Eco-friendly Promos

When you’re giving a present to someone you care about, there is no denying that gift packaging adds something - a sense of value, of expectation, of surprise. Yet it’s silly to waste paper that will just be thrown out once the gift is given. Fortunately, there’s a new brand of wrapping paper on the market that looks like it can make the gift-giving tradition sustainable. The Local Paper is FSC certified, meaning it complies with the highest standards of social and environmental responsibility, and it’s made with post-consumer recycled fibers. All the packaging is recycled/recyclable and biodegradable, too, making it the obvious eco-friendly choice for giftwrap.

[via Inhabitat]

Harvard recently released a study showing that drinking from plastic water bottles increases BPA levels in your body by 69%– since high BPA levels alter the endocrine system and have been linked with cardiovascular disease,liver disease, and diabetes, this correlation is problematic. Drinking from reusable stainless steel water bottles or BPA-free plastic  water bottles is the best way to not only protect the environment, but also your health.

There must be some sort of plastic-less revolution going on. More and more grocery stores are uniting in order to encourage their shoppers to use fewer plastic bags in exchange for reusable shopping bags. Some stores even give you a discount on your overall total if you bring your reusable grocery bag. I think that is a win-win situation: getting a discount AND saving the environment!

(Via: Razoo Community)

Observe how many people you see at your office, walking in the street, at home drinking coffee out of a disposable cup on any given day. Well unfortunately those many of those cups end up in landfills and will not disintegrate for hundreds of years; the ever-piling waste wreaks the environment because the waste seeps into the groundwater.

Razoo is an online community network based on becoming socially responsible. The group had a past campaign related to eliminating pounds of trash by stopping the use of disposable coffee cups. Promoting the campaign with reusable coffee cups was a great way to reinforce the agenda!

This reusable alternative is a simple and great way to take action to preserve the planet.

“Welcome Kit” of Promotional Products Helps Smooth Employee Transition During Office Move and Promotes New Eco-friendly Campaign for Prominent Law Firm, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Can eco-friendly promotional products really give a warm welcoming and introduction to eco-living for people at the workplace. Find out how a law firm transitioned their hesitate employees to becoming more eco-conscious!

Challenge: How to leverage promotional products to help employees feel at home quickly during a time of transition while also introducing new eco-sensitive policies.

With more than 900 lawyers in 13 offices from Abu Dhabi to London, and from Beijing to both coasts of the U.S., Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is one of the largest law firms in the world.

When Akin Gump’s New York City branch outgrew its space and moved to a bigger, better, greener office building (one of the greenest skyscrapers thus far), the Akin Gump HR team had three things in mind. First, they wanted to successfully bring together their 390 employees, who had been physically divided in the old building. Second, they wanted to make everyone feel at home in the new space. And third, the team also wanted to unveil a cool, new “Go Even Greener” campaign inspired by their new office home. That’s when the Akin Gump HR team reached out to ePromos Account Executive Stacey Lewis for help in creating a “welcome kit” worthy of accomplishing this multi-faceted feat.

Solution: Jumbo reusable shopping totes, microwaveable 15-ounce coffee mugs and branded LifeSavers candies.

The team’s choices for the kit certainly fit: jumbo reusable shopping tote bags, microwaveable coffee mugs and logoed rolls of LifeSavers candies. The hefty grocery totes, 100 percent recyclable and reusable, in the firm’s traditional blue, are both tear resistant and water repellant, encouraging years’ of use. The 15-ounce microwavable, dishwasher-safe mugs, also in Akin Gump blue, come with comfort-grip handles and rotating, locking signature lids that disassemble for easy cleaning. And while the LifeSavers—given for a boost of energy—aren’t available through the ePromos Web site, we were able to easily source and deliver them, branded the Akin Gump way.

Some assembly required. Anticipating the team’s need for help assembling the kits (and to minimize stress—things are busy enough just before a move!) Stacey also offered ePromos fulfillment services. This way, the products from various vendors were delivered to an ePromos’ warehouse, where our team put the kits together before shipping them to Akin Gump’s new office before the big day arrived.

