Promotional items ideas for organizations that value sustainability

There’s a vast range of products that you can choose from to promote your brand; pens, journals, mugs and water bottles… the list goes on. Sadly, most of these products contain plastic – which we know isn’t fantastic for the environment.

Sprout World’s mission is to get more people to care about the planet. We believe that organizations have a part to play in this as well. Our eco-friendly products can help you communicate your support for sustainability to your customers, employees and business partners.

Marketing budgets aren’t limitless, and you have to carefully choose where you want to allocate your money. As we live in a digitally-driven world, there’s a temptation to focus solely on digital marketing and promotion, believing that this will give the best return on investment (ROI). The downside of digital marketing is that it can be short-lived. A tweet moves down the scroll after a few seconds or a social advert can be lost when an individual clicks to a different website.

We’re not saying that digital marketing shouldn’t be part of your marketing plan – it definitely should be! But for the best results, you should also invest in promotional items to support your digital marketing campaigns. Research shows that on average promotional items are kept for seven months. It’s also common for these items to be shared with colleagues or taken out to client meetings. So, an item that is customized with your logo or company name has the potential to be seen by many.

The world is awash with plastic, literally. Plastic items are found in the middle of oceans and are frequently washed up on the remotest beaches. Plastic is used in almost everything – including some things you may not be aware of; shampoo, face creams, toothpaste and chewing gum.

It doesn’t have to be like this. We believe that if everyone makes small changes in their day-to-day lives, great things can happen. For example, 135 million plastic pens are produced each day – most of which end up in landfills. By swapping plastic pens for plantable pencils, that’s potentially 135 million new plants grown each day. That’s impressive, right?

Visibly showing your organization’s support for sustainability is easy with Sprout. Here are just some of the ways we can help:

- Personalize pencils with your company logo or message
- Tell your company story with plantable pencils displayed on customized single cards
- Gift three or five customized pencils in display boxes with custom print and design
- Give away customized plantable Sprout pencils at conferences, seminars, trade shows and expos
- Gift our Plant A Tree pencil that contains spruce seeds to employees, stakeholders and business partners to support your organizations Plant A Tree campaign
- Raise awareness of your sustainability ethos with employees and stakeholders by gifting plantable Sprout pencils at internal events

You don't have to be a large corporate organization to be able to make a difference. We’re thrilled to tell you that it’s now possible to customize smaller orders of plantable Sprout pencils – the minimum order is 10 pencils - so even smaller companies can get involved 🙂

Sprout World was launched in 2013 and since then we’ve supplied millions of plantable pencils to organizations across the world. Here is some feedback we’ve received from our happy customers: