Nowadays, you hear the terms eco-friendly and environmentally-friendly everywhere you go. People are becoming increasingly aware that the Earth is merely on loan to us. While we all pollute this globe we are living on, all of us can also make our contribution to a cleaner world. Is your company environmentally aware? Do you use paper as little as possible? Do the lights at your company automatically switch off when no-one is in the room? Do you use solar panels? When you start using heating in the winter, do you put it on a degree lower? All of these are conscious choices.
Do you think that your contribution is only a drop in the ocean? Probably, but if you put enough drops together, then it’s worth the effort: As the saying goes, ‘If you want to change the world, then start with yourself.’ If everyone starts to think that way, then we will actually get somewhere. You can even make conscious choices when it comes to promoting your company or brand. How will you be running your promotion and what products will you be promoting? How can you make responsible choices?
Choose to run your promotion using promotional items and printed business gifts
This is a good choice, as it means choosing sustainable promotion, a promotion that will attract attention for your business for weeks, months or even years. If you are environmentally aware, you can convey this by choosing from the eco-friendly items in our collection. However, you can also make other choices. There are numerous items that last a long time and which can replace disposable items thanks to reuse, which will decelerate the growth of mountains of garbage.
Choosing a cleaner environment
If you choose a promotional item such as a drinking bottle, your first thought may be, ‘but isn’t that plastic?’ Indeed it is; however, a drinking bottle is the kind of item that gets used time and again. This is very different from the plastic bottles of water purchased from dispensers and thrown away after they have been used, all this while drinking water is of a high quality and there is absolutely no need for us to buy water in bottles. Our oceans are getting polluted with plastic bottles and it takes 450 to 1000 years for our ecosystem to break down plastic. While our drinking bottles may not officially have an eco-friendly label, they are a responsible choice. Drinking bottles last for years and thanks to the fact that they continuously get reused, fewer plastic bottles of water get sold.
Responsible choices for sustainable business gifts
The same applies to pens. Will you choose a plastic pen, a biodegradable pen or a metal pen for which the filling can be replaced and which will last many years? Or perhaps you are considering a shopping bag? If you give a printed shopping bag, you can call this a responsible choice. After all, this bag can be used time and again, which means fewer plastic bags are required to carry groceries. You will be giving your clients a push in the right direction, without them being directly aware of it.
Ultimately, thanks to the long life-cycle of most business gifts and promotional items, many of these items can also make their contribution to raising awareness about the fragility of our planet.
Eco-friendly business gifts? is a post from: Promotional Products, Merchandise, Items and Corporate Gifts - Promotional Products | IGO-POST United Kingdom
