{"id":5826,"date":"2016-09-20T11:54:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T01:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/?p=5826"},"modified":"2019-09-27T13:58:30","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T03:58:30","slug":"beyond-footprint-handprinting-awesome-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/cl\/2016\/09\/20\/beyond-footprint-handprinting-awesome-brand\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Footprint:  Handprinting, and how awesome it is for your brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Today I left the house and handed out toilet paper to people.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Why? Not just because I ordered 48 rolls of toilet paper and had no room in the apartment. I did it because it\u2019s too easy and inspiring not to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/au.whogivesacrap.org\/\"><strong>Who Gives a Crap<\/strong><\/a> make good toilet paper and donate half of their profit to charity. They <em>do good by doing well<\/em> in an innovative and creative way: With the arrival of my order last night there was an envelope with a letter stating how much money the company\u2019s donated to WaterAid to build toilets for those in need \u2013 $428,500. It\u2019s aiming to donate $1million next year.<\/p>\n<p>They ask if I could help by giving away a few of my rolls, and give recipients the opportunity to get $10 off their first order. To help me deliver this favour they supplied:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A humorous and informative letter about their donations and objectives<\/li>\n<li>A cool little activity booklet to do whilst on the loo and<\/li>\n<li>4 cheeky cards that I can personalise and hand over to people together with the toilet paper (which in my opinion is a good number, I&#8217;d felt pressure if it had been more).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>So, what does this do?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It promotes and strengthens their brand as a company that is fun, creative and \u201cdo-good\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>It encourages me to give away some of what I have bought to someone else, basically <em>paying<\/em> to promote their product (genius!).<\/li>\n<li>It made me smile.<\/li>\n<li>It raises awareness for the fact that, worldwide, more than 2 billion people don\u2019t have access to a toilet.<\/li>\n<li>It gives the audience an opportunity to act on something that the company\u00a0already knows (since the customer purchased their product in the first place): they care about making a difference through their purchasing power.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Significantly, this opportunity doesn\u2019t require a donation to an institution. It doesn\u2019t require that the individual participate in a march, host an event nor do volunteer work (all valid ways to contribute, by the way!). It costs $1 per roll and encourages the buyer to have an interesting chat and a laugh with a friend or a stranger.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a name for what this company is doing:\u00a0<em>\u2018<strong>handprinting<\/strong>\u2019<\/em>. It is a relatively new framework for sustainability that looks at the positive benefits an organisation has, beyond its footprint.\u00a0The consortium Sustainability and Health Initiative for NetPositive Enterprise (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chgeharvard.org\/category\/corporate-sustainability-and-health-shine-0\">SHINE<\/a>), is currently working on a methodology for handprinting, to account for the \u2018credits\u2019 side of individual and corporate environmental ledgers \u2014 not just the debits, as the footprinting framework calculates.<\/p>\n<p>As with any company, <strong>Who Gives a Crap<\/strong> has an impact \u2013 all companies do \u2013 but it also creates value to society and to the environment. While they do address their impact, they actively create and promote positive social and environmental actions. You can learn more about handprinting on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenbiz.com\/article\/introducing-handprinting-good-you-do-minus-your-carbon-footprint\">this article<\/a> from Greenbiz.com.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s much talk about reducing our\u00a0impacts and \u2018doing less bad\u2019. It\u2019s about time companies, organisations, countries and people talk and act about doing &#8216;more good&#8217;, too.<\/p>\n<p>And so, this morning I put 4 toilet paper rolls and 4 cards in my car. I gave them to a stranger who was getting ready for a surf. To a woman I started chatting to about the weather. To the manager of the caf\u00e9 where I get my morning coffee, and to that guy who has amazing hair that I\u2019d spoken to a few times in the surf. Because it was too easy and inspiring not to do.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s give a crap and start creating positive value and change today. If a toilet paper company can inspire, imagine what you can do with your brand, network and influence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5829\" src=\"http:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FullSizeRender-2-300x251.jpg\" alt=\"fullsizerender-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/FullSizeRender-2-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/FullSizeRender-2-250x209.jpg 250w, https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/FullSizeRender-2-400x334.jpg 400w, https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/cl\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/09\/FullSizeRender-2.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>p.s. the 10$ discount code is: DOINGOODLOOKINGOOD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I left the house and handed out toilet paper to people. 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