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Christmas is just around the corner and there are only a few days left to think about gifts and small presents for employees, colleagues, and collaborators. Even if you feel like you’re running late, not all is lost. In fact, we have gathered some ideas for a gift that is appreciated, sustainable, and quick. Candles, solid soaps, preserves, and other long-lasting foods, as well as charity cards and eco-friendly artisanal gifts chosen with a focus on sustainability and solidarity. There is something for every taste and budget!
A small tip we can give you, valid for all the Christmas gift ideas we are about to suggest, concerns the packaging. By using a festive fabric bag instead of traditional wrapping paper, you will give a second gift to the recipient, as they can reuse the packaging and concretely reduce waste.
Now, let’s look at our last-minute corporate Christmas gift ideas!
Christmas Gifts for Employees: Last-Minute Charitable, Sustainable, Natural
The corporate Christmas gift is not just a small present for employees, but also an opportunity to affirm and highlight the values that guide your company, as well as a way to thank all the people you collaborate with. For this reason, our first suggestion is to choose an item or a thought that reflects your corporate identity and helps you communicate to those who receive it what you believe in. For this reason, most of our proposals are eco-sustainable, natural, and, in some cases, charitable gift ideas. We also take this opportunity to remind you of our advice on how to package promotional items with fabric bags and other 100% reusable solutions. Plus, a suggestion for next year: the customisation of sustainable packaging for an even greener choice!
1. A Charitable Greeting Card
Let’s start with a charitable gift idea. For each of your employees or collaborators, you can choose to make a donation to a charity that focuses on a cause important to you. Many associations and organizations have created customizable proposals for companies: each donation corresponds to a card that you can have delivered directly to the home of the gift recipient. It is a gesture with a dual value: for the recipient and for the organizations engaged on the front lines.
2. Adopt a Tree!
Another green solution chosen by many companies and that can be completed in a few quick steps is tree adoption. Various platforms allow individuals and companies to make a donation that supports entities dedicated to biodiversity protection. You can “adopt” a cacao tree in Ghana or a citrus grove in Sicily. Some associations enable support for entire small organic farms or community chicken coops. The choice is wide, and the advantage is that the recipient of this charitable gift receives updates about “their” tree or gift packages as products become available!
3. A Regional Food Product
Always with great attention to local sourcing and sustainability, we suggest choosing a typical product from your region to gift your collaborators. Italy is one of the countries with the highest concentration of protected products under DOC, DOP, and IGP labels, so we have no doubt there are many specialties near you that you can choose, purchase, and give. To personalise the gift, you can select from many festive-themed fabric bags, suitable for protecting and beautifying numerous products: small jute bags for honey and preserves, bottle bags for wine or oil, natural cotton bags for cookies and other traditional sweets.
You will definitely find a bag in the right size and fabric.
4. Natural Candles
Another classic Christmas gift is candles, but pay attention to their composition! Our advice is to choose artisanal and natural products. The wick, for example, should be cotton, while the candle itself should be beeswax or soy wax. There are many variants and scents available, but for a more striking gift, we suggest packaging them in a mesh fabric bag scented with a drop of essential oil. A perfect gift for companies wanting to pamper their employees.
5. Solid Cosmetics
Solid cosmetics are another pleasant gift idea focused on well-being. Solid bath gels, shampoos, conditioners, facial cleansers, and deodorants perform the usual functions of these products but without the need for plastic packaging.
Sustainable and practical, they are ideal for companies committed to environmental protection. In addition, there is a fabric bag specifically for solid cosmetics! It is a hemp pouch that can also be used as a shower glove and hung in the bathroom: useful for washing and not just as packaging!
6. Artisan Christmas Ornaments
All over Italy, there are many small artisanal producers who create objects and accessories sustainably and with great creativity. Turning to them for corporate Christmas gifts is an excellent way to show support for local areas and small businesses. So why not purchase a Christmas ornament made from fabric, or ceramic, or even paper for each employee? Again, the gift is twofold: for the receiver and the maker. However, be mindful of quantities: since these are small producers, they may not have hundreds of pieces available. This idea is perfect for companies with a limited number of employees who can add it to their Christmas tree.
7. Thermal Water Bottles
Finally, a gift idea for companies that want to encourage their employees to adopt a plastic-free lifestyle even at the office: thermal water bottles. There are many options on the market: colorful, neutral, customizable, half-liter or larger. It will certainly be a welcome gift, especially if packaged with a quilted fabric bottle cover that they can reuse to carry it from home to work with ease.
