A gifting company is a company that exists to make gifting easy, memorable, and meaningful, for individuals, for businesses, or for both. The category spans everything from gift basket companies and branded merchandise suppliers to digital gifting platforms and specialist corporate gifting services.
ForestNation is a gifting company with a specific difference: every gift plants a real, verified tree in Tanzania. Not as a donation attached to a gift. Not as a charitable offset. The tree is the gift. And the gift keeps growing long after the occasion that prompted it. [1]
Key Takeaways
- A gifting company helps businesses and individuals send memorable, meaningful gifts, from physical products to digital experiences.
- ForestNation is a gifting company specialising in tree gifts: physical Tree Kits and digital Gift Stories that plant verified trees in Tanzania in the recipient’s name.
- ForestNation has delivered tree gifts for 500+ companies including Marriott, Logitech, Salesforce, and Oracle, with nearly 2 million trees planted.
- Gift Stories are delivered globally by email with no address collection, no shipping, and no logistics overhead, practical for any gifting occasion at any scale.
- Start gifting at forestnation.com/corporate-gift-a-forest.
What Does a Gifting Company Do?
A gifting company handles the process of selecting, personalising, and delivering gifts on behalf of its clients. At the corporate end of the market, this typically means sourcing gifts at volume, managing personalisation and branding, handling logistics and delivery, and providing a platform for managing campaigns across large recipient lists.
The best gifting companies do something simpler but harder: they make the recipient feel the thought behind the gift, not just the process of its delivery. The logistics are table stakes. The memorable gift is the one where the recipient understands that someone made a specific decision about them rather than dispatching from a catalogue.
How ForestNation Works as a Gifting Company
ForestNation operates on a simple model: every gift plants verified trees in Tanzania, each tree individually tracked, each planting contributing to field-measured reforestation data. The recipient receives either a physical Tree Kit (everything needed to grow a tree at home) or a digital Gift Story (a personalised digital gift with the recipient’s name, the tree’s Tanzania location, and ongoing impact updates).
For corporate clients, the process is straightforward:
- Define the gift (number of trees, physical or digital, personalisation requirements)
- Upload the recipient list or send individually
- ForestNation plants the trees and delivers the Gift Stories
- Recipients receive personalised gifts with their name, the tree location, and impact data
- The client receives a Forest Profile tracking all trees planted, with real-time data for CSR reporting
No minimum order size. No address collection for digital gifts. No lead time for physical production. A gift campaign for 500 employees or clients can be live in 48 hours.
Why Companies Choose ForestNation as Their Gifting Company
Three consistent reasons emerge from ForestNation’s 500+ corporate clients:
The gift is memorable. A tree planted in someone’s name in Tanzania, growing in the Usambara Mountains, sending ongoing impact updates, that is not a gift people forget. It is not one of five things they received that quarter. The specific quality of the gift creates a specific impression.
The gift reflects values. For companies with sustainability commitments, a tree gift is not a compromise between what the company wants to send and what is practical. It is the gift that expresses the values most directly. Marriott, Logitech, and Salesforce use ForestNation precisely because the gift is consistent with their sustainability positioning.
The logistics are genuinely simple. Digital Gift Stories require only an email address. Physical Tree Kits ship globally with a clean, branded unboxing experience. The gifting company handles the complexity, the client defines what they want and who they want to send it to.
Choosing a Gifting Company: What to Look For
Four questions to apply when evaluating a corporate gifting company:
- Does the gift create a lasting impression? A gift that is consumed, worn out, or discarded in a month has a one-month return on the gifting investment. A tree that grows for decades continues creating impression and impact long after the occasion.
- Can it scale without losing quality? A gifting company that delivers exceptional personalisation at five recipients but loses quality at 500 is not suitable for enterprise gifting. ForestNation Gift Stories maintain full personalisation at any volume.
- Does it solve the international delivery problem? For global organisations, physical gifting at scale requires significant logistics management. Digital delivery eliminates this entirely.
- Does the gift reflect company values? A gifting company that helps you send gifts aligned with your sustainability commitments is a strategic partner. One that sends generic hampers is a vendor.
Research and References
- Gallup, State of the Global Workplace 2023. Employee recognition linked to engagement and retention. Disengaged employees cost $8.8 trillion annually. gallup.com/workplace/393497
- ForestNation impact methodology. Working Trees field study: 0.025 tonnes CO2 per tree per year across five Tanzania sites. forestnation.com/impact-methodology
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a gifting company?
A gifting company helps businesses and individuals select, personalise, and send memorable gifts. At the corporate level, this includes managing recipient lists, personalisation, logistics, and campaign delivery. ForestNation is a gifting company specialising in tree gifts: physical Tree Kits and digital Gift Stories that plant verified trees in Tanzania in the recipient’s name, with 500+ corporate clients including Marriott, Logitech, and Salesforce.
What makes a good corporate gifting company?
A good corporate gifting company makes the recipient feel the thought behind the gift rather than just the process of its delivery. It scales without losing personalisation quality, solves the international delivery problem for global teams, and helps companies send gifts that reflect their values rather than defaulting to a catalogue. ForestNation Gift Stories are delivered globally by email with full personalisation at any volume.
How does ForestNation work as a gifting company?
ForestNation plants verified trees in Tanzania for every gift sent. Recipients receive either a physical Tree Kit or a digital Gift Story with their name, the Tanzania location, and ongoing impact updates as the tree grows. Corporate clients receive a Forest Profile tracking all trees planted, with real-time data for CSR reporting. No minimum order, no address collection for digital gifts, and campaigns can be live in 48 hours.
What are the benefits of using a tree gifting company?
Tree gifts create a lasting impression (the tree grows long after the occasion), reflect sustainability values specifically (verified reforestation with published field-measured data), scale globally without logistics complications (digital delivery requires only an email address), and generate reportable CSR data (trees planted, CO2 sequestered, community work hours) for sustainability disclosures.
