As the holiday season approaches, so does the stress of finding appropriate gifts for your staff and clients. To help narrow down your search, here are five wonderful corporate gifts that will show your people you appreciate them without coming at the expense of the environment.
1. Personalized Reusable Items
With sustainability taking a central focus in business, a lot of the latest promotional products on the market are now environmentally-friendly. From reusable coffee cups to hydro-powered calculators, there are more options than ever before when it comes to wonderful corporate gifts that are sustainably made and powered. The added benefit of taking this route is that you can customize each gift with your logo, slogan, or message to add a personal touch and reduce the need for additional cards and printing.
2. An Experience Gift
Everybody loves an experience gift they can use at their leisure. Just be sure to choose the gift based on your client’s lifestyle (i.e a family pass won’t be ideal if they don’t have children). Some popular experiential gifts that many people enjoy include:
- Movie tickets
- Amusement park passes
- Spa and wellness vouchers
- Passes for bowling, paintball, laser tag, escape rooms, ax throwing, and the like
- Tickets for sporting events
These gifts can be delivered as physical passes that you can hand to them at your next staff party. However, they can also be delivered digitally, making them even more eco-friendly.
3. Native Plants
A unique gift that will impress any client is a beautiful native plant. This can be a potted plant, a small tree, or wildflower seeds.
There are many benefits of choosing natives. For starters, they are local and will thrive in your natural environment, so they last a lot longer than more sensitive, rare flowers. They also require less transport to be sold as they are grown locally. To make this gift extra-special, consider writing down the name of the plant and its care instructions on a beautiful card.
4. Locally-Grown Flowers
Flowers make beautiful gifts for those who love them, but some of the most popular varieties (like roses) require a lot of energy and resources to be imported from other countries. The eco-conscious way to give a beautiful bouquet as a present is to choose flowers that are grown and sold locally in your area.
Not only is this a great way to get to know more about your local botanicals, but it will also support small businesses in your area too. This is an example of social procurement in action as it allows you to make a positive contribution to the community through your business expenses. Again, you can make your gift card extra special by including information on the flowers in the bouquet, their native names, and where they were grown.
5. Food and Dining Experiences
This can mean a lot of different things, so you can choose based on your time and budget. If you are an avid cook or have kitchen staff in your workplace, then you could consider making a special snack or sweet to present as a gift. Alternatively, you could host a lunch or dinner in honor of all your staff – just make sure to incorporate everyone’s unique dietary preferences.
The other dining option is to take the voucher route and treat your recipient to an all-expenses-paid meal they can enjoy with their loved ones. What could be more special than that?
Regardless of the gift you choose, remember to communicate honestly and from the heart when writing the accompanying card.
