Make customers, partners and clients remember your brand by planting pencils with your logo that are eco-friendly and given a second chance at life
BOSTON (January 8, 2024) – With the New Year in full swing, many companies, organizations and groups are looking to the latest 2024 trends for promotional marketing and gift products to help them stand out from the competition. One of the top industry trends year after year continues to be sustainability, and SproutWorld – the company behind the world’s only plantabale pencil and a global leader in sustainable, promotional items – has launched new seeds including cucumber, eggplant, melon, arugula and eternity flowers that meeting planners, tourism groups, hospitality professionals and more can use to customize their Sprout pencils to differentiate their brand in a “green” way.
Photo by SproutWorld
Plastic and disposable promotional and gift products are out of step with the green-minded consumers of today. According to the 2023 Ad Impressions Study by the Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI), 46% of consumers would feel more favorable about brands who gave them a promotional product if it was environmentally friendly. Sprout pencils are a fresh, eco-friendly way to elevate your company’s brand and business sustainability efforts with a variety of seeds to choose from that grow into flowers, vegetables, plants, fruit, herbs and trees. They can visually introduce ideas of growth, development and innovation that you can link to your company's priorities and campaigns.
New SproutWorld Cucumber seed
Many notable people and companies have worked with SproutWorld to market their stories of sustainability, growth and change with positive results including Richard Branson, Disney, IKEA, Coca-Cola, Save the Children, Nestlé and more. They’re perfect for giveaways at conferences, hotels, trade shows, gift shops, tourist events and more. With their unique second life, people will remember you long after an event or campaign has passed and will continue to have positive associations with your business.
CUSTOMIZABLE DESIGN SOLUTIONS & PACKAGING
Businesses, organizations and companies can customize their own plantable pencils to promote their brand, make them more eye-catching and extend the shelf life of the product. Download SproutWorld’s business catalogue and visit their design solutions webpage to see the various business solutions, which include:
- Single Cards and Sleeves – the back of each card includes planting instructions, and you can customize the front of the card with your organization’s logo and message if you wish.
- Boxes – great for conferences, seminars or trade shows. The back of the card includes planting instructions, and you can customize the front with your organization’s logo and message.
- Notebooks – the gift of a plantable pencil with a notebook are perfect, customizable giveaways at conferences, hotels, special events, seminars and exhibitions.
- Mini Single Card – a handy and elegant solution for gifts and promotional giveaways for when you need something fancier.
- Hanger Tags – a unique touch to customized hanger tags that are deal for hotel rooms and bottle neck gift tags. Choose standard or engraved pencils with personalized text.
QUICK PRODUCT FACTS
Sprout pencils are B Corp certified, vegan-friendly, carbon neutral, climate positive and made with certified wood sourced from responsibly managed forests, graphite, clay and non-GMO seeds. All pencils and packaging are either Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) or Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified, which means that every time a tree is harvested, another one is planted. In addition, Sprout pencils are made from biodegradable materials and are carbon neutral with no extra carbon dioxide emissions created when producing them.
SproutWorld Plantable Pencil Plant Guide Instructions
The idea is to plant the pencil stub when it’s too short to write with to give it a second chance at life, which is less wasteful and helps our environment. Each package contains a simple-to-follow plant guide for users to plant, watch and grow in as little as one to four weeks. You can plant Sprout pencils all year round indoors and outdoors – all you need is sunlight and water.
If you’re an organization interested in using Sprout pencils for marketing promotions, conferences, trade shows, corporate gifts and more, visit sproutworld.com/unique-business-solutions/ or contact SproutWorld’s sale’s team at sproutworld.com/get-price-and-information/.
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ABOUT SPROUTWORLD
SproutWorld was founded in 2013 by the Danish entrepreneur Michael Stausholm. His company is on a mission to inspire people and companies to take more sustainable actions, one step at a time. He has sold over 65 million plantable pencils to over 80 countries. The plantable Sprout pencil is patented worldwide, and the patent also covers plantable makeup liners. SproutWorld is B Corp certified and lives up to high standards within sustainability. They have offices in Copenhagen and Boston, and local production in Europe and the USA. SproutWorld has clients like Coca Cola, Marriott, Disney, Ikea, Nestlé, Michelle Obama, Richard Branson and Save the Children.
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Adrienne Hamilton, Nicole Communications | adrienne@nicolecommunications.com | 214-497-6166