Environmental and Social Impact
As an employee-owned company, we are invested in CreativeMC not only as a business but also as a force for good. In partnership with our clients and vendors, we proudly champion brands and products that drive a positive impact on people, communities, and the earth. That includes sourcing and supporting brands from underrepresented communities. We believe this brings diverse perspectives into our industry and is a natural extension of our own identity: we are 69% women and 58% people of color.
Our 3 Swag Priorities
Our Key Programs
How we’re making a difference every day
Sustainable swag selections by our clients every day are making a difference. For every eco-friendly product order, CreativeMC plants 10 trees through our partnership with the global reforestation charity One Tree Planted. In recognition of their eco efforts, clients receive a certificate verifying the tree planting.
Our distribution services operations comply with California’s environmental standards, and all of our packaging is reused and recycled. Through a box sticker program, we encourage clients and partners to reuse our boxes and keep the cycle going! Coming soon: a recycle and donation program for clients’ unused swag.
As a business employee-owned largely by women and people of color, we are passionate about partnering with emerging brands that support social impact causes and/or are led by underrepresented communities. Our clients are always looking for unique, undiscovered brand gems and we source and champion small as the new big!
A sampling of partner companies owned or led by BIPOC, AAPI, LGBTQ, and Women
Social impact
Our commitment to diversity, sustainability, and social impact causes is not about company policy, it’s who we are as individuals and as an employee-owned company. Our clients are equally passionate about swag as a positive force in their companies and communities so they have joined us on this journey.
Guided by our mission to bridge cultures and connect people, our multinational and multicultural makeup is our ultimate secret sauce! From Prague to Sacramento and San Francisco, our own differences constantly inspire our efforts to source emerging, diverse brands globally. In 2022, we launched our Brand Together platform to formally enlist our clients in our movement and attract new entrepreneurs to our brand portfolio.
Our sustainability efforts began inside our company before we did anything externally. Led by our Sustainability Committee, we are on a path to achieving carbon neutrality in our own operations by reducing air travel by 86% pre-COVID, eliminating the use of plastic, and moving to paperless client communications. We also routinely donate unused swag and product samples to charities and causes we champion. For more information, read our annual Sustainability Report.
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The corporate swag industry is going green, now more than ever, as an eco-friendly promotional product choice has shifted from a nice-to-have to a must-have. We’re sharing what we’ve learned on our environmental journey, along with 4 tips on how our partners can help us help the Earth!
MOREIn 2023, Spring’s mood-boosting sunshine comes with permission to reassert your brand personality through bold, colorful, creative swag choices. #NoFilter! A record 62% of the products featured support minority communities, social causes, and/or the Earth.
MOREThrough our Brand Together initiative, we highlight brands owned or led by minority communities including BIPOC, AAPI, LGBTQ, and women. Our commitment to these communities is core to our DNA, particularly as we are an employee-owned company that's 69% women and 58% people of color. Learn more about Brand Together and get inspired by the many amazing and innovative brands we feature.
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