Result: Less HR stress, happy employees despite a typically tumultuous time of transition—promotional success!

When the employees arrived at the new building on the first day, they were greeted with a breakfast and lunch event—and with their official Akin Gump Welcome Kits—complete with eco-friendly products. The HR team’s manager tells us the kits were a hit: he still sees employees using the bags and mugs everywhere—and when he does, he offers a comment of “Nice mug!” or “Nice bag!” Staff members report leaving the bags in their cars so they’re easily available for grocery shopping. And—a surprise to Akin Gump’s HR manager—employees loved the mugs most: they say that the lid stays cool even after microwaving so they can sip their coffee or soup without burning sensitive lips. Both products together make for a more eco-friendly Akin Gump, in the office and out. Most importantly, though, the promotional welcome kit helped employees quickly connect and settle into their new office home—another promotional success!

(Via: CLPR)

Who knew eco-friendly promotional items could be so much fun! At a past Social Vibe event for Surfrider Foundation, a pollution prevention organization helping to protect oceans, beaches and surf areas around the world, eco-friendly party favors were given out in order to reinforce the ecologically friendly theme of the event. So what were these cool giveaways? Eco friendly and organic products such as soaps, services, candles and related fun promotional items, which were all placed in reusable bag!

(Via: Focus Organic)

I wonder if people have actually heard of eco-friendly alcohol. If not, then just thought I should inform you that such a thing exists. An environmentally friendly product like the eco-friendly vodka from 360 Vodka can be a great addition to an eco-friendly corporate gift basket!

Here is why this eco-friendly vodka is such a great compliment for an eco-friendly corporate gift basket:

1) 100% post-consumer waste paper, processed chlorine free is used for the labels and bottle necks’ hang tag.
2) The glass bottle is made with 85% recycled glass.
3) The tag that hangs from the neck doubles as a pre-paid envelope. 360 Vodka donates $1.00 to various environmental causes for every tag returned.

FYI: You can also show your support for healing Mother Earth at your next corporate event with organic wines!

(Via: Wines Naturally)

With these two eco-conscious suggestions you can’t “wine” about how to go organic or environmentally friendly at your next company sponsored party.

For all those coffee and tea drinkers who want to make the sustainable switch to reusable alternatives without sacrificing the iconic nature of their to-go paper and styrofoam cups, your savior has arrived! Check out the latest from Decor Craft, Inc. This coffee cup looks suspiciously like the disposable styrofoam variety used  by just about every deli and coffee shop in the country - but there’s more than meets the eye. This cool mug is actually made out of double-walled porcelain and features a silicon lid. This durable alternative eliminates the use-and-dispose mentality that is causing a lot of problems for the environment.

If you’re looking for a way to market your business in a more eco-conscious manner, why not give out eco-friendly coffee mugs imprinted with your logo and contact information? Recipients will appreciate the free gift, and the mug spends valuable time on their desks where it will increase exposure for your brand and serve as a constant reminder of your products or services.

How about packing your lunch in a sustainable, reusable and recyclable lunch container that is free from lead, phthalates, and bisphenol A (BPA)? Simply put, you can be eco-friendly merely by making your own lunch! Laptop Lunches is a company that fosters earth friendly eating habits for the whole family. These bento styled bags makes portioning your food very easy.

Customize a lunch box for each family member and make packing lunch both fun and nutritious!

Take a look at this picture from a recent Radiohead concert, which shows how celebrities are doing their part to make eco-friendly products and practices mainstream. Lead singer of Radiohead Thom Yorke is seen sporting an eco-friendly promotional water bottle imprinted with the band’s name and their 2008 tour information. The stylish bottle is made out of recyclable aluminum and eliminates the need for wasteful plastic bottles. We’ve all been to concerts where musicians pound down bottle after bottle of water, and now Thom is setting a good example by making the switch to a reusable alternative. You can find Radiohead’s SIGG water bottle at their merch website, or have reusable aluminum bottles imprinted with your information to run an eco-friendly promotion of your own.

(photo via Flickr)