13 Eco Friendly Corporate Gifts Ideas in Singapore
Corporate Gifts in Singapore are an essential way of networking with other businesses, building excellent relationships with customers, and showing appreciation to co-workers. However, Eco-Friendly gifts not only resonate with your brand image but also show your corporate social responsibility in keeping the environment clean. They demonstrate that you value and appreciate all stakeholders. Not only will environmentally conscious customers perceive your company positively, it feels good doing something that impacts the environment the right way. Amid all the custom corporate gifts in Singapore, it is imperative beneficial to choose the best corporate gift that fits the needs of your corporate clients. Here are 13 unique Custom Eco-Friendly Corporate Gift Ideas:
1. Canvas Zipper Pouch
There has been immense popularity in maintaining a clean and sustainable environment. Designed from a strong, recyclable, and durable cotton canvas material, a canvas zipper pouch is an excellent customised corporate gift. It can be customised to a size that is large enough to store stationery, electronic devices, and everyday’s essentials while still being small enough to fit into your main bag. A 100% canvas made zipper pouch gives an artistic and organic touch. It can be further customised with a stylish zipper to prevent your essentials from falling out. This makes it a multipurpose canvas zipper pouch that is in demand as a corporate gift in Singapore. These canvas zipper pouches are soft and flexible which easily replaces any PVC plastic storage cases. Moreover, you can customise its printing and design with us! Due to it being handier as compared to a normal bag, a pouch would be put to use without much hesitation.
2. Cotton Canvas Bag (Basic or Reversible bag)
Cotton Canvas Bags are better for the earth, they are reusable and recyclable which builds a positive image for your organisation. These bags are also durable, stylish and sturdy compared to cheap plastic bags. This customised canvas bag is an ideal goodie bag to carry collaterals in a corporate event. Can be used as a walking advertisement for your company, packaged as a corporate gift and sponsored items into this customised canvas bag.
Nowadays, more Singapore consumers are opting to use cotton canvas bags as they are functional for daily use. Other than offering quality and convenience, cotton canvas bag can also become a fashion accessory due to its printed design. Apart from the printed canvas bag in general, companies with higher purchasing power could go for a more premium tote bag option such as a reversible bag. It is a bag that is printed on both interior and exterior and could be used interchangeably. This way not only, users are able to match their bag to their outfit given 2 choices, but they are also able to save on purchasing multiple bags for different designs. Here is showing one of the Custom Reversible Canvas Bags that we have done for our client.
A reversible bag would not just be a fun and unique bag, it is also more durable than a normal canvas bag due to its double layered structure. As all our customised tote bag at TREA are made from scratch, we too can fulfil the requirement of edge to edge printing. Our tote bag has always been a versatile corporate gift for having a large surface to print as compared to other products. Therefore we have seen more and more creatives being imprinted on the bag and the tote bag has since then been transformed into an extraordinary designers’ bag. In most circumstances, the canvas bag will still be reused even after the event while the chances of plastic or paper bag being used again are lesser. Therefore this makes it an ideal eco-friendly gift as a promotional gift or corporate gifts in Singapore.
3. Wheat Cutlery Sets
Our Wheat Cutlery Sets contain a pair of chopsticks, a spoon and a fork made from natural wheat straws. The scraps of straws scattering on the surface create a significant design for this eco-friendly cutlery set. As compared to stainless steel cutlery sets, wheat cutlery sets are more practical to be carried around. They are shatter-proof, lightweight, and reusable which makes it a perfect corporate gift for everyday use. More importantly, they are more durable than the average plastic cutleries that are prone to breaking.
Besides being non-toxic and biodegradable, they are safe to use in fridges, dishwashers, lightweight, microwaves and ovens. The spoon and fork are anti-slip and have an ergonomic curve handle created to fit your hand to provide a comfortable grip. Printing on wheat cutlery sets as a corporate gift is getting more popular in Singapore. We can do 1 colour to multiple colour printing on the cover box as in the following image shown. This way, your corporate brand is not only known for its care for the environment but for further extending its influence to like-minded consumers.
4. Custom Drawstring Pouch
Anywhere people go, be it school, shopping or travelling, cotton canvas drawstring pouch plays an important role in carrying our essentials. You can store almost anything in these pouches, from stationary, electronic devices such as power banks to mere water bottles. TREA drawstring pouch efficiently replaces the use of paper bags as they are handy and lightweight. They look good and can use as a corporate packing carrier option. The company can pack their product samples in this custom drawstring pouch to be given out for their guests. Your guests can hold the pouch with the strings secured around their wrist while still participating in the corporate activities. It is without a doubt a practical and eco-friendly idea to customise a drawstring pouch as your corporate gift in Singapore.
