Celebrating 20 Years of Providing Ethically Produced Promotional Merchandise
Agents of change
Ethix Merch is a socially and environmentally progressive provider of custom printed promotional merchandise. In the billion-dollar world of promotional merchandise, far too many of the products are created without concern for labor conditions or the environment.
We want to change that!
Ethix Merch has spent the last two decades committing to our mission by refusing to source any products that fail to adhere to our established standards of fair labor and environmental sustainability. Guided by these values, we firmly believe that we can fundamentally alter our industry over time. By educating organizations, unions and businesses about ethical options for their merchandise we hope to help them shift to ethical purchasing models that support workers and the environment.
Our Journey
Ethix Merch began in 2006 with the aspiration of diverting promotional merchandise spending away from sweatshops. In an industry dominated by unregulated manufacturers, we wanted to be the top provider of branded products made with regard for the dignity of the workers and the health of our environment.
Our steadfast commitment to our mission resulted in a struggle to compete for business early on as we refused to rest on our laurels by sourcing cheaply made sweatshop products. In the time since those early days however, we have been able to forge valuable relationships with reputable domestic manufacturers that value the dignity and livelihood of their workers. Today we are able to boast of an extensive network of sourcing partners with shared values.
Our Allyship
We are allies first. Finding clients to serve has never been a challenge for Ethix Merch. There are many businesses and organizations focused on the environmental and social impact of their purchasing decisions. It is a challenge however to find ethical branded merchandise at a price point that works with an allocated budget. This often results in a tremendous amount of effort that serves as an unwelcome distraction from the important work that our clients are doing to better our world.
Even when our clients are able to procure ethically made sustainable goods, there is little guarantee that they are working with a supplier who isn't contributing to the sweatshop industrial complex in other ways. Since Ethix Merch is committed to sourcing only ethically made goods, our clients can be assured that they are not unwittingly contributing to climate change or the subjugation of workers.
Our Commitment
We are committed to providing products made by workers who earn fair living wages. Ethix Merch is happy to partner with employers who recognize the rights of their employees to organize unions and we relish the opportunity to work with ESOPs and other employee-owned cooperatives.
The ethical designations of our products are easily identifiable under the labels Union Made, Made in the USA, and Eco-friendly. Please see Our Standards to learn more about what it means to source ethically made merchandise.
