How To Gain A Competitive Advantage

As a business being greener often involves cutting down on the use of resources. This means that there is sometimes a need to accept a trade-off between resource or material use and business activity. When it comes to marketing your organisation this can create a predicament. Promotional merchandise provides a powerful marketing tool but if virgin plastics or other unsustainable materials are used in its production they also generate potentially damaging waste. However, you can balance these conflicting responsibilities whilst also gaining a competitive advantage.

By using promotional products made from sustainable materials you will meet requirements on responsible procurement and environmental sustainability at the same time as maintaining a presence in the market. Your organisation's logo and slogan can be printed on the promotional merchandise - which can also carry a statement saying that they are made from sustainable materials (for example, one might read ‘made from recycled car parts’).

This means that as well as satisfying both requirements, you also gain a competitive advantage by actively showing your clients your commitment to environmentally sustainable behaviour.

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