5. Non Woven Bags Printing
You can create a professional impression by printing a trendy looking non-woven tote bag. They are affordable which makes buying in bulk an ideal option especially for corporate companies with smaller budgets. Non woven bag fabric are not only lightweight but they can also be folded and compressed easily. This makes them popular amongst housewives who like bringing extra carriers for grocery shopping. They are large enough to store practically anything which also makes them excellent goodie bags in Singapore. On top of that, they are also easy to wash and dries fast compared to the cotton canvas bag.
Since non-woven bags are lightweight, recipients are willing to carry them for the entire event day. This can create awareness for your brand as your corporate logo printing on the non-woven bag is being seen regularly. Again, due to its lightweight feature, the weight of a non-woven bag will not add on to the weight of the product itself. This provides an alternative choice for a shopping bag or shoppers bag for corporate companies in Singapore. The custom non-woven bag has become popular in Singapore instead of the typical plastic bag or paper bag. Moreover, companies like Fairprice and IKEA are already supporting the use of a non-woven bag. This is a clear indicator of non woven bags being eco-friendly corporate gifts in Singapore.
6. Custom Lunch Boxes and Containers
In today’s busy corporate world, it is common for most people to take away their meals. For those who are more health conscious, they might have packed their home cooked meals and reheat them in the office. Therefore a custom lunch box or personalised containers would be an ideal corporate gift to be given to the employees. It is an encourage for being environmentally friendly and promote healthy living at the same time. However as much as most of the plastic food containers can be microwaved, the idea of heating up plastic wasn’t entirely convincing to everyone. Therefore the material of the lunch box is what makes it a safe and practical gift that the recipients would use. Instead of picking a plastic labelled safe to be microwaved, company can choose our custom wheat lunch box. Wheat fibre is biodegradable and safe to be reheated multiple times. It is freezer safe as well and holds high temperature.
However not all wheat fiber lunch boxes are microwavable, it is important to consult the supplier before getting them in bulk. Even so, getting a wheat fiber lunch box to contain your meal would still be way safer and durable in a long run as compared to a plastic food container. In most selection, such eco friendly lunch box would come with 1 or 2 utensils for your greatest convenient to consume your meals on the go. For companies who are looking for a practical eco friendly gift, a wheat lunch box would be most ideal option.
7. Stainless Steel Straw Printing
Straws are ubiquitous in the Singaporean daily lives. In fact, it is estimated that 2.2 million straws are used every day in Singapore, most of which end up in the canals, drains, and eventually the oceans. As a result, restaurants and eateries such as KFC in Singapore have now stopped the use of plastic straws completely. Stainless steel Straws are excellent replacements to the single-use plastic straws. They are functional corporate gifts that reflect greatly on your company’s corporate social responsibility. You can get the Stainless Steel Straw that comes with a brush for hygiene and cleaning purposes.
Other than the typical stainless steel straw in the market, we do have a more unique option which is Foldable Stainless Steel Straw. It is made of degradable silicone with stainless steel material. To further promote eco friendly and for hygiene purposes, this straw is being kept in a wheat fibre container. It is only less than 8cm in height and convenient to be brought around. Printing of logo can be printed on the container and an unique corporate gift is produced.
8. Eco-friendly Notebook with Pen
There are plenty of times when you need to put the pen on paper—from staff meetings, reviewing project reports, doodling, noting ideas, or even interviewing a potential new hire. A custom printed notebook made out of recyclable kraft paper is an eco-friendly gift that recipients are bound to love them. The cover of the notebook offers an ideal area for customised printing with a company logo, artwork, names or inspirational quotes. You can also customise the pen it comes along with that has a little storage space for you to keep it. Comparing to existing notebooks with covers made out of polyurethane (PU) and genuine leather, eco-friendly notebooks are biodegradable. Notebook with a pen will never go wrong as eco-friendly corporate gifts. As it is always being ranked as one of the top popular corporate gifts in Singapore.
9. Stainless Steel Mug with Straw
Among the wide range of corporate gifts for customization, the products that can be customised with individual name are limited. This Stainless Steel Mug w/ Straw is exactly the gift that you can have personalized name on it! This stainless steel mug can be paired with stainless steel straw with brush that make it a complete set of drink ware. On top of that, it can be gifted along with silicone lid and sleeve which could value add to this custom gift. The best custom method for this mug would be laser engraving due to it being a 304 stainless steel material. Laser engraving support individual name personalisation and give the most long lasting stay on the mug. The limitation would be that any name or logo that to be engraved would only appear as silver-ish white tone due to the nature of stainless steel material. Therefore it does not support any multiple logo color or any color other than silver-ish white. If you are looking at printing multiple colour design on the mug, there are plenty of custom mugs here for your selection!
