How your corporate and client gifts can keep on giving

We all want our business dollars to go far, but often we stop with how our dollars can make more dollars for us and our business. But what if your dollars could get that return on investment and then keep going? It’s definitely possible, and the added bonus for your company is that it reflects well on you. By gifting in thoughtful ways that give back, you show your generosity and global outlook - and make an impact with money you are already spending.

Here are three ways your gifting can keep on giving:

1. PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT 

Marie Mae’s products provide employment for small, family-owned businesses both in the United States and abroad. Our artisans know our names, and we know theirs. We work closely with them to ensure they are paid fairly and have adequate working conditions. As a result, all of the products in your corporate and client gifts are made with care and have given pride to a variety of hard workers every step of the way.

Featuring Marie Mae’s Director of Operations Jasmine Carney, and CEO and Founder Jillian Ryan.

2. PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Our paper is sourced from a local paper mill in upstate New York, then printed at a family-owned print shop in Dallas. All of our notebooks are recyclable, and a good percentage of the paper composition is made from post consumer waste - what can't be made from post consumer waste is all sourced from fully certified sustainable and renewable wood sources.

Our artisan products are made from natural, renewable resources such as wood, horn, and bone. Our coffee and tea are farmed on sustainably small-scale, fair trade farms. Our leather products are by-products of the local Haitian meat industry and tanned with vegetable oil. Every time you or your gift receivers use or enjoy these products, they can be reminded of the sustainable impact that you and they are making together.

Featuring Marie Mae’s ‘The Tea Lover’ ($65).

3. PROVIDING EDUCATION 

Marie Mae was created with the intention of starting a business school for women in developing countries, but it has grown to include education for victims of human trafficking since the company’s inception. The Marie Mae Business School includes classes and training for women and entrepreneurs around the world, in places such as Rwanda, where we hosted the inaugural Marie Mae Business School in 2015. The current business school is ongoing in Dallas, Texas, empowering trafficking survivors with the business skills they need to succeed. You’ve heard the saying that if you give a man a fish, he eats for a day; but that if you teach a man to fish he’ll eat for the rest of his life. Your gifts will be teaching women to “fish” for the rest of their lives.

BONUS: OUR TOP 3 GIFTS THAT KEEP ON GIVING

• Ripple Coffee: Ripple Coffee roasts and sources beans exclusively from farms owned by women. Funds from the sale of this product are then reinvested into these coffee growing communities for assistance in education, health care, clean water and safe working conditions. Find it in our Coffee Lover gift bundle!
• Marble and Wood Coasters: These beautiful coasters are hand-crafted at Asha Handicrafts by women in India. In addition to providing these women with a livable wage, the Asha company provides health care, leadership training, and more. Find it in our Coffee Lover and Tea Lover gift bundles!
• Haitian Leather: All of our leather goods are tanned, designed, and hand-stitched by local artisans in Haiti. Because all of the leather they use is a by-product of the meat industry, what would have previously wasted is now used to make beautiful goods in an ethical environment. Find it in our Mover and Shaker, Traveler, Networker, and Boss gift bundles!

Get ahead of the game this year, and let us help take corporate gifting off your hands!

Marie Mae is changing the world of corporate gifting and everyone is winning: in business results, talent acquisition, customer loyalty, and happy employees. Marie Mae can help strengthen your brand image while increasing the ROI of your corporate gifting program. Corporate gifting is a $125 billion market. Imagine if we put that money to good use, AND gave recipients the memorable gifts they wanted to receive.

To learn more about how Marie Mae can take corporate gifting off your hands this year, visit www.mariemae.com/corporate.