Social Responsibility
THE PPS COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Social responsibility and sustainability are central to our mission, are key drivers of our business model and are embedded in all of our business operations. We continually strive to become a better corporate citizen by incorporating best practices and recognized global standards in sustainability and social responsibility.
By doing business with PPS, you extend your corporate responsibility and sustainability commitment to promotional products purchases.
Thought Leadership and Innovation
In a field of 19,000 competitors, PPS is a leader in social responsibility:
• Member of Green America’s (formerly Coop America) Green Business Network since 2006
• First mainstream promotional products industry distributor to develop proprietary, industry-specific criteria to evaluate products for quality, performance, cost, and sustainability and social responsibility
• First mainstream promotional products industry distributor to evaluate mainstream suppliers and products according to sustainability and social responsibility criteria as a standard operating procedure
• First mainstream promotional products industry distributor to offer Fair Trade private labeled Coffee and Hot Cocoa as a regular product offering
• First mainstream promotional products industry distributor to offer the Jimi Wallet and ReProduct Cards
• First promotional products industry distributor to offer carbon offset packages
• Carbon neutral - Offset our greenhouse gas emissions from facility operation, auto and air travel since 2007
• All carbon neutral shipments to customers since December 1, 2007
• Developed industry specific Green Product Protocol to evaluate products’ environmental attributes in conjunction with the Presidio School of Management
• First distributor in our industry to issue a Sustainability Report (August 2009)
Ethical Sourcing Along Entire Supply Chain through Proprietary Supplier Evaluations
• PPS products meet at least 1 of 5 criteria: Environmentally Conscious, Life Cycle, Socially Responsible and Supplier Dialogue, Made in the US (http://www.ppsolutionsllc.com/ethical_sourcing.htm).
• Supply Chain Engagement: We communicate your sustainability and social responsibility values to the mainstream promotional products industry supply chain on a daily basis. If we cannot find a product that meets our criteria for social responsibility and sustainability, we communicate to our suppliers that our customers have a need for a more sustainable option and offer suggestions to help create a sustainable alternative. Supply chain engagement on your behalf is an added value that comes with every sale.
Current Affiliations
Our current national affiliations include:
• Advertising Specialty Institute (since 2006)
• Corporate Member, Ceres (since 2007)
• Corporate Member, Green America Green Business Network (since 2006)
• Corporate Member, 1% for the Planet (since 2007)
• Certified MBE, National Minority Supplier Development Council
• Our strategic partner, National Premium, is one of the nation’s largest promotional products companies with offices in the United States, Europe and China.
• Corporate Member, Social Accountability International (2008)
