The 'ethical' menstrual hygiene company model:
Create a proprietary product like,
simple, non-toxic menstrual cups
biodegradable pads needing industrial processes such as micro-fibrillation. Contains many functional layers of highly processed non-wovens and materials such as silver nano particles.
Washable pads
Washable, biodegradable pads ("good for x number of uses")
Washable, period-proof underwear (only feminine styles?)
Promote your brand as cutting-edge, environmentally sustainable & part of an overall ethical company.
Ship a percentage of your products to under-served people globally. You don't have to change your packaging language or look.
Use the donated product as a tax deduction.
Promote pictures of a black or brown youth holding your product on all branding going forward.
Continue to protect menstrual hygiene products as proprietary science.
Does this sound ethical to you? So long as companies continue to withhold and profit from the knowledge of menstrual hygiene products, period poverty will persist!