Gifting With Purpose: How Mission Kitchen Hampers Can Help Businesses Hit ESG Goals
This winter Mission Kitchen is unveiling its first ever Festive Gifting Collection - a range of unique and purposeful gift boxes created to support start-up entrepreneurs, and help businesses and individuals give gifts that taste great and do some real good..
Why It Matters
More companies across the UK are choosing to gift with purpose. In fact, 55% of businesses now prioritise sustainable or eco-friendly gifts for employees and clients. Procurement teams are responding to consumer and employee preferences too: 69% of UK employees say they prefer company gifts that are sustainably made, and nearly half of consumers report feeling more favourable toward a brand that gives eco-conscious, ethically sourced gifts.
Gifting with Mission Kitchen
Mission Kitchen is an incubator home to a diverse community of independent food and drink makers. Our flagship site in South London supports a community of more than 100 independent start-ups, offering access to commercial kitchens, co-working space and a programme of business support.
We work with our community of entrepreneurs, as well as friends from across the UK start-up community, to curate these Gift Boxes.
Unlike generic corporate hampers, our collection is designed to be totally unique and make a difference. Every product is made by small, value-led producers, many of whom create their goods right here at Mission Kitchen.
Each hamper is crafted with care and is filled with unique and delicious products you won’t find in the supermarkets (yet). So every purchase supports independent makers and pioneering brands making change in our food sector.
The result? Beautifully curated gifts that support local makers, reduce food miles, and align with the goals of ESG-focused companies looking to create a positive impact through their gifting.
Introducing Our First Festive Collection
We're excited to launch our first ever Festive Collection — a seasonal range of gift boxes created to suit all occasions:
- Festive Celebration Range: Perfect for individual gifting, these hampers are filled with joyfully curated treats and festive favourites from the Mission Kitchen community.
- Luxury Hamper: Featuring our members’ most premium and signature items, this hamper is designed for those special clients or loved ones who deserve something truly exceptional.
- Snack Boxes: Ideal for team gifting and office celebrations, these boxes are packed with shareable snacks that bring people together and spread the cheer.
Gifting That Supports Environmental and Social Impact
For companies focused on achieving Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goals, corporate gifting can be a powerful tool. Our hampers are designed to align with these values in meaningful ways:
Social Impact - We exclusively feature products from small, independent, local businesses, and we prioritise founders from under-represented groups. The businesses in our community are 54% female-led and 58% POC-owned, and our curation and our community is actively inclusive. Our work with start-ups aims to improve economic inclusion through food enterprise, and since launching our gifting programme, we've raised over £150,000 for brands within our community, creating real, measurable impact.
Sustainability - Our hampers feature brands focussed on improving the sustainability of our food systems through regenerative agriculture, upcycled ingredients, zero-waste production and environmentally friendly packaging. Many items are made on-site at Mission Kitchen in London, helping reduce food miles and carbon emissions. All hampers are packed and shipped with fully biodegradable materials.
Ethical Business- The makers we work with are conscious about how they source ingredients and manage their supply chains. Many work directly with producers to ensure fair relationships, transparency, and responsible production practices - keeping ethics and accountability at the heart of their businesses from the very start to support greater traceability and responsibility in the food industry.
Why Mission Kitchen Hampers Are More Purposeful
Traditional corporate gifts often default to generic, mass-produced items that lack meaning or purpose. Our Gift Boxes are different. Every purchase supports diverse founders, ethical sourcing, and sustainable production - creating measurable social and environmental impact that align with common ESG and CSR goals.
Each hamper also includes a Meet the Makers card, introducing the founders behind each product and sharing their stories - a powerful reminder of the real people and values your gift supports.
Ready to Gift Differently?
This Christmas, we’re inviting businesses and individuals to join us in gifting with purpose. Every Mission Kitchen hamper supports mission-led food and drink businesses - helping small producers grow, create jobs, and drive real social impact.
Each purchase makes a difference. Together, we can show that gifting can do good.
