The winners of the PSI Sustainability Awards
Because the promotional products industry also needs a sustainable face, there are the PSI Sustainability Awards. At the third edition of the awards, 90 nominees eagerly awaited the announcement of the winners at the Wiesbaden Kurhaus. Among the winners were many stationery manufacturers.
The Promotional Product Service Institute's (PSI) Sustainability Awards are not the only reason why sustainability is increasingly taking center stage. Anyone who uses promotional products now wants to know where they come from and under what conditions they were produced. The Promotional Product Service Institute offers reliable proof of sustainability in the industry.
The PSI Sustainability Awards provide information about ecological, social and economic responsibility. Awards were given to submissions that are as diverse as the industry itself: They range from sustainable coloring sets for children to biodegradable rain ponchos and calendars made from stems and leaves.
Criteria for promotional items
By focusing on transparency in environmental management, working conditions, sustainability or social standards, the PSI Sustainability Awards aim to provide information on the balance between economy, ecology and social commitment.
Also in 2017, various participating companies trumped with a lot of transparency. From shirts made exclusively from ecological materials to recyclable and recyclable non-woven bags to an organic pen with a "cardboard body" - the entries ranged from large social and ecological projects to small "grassroots" concepts. The theme of "Sustainability" could not be further from the mark.
The nominees
At the third edition of the PSI Sustainability Awards, 90 nominees awaited the announcement of the winners. The most ecologically, economically and socially sustainable products, campaigns or companies in the promotional products industry were honored. In addition to several awards in eight fixed categories, there were also two special prizes awarded to the "Infuencer of the Year" and the "Most Sustainable Start-up".
The nominees for the PSI Sustainability Awards have now been announced:
Category 1: Economic Excellence
BIC Graphic Europe
With a comprehensively and precisely documented submission, BIC Graphic Europe won the Economic Excellence category. On the basis of strictly composed quality management, BIC has laid the foundations for outstanding performance in environmental and social management, as documented by exemplary reporting.
Category 2: Environmental Excellence
Swan Stabilo Promotion Products
As the winner in the Environmental Excellence category, Schwan-STABILO has documented its intensive involvement with the ecological dimension of sustainability. This includes, in particular, the ecological design of production and corporate processes, the development of ecological product ranges, and sustainable construction.
Category 3: Social Excellence
Halfar system
The winner in the Social Excellence category was BSCI member HALFAR with a documented sustainability network, including the integration company "prosigno" based in the Halfar building. The shareholders and stakeholders involved act in the spirit of inclusion, integration and family-friendliness - vividly conveyed in the new CSR report.
Category 4: Environment Initiative
Halfar system
Category 5 : Social Initiative
Brand Addition
Category 6: Sustainable Product
Fare umbrella factory with the product AOC mini pocket umbrella ÖkoBrella
Category 6: Sustainable Product - Product Set
BIC Graphic Europe; Product set: BIC Evolution Ecolutions Set with six colored pencils
Category 6: Sustainable Product - Product Line
Swan-STABILO Promotion Products GmbH & Co. KG; Product line: STABILO GREENLine
Category 6: Sustainable Product - Writing Instuments
uma writing instruments and its product recycled PET PEN
Category 6: Sustainable Product - Paper
Zettler Calendar; Product: Calendar Series Agriculture
Category 6: Sustainable Product - Textiles
Samoa Rain ponchos; Product: Organic rain poncho
Category 7: Sustainable Campaign
EMSA
Category 8: Sustainable Company
Schneider writing instruments
Special category: #Infuencer of the Year
PF Concept
PF Concept was honored with the special "#Influencer of the Year" award. The award was given to two specific initiatives within the framework of a clear sustainable corporate philosophy. These are a "Flowchart" concept for compliant product search and analysis and the "Vendor Social Compliance Protocol", a controlled compliance management of the supply chains. The strategy and implementation were documented in the form of a sustainability report, which convinced the jury.
Special category: Start up
Just so Clothing
"A transparent business model with the goal of lifting 250,000 women and their families out of poverty within the next five years deserves our support," said the jury, explaining its decision to award the prize in the special start-up category. Just so Clothing helps artisanal women from South Asia, Egypt and South Africa lift themselves and their families out of poverty by producing high-quality, sustainable products. The support ranges from product development and a transparent supply chain to mobile payment offers. - Through the website and social media, it is always possible to see who made the products, where they were made, and how they were made.
