Sustainable solutions for swag

From sustainable product guides and Kotis Picks to tips on how to save your swag from the landfill, we gathered all our sustainable content here for easy access. Let’s do sustainable swag together.

Sustainable solutions for swag

From sustainable products guides and Kotis Picks to tips on how to keep your swag from the landfill, we gathered all our sustainable content here for easy access. Let’s do sustainable swag together.

SWAG GUIDE

Good swag that’s also
good for the planet

Let’s create swag that’s as thoughtful as it is impactful. From innovative recycled materials to reusable everyday essentials, we’re here to guide you toward sustainable choices that resonate with your people—and respect the planet.

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Our thoughts on sustainabilty in swag

A New Era of Sustainability in Promotional Products

As the demand for sustainable alternatives grows, the promotional products industry is shifting toward innovative designs that minimize waste and environmental impact.

How to Save Your Swag
from the Landfill

We gathered ideas and tips for how we think through co-branding, removable branding, upcycling, and eventually recycling. We hope this helps your gear last a very long time.

How to Make Swag More Sustainable

Sustainability is more than a trend, and we continue to advocate for better, more permanent change. To those ends, we’ve put together a playbook for navigating sustainable swag.


COMPANY
Sustainability at Kotis

We believe in the power of swag – and the responsibility to make that swag better. It takes more work, but it’s worth it. Explore what we’re doing and what’s to come.


CASE STORY
An Upcycle Story; Bringing New Life to a Logo’d Backpack via Velcro

When one of our clients was acquired, all their branded inventory stored in our warehouse suddenly became irrelevant. To divert these great Timbuk2 backpacks from landfill, we upcycled them by sewing on a strip of velcro to cover the existing embroidery and then adding a patch on top.

KOTIS PICKS
The Best Sustainable Tees
What’s the best material for sustainability? Organic cotton… recycled polyester… tree bark? In this SwagLab, we look at 13 of our top eco t-shirt options to help you choose the best for your next project.

Brands that prioritize sustainability

Marine Layer logo.
Through materials, environmental and social responsibility programs, everything Patagonia makes has an impact on the planet and 98% of their line uses recycled materials.

The North Face Logo.
For more than five decades, The North Face has led the charge in designing and developing environmentally and socially responsible products and business practices.

Marine Layer logo.
Marine Layer’s stylish tees and hoodies are all produced sustainably. Their ultra-soft re-spun tees are made entirely from recycled shirts, with no extra water used.

Let’s do sustainable swag together.

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