ECO ALLIANCE Shop Nanjala: Empowering Kenyan Artisans “Our vision is to be Africa's first sustainable online retailer of gardening, home, and outdoor lifestyle brand that is deeply rooted in the celebration of nature for the modern city dweller.” Teresa Lubano, Founder and Creative Director.
ECO ALLIANCE Sophie Cull Candy: Sustainable Jewelry for Conscious Consumers "I want customers to know that what they’re buying will last, and that fashion is there to be respectfully treasured and not to be kept for just one season." Sophie Cull-Candy, Designer and Founder
ECO ALLIANCE Boxx Kids: Sustainable Packaging For Ethical Kids Clothes "We wanted to offer our customers the option of having their orders wrapped up beautifully in an eco-friendly custom tissue paper - made by a company who also gives back!” Dasha Roth, co-founder.
ECO ALLIANCE Kaloskopic: Challenging Fast Fashion through Sustainable Design "The aim of our business is to create unique, high quality and detail-orientated products that stand out from the flooded fast fashion market." Ana Maria Perez Saldias, Founder.
ECO ALLIANCE Franks Lee: Lowering Our Impact With Compostable Mailers "For me, sustainability means to create a lifestyle that reflects a love for the earth, to learn and to teach others about how we can live at a lower cost to our earth." Jazz, Founder.
ECO ALLIANCE Unboxing With: Peach + Polly "I really wanted our unboxing process to be so special, and having custom tissue paper adds to the quality, individuality, and the voice of our brand.” Natalie, Founder.
ECO ALLIANCE Purematcha Teas: Standing Out From the Crowd With Custom Packaging "We know that the core of our success starts with customer satisfaction and building loyalty with our customers. The challenge at Purematcha is to set up the right impression straight out of the box (literally!).” Steve Fambo, Founder.
ECO ALLIANCE Bobo Design Studio: Creating Memorable In-store Experiences with Custom Packaging "You only have one chance to make a killer first impression. To do this, I always pay extra attention to the details." Angie Chua, Founder.
ECO ALLIANCE Piera Cirefice: On Being Sustainable as an Illustrator "The overall environmental principle guiding my work is that if one is more familiar with something, the more likely it is they will love it and ultimately protect it." Piera Cirefice, Illustrator.
ECO ALLIANCE HOMOCO: Custom Packaging Solutions for Pop-up Store Retailers "Today's HOMOCO is me bringing that family brand back and embracing my queer community at the same time.” Daniel DuGoff, Designer and Founder.
ECO ALLIANCE Designing Subscription Box Packaging with The Book Playbox "It’s unique, eye-catching and appealing to children and adults alike. Children get very excited when they see this box arrive at their door!” Tanya Hodgson, Founder.
ECO ALLIANCE Enrich and Endure: Enhancing the Delivery Experience "We are starting to see people opening their apron box/package and documenting the experience on social media to comment on how much they love it, which is amazing for us to see." Sarah and Lorcan Quinn, Co-founders
ECO ALLIANCE AYLA View: Wedding Stationery with a Luxury Twist "In today’s digital world, my goal is to create exciting, tangible, and memorable keepsakes that connect the sender to the receiver.” Ayla Pena, Founder.
ECO ALLIANCE Sleepy Bee Studio: A Tale of Four Bespoke Tissue Paper Designs "We hope to add more custom tissue designs in future themes such as Coastal, Jurassic, Afternoon Tea, Dreamcatcher… you name it, it’s probably on the list!” Charlotte Allen, Founder.
ECO ALLIANCE How I Fulfill: Packaging Orders with Eva Stalinski Things easily get overwhelming when you are fulfilling all of your own orders! As a small business, there are pros and cons to DIY fulfillment. Illustrator Eva Stalinski tells us about her order fulfillment strategy, and how she makes the experience special for her customers.
ECO ALLIANCE How I Fulfill: Unboxing with Tiffany Staten What does it mean to put together a stellar unboxing as a small business? We speak to Tiffany Staten of London Grant Co. about how she creates a memorable experience for her customers.
ECO ALLIANCE Ashley Mary Art: How Creativity Feeds Sustainable Business "Whenever I open something customized it speaks to the level of professionalism, care, and just makes the experience more fun!" Ashley Mary, Artist and Founder.
ECO ALLIANCE Sightsee: Branding with Attitude “We spent a lot of time narrowing down exactly what we wanted Sightsee to represent, and we try to hold every branding decision up to that definition.” Joel Sadler and Allyson Sutton, Founders
ECO ALLIANCE The Fox in the Attic: How Low MOQs Benefit Small Businesses "People love feeling special and that they’ve bought something unique, and using custom tissue paper does just that!” Michelle Kreussel, Founder
ECO ALLIANCE 1820 Co: Seasonal Packaging for Small Businesses "You could have the best product or service, but without the visual it won't garner the attention it deserves." —Melissa Smith, Founder/Candlemaker
ECO ALLIANCE Zina Arts: Packaging Art with Love “Great packaging gives a more complete look to a product, and definitely prepares a customer for something made with love, just for them.” Zina Nedelcheva, Founder.
ECO ALLIANCE YEVU Clothing: Social and Environmental Sustainability "It’s so important for our customers to have a lasting and positive first impression when they open their YEVU." Anna Robertson, Founder.
ECO ALLIANCE Unboxing with...Noah's Box "We are aiming to make this unboxing experience still exciting without heavily increasing the costs for the end customer." Moritz Braatz, Founder.
ECO ALLIANCE Noodoll: When Custom Sustainable Packaging Doubles as a Social Media Marketing Strategy “Once we discovered more about the ethos behind the products, as well as how great the products were, we ordered more custom tissue for our shop!” Yiyang Wang, Founder.
ECO ALLIANCE THE MINI EDIT: Using Custom Tissue Paper to Create a Cohesive Brand Identity "It’s incredibly important that we stay true to our edit and communicate a very clear brand vision to our customers each season." Jessica Neil, Founder
