Check out how GiftAFeeling has been a pioneer in sustainability here!
According to a study by PPAI, 63% of gifts and promotional products are given away, 23% are thrown away, and less than 10% acquire the desired results. Promotional products and gifts together make a 75 Billion Dollar industry in Canada and USA. Moreover, studies show that more than 20 Billion Dollars were wasted by individuals in 2021 in unwanted gifts. This adds up to the multi-billion dollars that the companies waste in poor gifts. Furthermore, research has proven that poor gifts can hurt relationships; and thus, failing their purpose terribly. Take for example, a cheap promotional plastic bottle given out at an event as a giveaway. And since it’s a bad quality product, it gets tossed out as you are walking out. This bottle can take up to 1000 years to decompose. The other small plastic pen can take as long as 450 years. And every year, 8 million metric tons of plastic end up in the ocean, killing over 100,000 marine mammals and turtles, plus over a million seabirds!
As the effects of global climate change continue to demand viable environmental solutions, and us being a global thought leader & #1 Global R&D company in this $70B industry, we believe that we must be the pioneers in convincing organizations of all kinds and sizes to steer towards sustainable promotional products; not only in Canada, but globally. We realize the importance of responsibility for the world we live in and the products that we manufacture and sell. We are proud to take an active role in overseeing how our products are made to allow for a sustainable future and we ensure all employees and contractors work in a safe environment.