10. Food Grade Silicone Collapsible Mug
Silicone collapsible mugs are probably by far the most popular and valuable eco friendly gifts in year 2019. It is not a regular mug that could hold your beverage, it is interchangeable between different capacity, and innovative enough to be collapsed and kept as a pocket size gift. Another key selling point would be it being a food grade silicone that support its unique point of being collapsible, while keeping consumer safe at the same time. Our Silicone Collapsible Mug can hold both cold and hot beverage as high as 200 degree celcius, it is also freezer safe! Furthermore this mug can be printed with almost any logo on its white rim or holder that was made with hard plastic. This Custom Food Grade Silicone Collapsible Mug would be a premium corporate gifts that consist of both innovation and eco friendliness.
11. Jute Bag & Laminated Canvas Bag
Jute bags are made with jute fibre, a textile plant-based fibre material that is 100% biodegradable and recyclable, where they are tightly woven and firmly sewn to reinforce their structure, which allows stable free-standing without the need to place any objects inside to form the base. As for the interior of the bag, it is coated with a layer of lamination to make it water-resistant, keeping your belongings where they should be, far far away from any sources of water.
As for our laminated canvas bags, the interior is exactly the same as our jute bags, whereas there is also a laminated coated layer, whereas the difference between our jute bags and laminated canvas bags is done on canvas material instead of jute material. This not only allows the option of having a canvas material pocket compartment added to your jute bag but most importantly, allows wider options of printing on the canvas part which can expand the choices of desired colour and design.
Made with lightweight yet durable material, our jute bags and laminated canvas bags are more than ready with style to carry your daily essentials ranging from your wallet and makeup bags to your laptop and portable charger. These fashionable bags that scream eco-friendly with how they look, would be a great boost to your company’s reputation regarding social responsibility in the public mind’s eyes.
Our custom jute bag/ laminated canvas bag printing services come in single, multiple colour, silkscreen, and heat transfer printing of your corporate identity.
12. Foldable Grocery Bag
Having the qualities of being thin, lightweight, and compact, this is one of those bags that saves you the trouble of needing to think about how to store your bags and have them neatly packed in one of your room’s shelf corners. This model of bag is made with 420D Oxford, which is obtained from organic cotton. This biodegradable fibre can further strengthen the environmentally friendly message that your company or team desires to represent. With this being said, sustainable products last longer and require less maintenance than regular products, which you can save money not needing to spend on frequent replacements due to the products being damaged or breaking down over time.
Allowing customization from scratch, our foldable grocery bags also allow strap customization in the choice of the classic U-shaped handle or the O-shaped handle. What’s the difference between these two, you ask? For the bags with U-shaped handles, you are able to organize your items better as the bag has a defined structured base. Whereas for the bags with the O-shaped handles, you are able to have a clear view of your desired design with how you can carry the bag, allowing the design to be in plain sight without any obstructions.
Our foldable grocery bag model comes in 8 colours and is customizable with various printing methods. Talk to us to find out more about our foldable grocery bag printing services!
13. Stainless Steel Mug
A fan of how environmentally friendly corporations like how Mcdonald’s remove their straws from their establishments, and how Ikea has changed plenty of their product lineup to sustainable quality ones? You can also do these by having your team members and employees support the go-green movement while also building a sense of belonging for them within the company. With stainless steel mugs available as a choice of sustainable corporate gifts, you can not only have your desired corporate design proudly shown on these mugs, but also build a culture where they can bring these mugs to their favourite local cafe/Kopitiam to fill up their favourite perk-me-up drinks during lunch-break. This in turn will reduce the usage of disposable plastic or paper cups over a long period of time, and bring your company one step closer to supporting the go-green movement.
Our custom stainless steel mug/coffee mug printing services come in one colour, multiple colours, or full colour.
The Takeaway
With the increasing climatic changes and emergent concerns about the harmful effects of plastics, it’s time to switch to more eco-friendly corporate gifts in Singapore. The custom corporate gifts business world ought to make an endeavour into eco-friendly gifts printing that will go a long way than just making customers feel good. These eco friendly corporate gifts will create a cherished sense of appreciation and admiration for the recipients that will reflect well on your company.