At OfficeMax, we understand the importance of supporting businesses that are contributing to a more sustainable future.
The greatest impact we can have at OfficeMax is enabling our customers to purchase sustainable products from suppliers that are supporting positive social outcomes. We are proud to be ranging products from the following social enterprises who are working hard to create a more equitable world for all.
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Fairtrade
Fairtrade's vision is to ‘change the way trade works through better prices, decent working conditions and a fairer deal for farmers and workers.’ By purchasing a Fairtrade certified product, a consumer is helping support fair pay and equality. Simple ways businesses can communicate their commitment to environmental and social responsibility are by purchasing Fairtrade products.
Did you know that by purchasing 2 or more Fairtrade products for your business, you can become a Fairtrade Supporting Workplace? Click here to learn more and join OfficeMax on the journey.
trade aid
trade aid is a social enterprise creating fairness in trade, founded right here in New Zealand in 1973. They work with small, organic food and craft producers around the world, wholesaling their products to Kiwi businesses. Kiwis, through their purchases, directly support the operations of these producers and the local communities they are a part of.
Good Common Coffee
Common Good Coffee has a goal to create positive change in some of the poorest neighbourhoods in the world. $5 from every kilogram of coffee sold goes to Joyya in Kolkata, to help fund improved healthcare and educational opportunities, employment kick-starters, legal aid promoting human rights, and preventing human trafficking.
Karma Drinks
The word ‘karma’ came from an idea they had about forming a company to find ingredients that were good for the land, good for the people who grow them and good for the people who consume them.
1% of revenue from every Karma Drinks goes to their cola nut growers and their communities in Sierra Leone. The Foundation guarantees the funds raised help drive economic and social independence.
Charity Tea
Charity Tea sells ethically sourced, organic tea to raise money for charity. Every packet sold either feeds a child in Haiti through their feeding programmes, or a child in New Zealand receives a school lunch.
All packaging is compostable, refillable or recyclable, and they are the only certified climate-positive tea company in New Zealand.
Keep New Zealand Beautiful x Nescafé
Keep New Zealand Beautiful is a not-for-profit charitable organisation that is committed to empowering the community of Aotearoa to restore, preserve and improve New Zealand’s climate future through active participation.
OfficeMax donates $1 from every Nescafé Classic 1kg tin sold to Keep New Zealand Beautiful.
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Tuhi Stationery
Tuhi Stationery is a Maori-owned business founded in 2018 by Geneva Harrison (Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa, Ngati Kahu) in Auckland, New Zealand. As a second-language learner in a corporate environment, Geneva created stationery she wanted to use to help learn and normalise Te Reo Maori in everyday spaces.
In 2021, her husband expanded the range to include "Tusi" planners in Samoan, New Zealand’s third most spoken language. The Tuhi range now also includes children’s education resources, adult jigsaws and bespoke keepsake cultural stationery.
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Will&Able
Will&Able is a New Zealand social purpose business which has employed people with disabilities for over 60 years. Will&Able manufactures a range of cleaning and hygiene products for the home and workplace, which are made from sustainable ingredients and packaged in bottles made from recycled milk bottles.
To find out more about any of these social enterprise products, click the links provided or talk to your OfficeMax account manager.