Printwear & Promotion The Total Promotional Package
The fifth PSI Sustainability Awards were held on September 6 in Wiesbaden, where 140 sustainability promoters from the sector joined in the celebrations.
The winners in the best in class categories were as follows:
– Economic Excellence
Winner: Bic Graphic Europe
– Environmental Excellence
Winner: Schneider Schreibgeräte
– Social Excellence
Winner: Halfar System
The winners in the categories selected by the jury were as follows:
– Environment Initiative
Winner: Mister Bags
– Social Initiative
Winner: Klio-Eterna Schreibgeräte
– Sustainable Product
Winner: CD-LUX with Fair-PLUS Advent Calendar with organic chocolate
– Sustainable Product – Product Set
Winner: TFA Dostmann with GlasWerk drinking straws made of glass
– Sustainable Product – Product Line
Winner: b-token with Eco-friendly tokens
– Sustainable Product – Writing Instruments
Winner: Schneider Schreibgeräte Link-It
– Sustainable Product – Textile
Winner: Hypon with Seatowel
– Sustainable Product – Paper
Winner: Wilken Verlag für Prävention with Aktiv Buch
– Sustainable Campaign
Winner: GEBAS with E-CUP
– Sustainable Company of the Year
Winner: Schneider Schreibgeräte
– Special Award Sustainable Distributor of the Year
Winner: Chilli Ideas
During the afternoon of September 6, the PSI Sustainability Summit was held. Hosted by Helge Thomas, participants discussed how the promotional products industry can take on more social and ecological responsibility.
Also in focus was the impact the planned CO2 tax will have on the promotional products industry; as were purchasing criteria for sustainable, ecologically and/or socially responsibly produced giveaways and the social and ecological risks along the supply chain.
Speakers included Steven Baumgärtner, founder and since 1994 also managing director of cyber-Wear Heidelberg, Andreas Zamostny, co-founder and managing partner of S&C – Schlange & Co., as well as the vice-president of S&C North America, and agricultural economist Dr. Katharina Reuter. Paolo-Daniele Murgia also shared his experiences as the former head of marketing services at Roche Diabetes Care, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.
