When it comes to sustainability, our entire team reverberates one mantra - “Good for the planet, good for business”. GiftAFeeling is serious about our love for our planet, and we demonstrate that by:
- Working with the industry’s most expansive portfolio of environmentally and socially responsible retail brands and the largest, most diverse collection of eco-friendly promotional gift options like Nike, Under Armour, Yeti, Puma, Adidas, etc.
- Carbon offsetting 100% of our domestic shipments through our major logistics partners; all at no cost to our customers. GiftAFeeling’s partner-programs track the origin, destination and transportation method of each package leaving our distribution centres across North America, calculating each shipment's carbon footprint. That impact is then transferred into environmental efforts, such as reforestation, rainforest conservation, renewable energy and water filtration.
- Donating 100% of misprinted products to non-profits instead of landfill. These include animal shelters and customers are given an option to choose where they would like to donate their returned products to. This is in addition to the annual donation to non-profit organizations to fund local communities.
- Zero Air Freight & Digital Materials: We eliminated 99% of all air-freight from our supply chain. Shipping via sea freight reduces CO2 emissions on an average rate of 20-30X. Moreover, we reuse a minimum of 65% of incoming cardboard for outgoing logistics.
- We’re an affiliate of the Fair Labor Association to ensure equitable treatment of everyone throughout our supply chain. This is in addition to replacing 75% of incandescent light bulbs across all our facilities and automating lighting systems, implementing the use of ‘green’ cleaning products and putting into place recycling practices throughout our offices.
- Taking responsibility a step further with supply chain transparency, including certifications from third-party organizations such as the Forest Stewardship Council®. We require our operations, and any related factories that manufacture goods for us, to comply with all applicable environmental regulations in their locations.
- Introducing GiftAGreen line of products that offers sustainable alternatives to traditional promotional products. Every GiftAGreen product is required to have full documentation and verification of sustainability claims.
- Making personalized gifts on demand, which means once a customer places the order, we start working to get it to them. It takes time for us to create and send out the product, but making each order on-demand allows us to avoid overproduction. This way we get to take care of our customers and the planet we all share.
- Packaging single personalized gift orders in post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic mailers. The amount of PCR in the packaging will differ depending on where your order gets printed, but it’s at least 50% for the outside (white or grey) poly mailer bags and at least 30% for the inside (clear) bags used in multi-item shipments. PCR packaging is made from everyday items, like used plastic bags and bottles. This material protects your order just as well as regular plastic bags, however, choosing PCR over first-use plastics reduces the environmental impact plastic has on our planet.
It is estimated that during the holiday season, the amount of waste produced increases by 25%. That’s a lot of extra plastic, food waste, and other trash that ends up in landfills and harms the environment. With so much landfill and waste produced from the fashion and textile industry, let's not make this amazing gifting act one of those! :)
