commerce and sustainable practices.

Sparks Active's mission is to help customers "look good, live good and do good". PHOTO: COURTESY OF SPARKS ACTIVE
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SINGAPORE - When you buy a piece of activewear from Singapore-based, Myanmar-founded Sparks Active, it benefits a tree in Myanmar, a child in Nepal or an asylum seeker in Hong Kong.

With every purchase, customers can choose one of three partner causes to which the ethical sports apparel brand will donate 5 per cent of net proceeds.

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