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Introduction


              As part of our commitment to ESG (Environmental, Social   Contents                                          Award Winners
              & Governance) and sourcing the best products, o ering

              the best value, we come across widely used terms, phrases   Award Winners                   02-11
              and acronyms that may need some clarification.
              Whilst we don’t have space to list them all - below is a list
              of the more commonly used ones.  If you find a term in the   Gadgets                       12-27            Gadgets
              catalogue that you are unsure about we will be happy to
              give you a full explanation.
                                                                   Health & Travel                      28-39
              RCS & GRS - Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) and Global Recycled
              Standard (GRS) set the criteria for third-party certification of recycled
              materials and chain of custody. The GRS includes a higher (50%) minimum   Work & Play     40-54             Health & Travel
              recycled content percentage and additional social and environmental
              requirements related to processing and chemical use.
              GOTS - Global Organic Textile Standard, (GOTS) is the leading textile   Bags & Folders     55-70
              standard, certifying the environmental, chemical and social claims of all
              stages of textile production.
              Fairtrade - The FAIRTRADE® Mark is a registered certification label for   Exhibition       71-82            Work & Play
              products sourced from producers in lower income countries aiming to
              protect workers basic rights, including a safe working environment whilst
              ensuring employers pay at least the living wage in that area.  Sweets & Treats            83-89
              Biodegradable - Material that is capable of being decomposed, thereby
              avoiding pollution.
              rPET - Recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is plastic made from   Drinkware         90-110            Bags & Folders
              repurposed waste PET from businesses and consumers. Most common
              plastics recycled are water bottles and packaging.
              PLA - Polylactic acid. Derived from renewable and organic sources such as   Awards & Gifting  111-114
              corn starch or sugarcane.
              Prevented Ocean Plastic® - Traceable plastic material collected from
              coastal areas at risk of ocean plastic pollution and recycled.  Pens                     115-133            Exhibition
              Sugarcane bioplastic - Sugarcane which naturally absorbs CO  is grown
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              specifically for conversion into ethanol which becomes plastic, replacing   Stationery   134-151
              standard PET plastic.
              rHIPS.b - Made from 100% waste materials such as old yoghurt pots
              sourced from the UK, with an additive which speeds up the natural   Clothing             152-173
              biodegradation process.                                                                                     Sweets & Treats
              Sustainably sourced (paper and wood) - The forests from which the
              paper is manufactured are managed to strict environmental, social and   Information      174-176
              economic standards.
              Carbon neutral - Having a balance between emitting carbon and       BPMA Awards 2024
              absorbing carbon from the atmosphere.
              Carbon o setting - Is a carbon trading mechanism that enables       Working again this year with the British   Drinkware

              businesses to compensate for their greenhouse gas emissions by investing   Promotional Merchandise Association (BPMA),
                                                                                  our opening section of the catalogue features
              in projects that reduce, avoid, or remove emissions elsewhere.      some product award winners.  The product
              Wheatstraw - A bioplastic formed from a repurposed waste product of   awards were selected after 3 rounds of judging
              wheat. Wheatstraw is a food safe certified and renewable material.  incorporating the opinions and views of over 70
              AWARE™ tracer - Tracks and validates the end-to-end impact of       independent judges.  This year’s winners all bring
              sustainable textiles from origin to consumer, with a physical tracer   a sustainable message that helped to promote the product winners.    Awards & Gifting
              embedded into the textile at source.                 The selected products represent our favourites.  If you would like to

              OEKO-TEX® STD 100 - Independent textile testing o ering tests and   know more about the selection, judging or the BPMA, just ask!
              company audits. Setting the benchmark for textile safety, from yarn
              to finished product, having passed tests for the presence of harmful   We highlight the products in the catalogue that o er a

              substances.                                           sustainable message to your promotions. Additionally,
              SA8000 - Mainly applying to textiles, SA8000 gives an auditable   a focus has been made on UK and European   Pens
              certification standard encouraging development and maintenance of
              socially acceptable practices in the workplace.       manufacturers to ensure less air miles.

              Sedex - An institute o ering audits, consulting and training to more closely   Our catalogue is produced using responsibly sourced
              follow ESG and SMETA guidelines and practices.        paper, and is then Carbon Balanced through the World   Stationery
              SMETA 2/4 Pillar - SMETA is the most widely used social audit in the   Land Trust.
              world, enabling business to evaluate working conditions within their supply
              chain. SMETA 2 pillar pertains to the 2 mandatory “pillars” of the SMETA
              audit, being labour standards, and health & safety. For SMETA 4 pillar, two
              additional pillars are audited, being business ethics and environment.
              Waste2gear - Utilising recycled ocean plastic to make a high quality                                        Clothing
              material used in a quality bag range. Removing ocean waste and
              repurposing it into new products. This not only cleans the ocean but also
              provides a second life for the waste, reducing the need for new plastic
              production.                                                     CBP023752
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