What does this brand sell?
Greengiving is a company that helps other companies finding sustainable gifts for their clients and/or employees. They work together with many suppliers by customising their products to make them into corporate and promotional gifts. To increase transparency, greengiving has developed a sustainability rating system (the Green score) that they use to assess each product they sell based on the materials used, waste, packaging, supply chain, etc. (you can find more details here). Although they don’t have complete control over the sustainability of each product because they don’t produce them theirselves, Greengiving aims to reduce their own carbon footprint as much as possible and compensate for their carbon emissions by planting trees. They further reuse, recycle and reduce in their own offices, generate electricity using solar panels, and invest in social projects.
To encourage companies and organisations from all sectors to gift sustainably.
They have received the EcoVadis Platinum certification in 2023 and 2024
Reduce their carbon footprint more, including the impact of the products from their suppliers (which is complex). This will require more research that investigates the carbon footprint of each product from all their suppliers.
No information has been found on any awards received
There is no physical shop available.
There is no physical shop available.
The details of the packaging depend on the exact product (which they resell)
Greengiving has donated over 5000 EUR to Water For Life which is a project that helps underdeveloped countries gain access to clean drinking water and sanitation.
Each product can have its own certifications (such as Fairtrade, Cradle to Cradle, etc), but Greengiving themselves also have a few certifications:
EcoVadis (assesses companies based on their eco-friendliness)
Fairtrade (for the cotton items they produce themselves)
The details of the packaging depend on the exact product (which they resell)
Greengiving has donated over 5000 EUR to Water For Life which is a project that helps underdeveloped countries gain access to clean drinking water and sanitation.
Each product can have its own certifications (such as Fairtrade, Cradle to Cradle, etc), but Greengiving themselves also have a few certifications:
EcoVadis (assesses companies based on their eco-friendliness)
Fairtrade (for the cotton items they produce themselves)
This depends on the product / supplier.
This depends on the product / supplier.
Coloured cotton bag = from 0.68 EUR
T-shirt from recycled materials = from 4.98 EUR
A5 notebook = from 1.93 EUR
Note that for all products, there is a minimum order number
Greengiving has many goals to reduce and compensate their carbon emissions:
They have 157 solar panels which powers the printing of e.g. their tote bags, making this process carbon neutral
Their website is carbon neutral by using green web hosts and servers and reducing data storage requirements
Employees are encouraged to use public transport, bike or electric cars.
All orders are sent carbon neutrally. They import cotton bags and seed paper from India by boat, and compensate these carbon emissions too
You can find more details on their website.
In 2024, they compensated for 32,4 tonnes of CO2 by planting trees with Trees for All
They use 157 solar panels that are placed on their roofs to power the building and the printing that is done in-house. They have generated more electricity than they have used up until and including 2024.
No information on this is provided by the brand.
If a product does something actively to contribute to protecting biodiversity, it can get bonus points on their Green Score rating system. This makes it easier to see for clients which products contribute to biodiversity.
They reuse all cardboard boxes that they receive, either to ship their own orders or as filling material.
They recycle all ink cartridges they use.
They also have a no-plastic-bottle and cup policy in their office, reducing single use waste
No information on this is provided by the brand.
They care for their people and ensure the work environment is healthy and encouraging. Employees receive one day off per year for volunteering. Greengiving is an Approved Training Company for interns and students.
They also sponsor projects in underdeveloped countries to ensure safe drinking water and sanitation.
You can find more details about their carbon footprint, what their goals are and how they are reducing their environmental footprint on this page.