Sustainability

• Eco Friendly promotional products

  Our proudest achievement to date is that we are single-use plastic (SUP) free across all our branded products.

  Over 3 years ago, we stopped using SUP meaning we’ve prevented over a million SUP polybags from ending up in landfills across Australia. Not bad for a small biz.

  As a standard, our sustainable products arrive to us from our manufacturers in the nude (liberated from plastic wrapping) and that’s exactly how they will arrive to you, too!

• Designed for re-use

  Pivotal to not contributing to Australia’s waste problem, is creating products that you will want to use again and again and again.

  Our designs transcend time, fads and trends, meaning you will hang on to them long after that season’s ‘moment’ has passed.

  With a huge range of sustainable promotional products and our collaborative process mean you will receive exactly what you want to suit every whim and need.

• Reduce landfill

  Fun fact: Our Wonderbag and Eco-tote ranges use a highly-sustainable fabrication called RPET that is made from 100% recycled water bottles.

  This is another way we are contributing to the diversion of plastic waste from landfill.

  We are constantly on the lookout for materials that enhance the circularity and reuse of disused products and are on track to have 25% of our product line using recycled or repurposed fabrications by 2025.

  Now that’s’ mindful merch!

• Office sustainability

  We practice what we preach, and our Melbourne office is no exception. Despite a year of WFH, we have have made huge progress in elevating the sustainability of our workplace.

  We have minimised our carbon footprint as much as possible, banning single-use takeaway coffee cups, and utilising cleaning products and toilet paper that are equally sustainable in their fabrication.

  In 2021, we have also switched to carbon-neutral supplies for our local freight and all utilities (including phone plans, internet and electricity).

• Our freight is carbon positive

  Here at Merchgirls we take serious consideration on how our business affects our planet.

  We consider all aspects of the production and dispatch process to minimise our carbon emissions. However, with products, production and shipping, there are always unavoidable emissions. 

  Whilst we still continue to minimise our emissions everyday, we have welcomed the expertise of Carbon Neutral to offset our freight emissions.

  Over a six month period, Merchgirls emits roughly 70.88 tonnes of carbon. This is largely due to having some of our stock air-freighted.

  We decided that we didn’t want to simply offset the carbon we emitted to reach carbon neutrality (essentially pulling out as much carbon as we emit).

  We have committed to offsetting a tonne of carbon each day, which makes Merchgirls carbon positive i.e. we’re pulling more carbon out of the air than we emit.

  For every tonne of carbon offset we purchase, Carbon Neutral plants 15-17 trees in their WA carbon sink.

  Looking forward, our goal is to achieve a carbon neutral manufacturing process by 2025.