Purpose-Driven Gifting: Corporate Gifts That Give Back
No matter the time of year, your gifts can not only show appreciation, but align with your brand’s core values.
Corporate gifting is more than a thoughtful gesture. It’s an opportunity to create real, lasting impact. We believe every gift should reflect your values while supporting a better future. That’s why our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) approach focuses on sourcing meaningful, high-impact gifts from responsible suppliers.
Aligned with our RISE initiative, Whitestone’s approach to gifting is rooted in sustainability, ethical practices, and purpose. From reducing emissions to supporting social and environmental causes, every product we source is designed to make a difference for the recipient and the world around them.
Why Choose Gifts That Make an Impact?
Every product and gift set made from VSSL is assembled by youth with special needs, fostering a sense of independence and community.
Through RISE, we’re reshaping the future of branded merchandise with a clear mission: create great products sustainably while running our business responsibly. That mission fuels everything we do, including how we approach corporate gifting.
By partnering with brands that prioritize sustainability, philanthropy, and ethical production, we help our clients choose gifts that are aligned with their values and business goals. Whether you're looking to support environmental efforts, community development, or charitable causes, your corporate gifts can be a powerful force for good.
Our Commitment to Better Gifting
Whitestone continuously innovates to bring you gifting options that go beyond the ordinary. Here's how our internal practices help ensure every gift contributes to a better future:
1% for the Planet Commitment
Our 1% for the Planet Membership means we commit 1% of our annual sales to environmental causes. This partnership reinforces our belief that giving back to the planet should be a core part of doing business.
Progress Toward Net Zero
Through our partnership with Aclymate, we actively track, offset, and reduce emissions associated with our operations. It’s part of our broader push toward carbon neutrality for ourselves and our clients.
EcoVadis Bronze
Whitestone has proudly earned the EcoVadis Bronze award for our achievements in sustainability. This recognition reflects our dedication to upholding the highest environmental and ethical standards.
Each of our Give Back categories represents how you can gift in meaningful ways.
Explore the Four Pillars of Impact
We’ve curated a collection of gifts that do more than delight, they give back in meaningful ways. Explore our four key impact themes, each with a dedicated guide featuring brand spotlights and gift inspiration:
🌍 Give Back to the Planet
Discover eco-conscious brands focused on low-impact materials, carbon reduction, and conservation.
🏡 Give Back to the Community
Support small businesses, local makers, and community-focused initiatives that uplift people at home and abroad.
❤️ Give Back to Charity
Choose products that directly support charitable causes—through donations, proceeds, or built-in giveback models.
🎨 Give Back to Global Artisans
Celebrate craftsmanship and culture with ethically sourced goods that empower artisan communities around the world.
More Ways to Make an Impact
Our commitment doesn’t stop at product sourcing. Through RISE, Whitestone is helping clients drive long-term change across their entire gifting and operational footprint.
We’re transforming logistics with a goal to keep express shipments under 7% of total orders by 2027—reducing emissions and prioritizing more efficient, sustainable delivery.
Together with our partners, we’re working to divert 75,000+ items from landfills through donation, recycling, and repurposing.
We actively prioritize supply chain partners who meet high standards for environmental and social responsibility, helping clients make better choices from the start.
Shop Give-Back
Our Give-Back Trend Shop is regularly updated with the newest purpose-driven products from industry leaders like Tentree, Herschel, and Timbuk2. With seasonal recommendations and emerging favorites, we make it easy to stay ahead of the curve and give meaningfully year-round.
Sustainable and artfully designed, Slowtide towels make a meaningful gift that supports environmental and community impact.
Make an Impact with Whitestone
Corporate gifting is a powerful way to express appreciation, reinforce values, and create meaningful connections. With Whitestone’s RISE-driven approach, your gifting strategy can also help build a better future for your recipients, your brand, and the world.