HH Global (PPAI 769028, D2), a worldwide distributorship headquartered in Illinois, represents thousands of brands in 90 countries. With its creative production and procurement technologies, the company enables clients to track spending, measure performance and reduce waste. Services include digital asset management, custom web storefronts for multiple languages and currencies, custom client dashboards and more. Sustainability is also a key focus, with significant achievements in carbon reduction for clients, as well as reduced emissions and electricity use year over year. Most recently, HH Global received approval of its net-zero targets for greenhouse gas emissions from the Science Based Targets initiative.

Kirkland, Washington-based Image Source (PPAI 195193, D10) supports its clients through a range of branded merchandise and apparel services. The distributor has also taken great strides in making it easy for customers to choose sustainable options, with a range of locally and ethically sourced goods from socially responsible vendors. In fact, the company is planting one tree for every order it receives in 2023, a project that has it on track to remove 300 tons of carbon from the atmosphere.

Image Source’s environmental and social responsibility efforts, as well as its emphasis on professional development, have earned it plaudits in PPAI 100.

Headquartered in the Chicago area with 10 offices across the U.S. and Canada, IMS (PPAI 143612, D12) provides marketing solutions at every stage, from planning to the point of purchase in store and online, as well as support behind the scenes. The company’s proprietary MerchTech suite helps clients identify and measure engagement, performance and more, and the company won a 2023 Pyramid Award from PPAI for technology (ecommerce websites). Sustainability initiatives at IMS include recycling and waste reduction, efforts to eliminate plastic packaging and reducing carbon emissions through the use of electric vehicles. By performing a materials audit, IMS was able to reduce plastic use for one client by more than 25,000 pounds, as well as reducing overall costs.

G&G Outfitters, headquartered in Middletown, Delaware, was founded several years ago by two sophomores at the University of Maryland looking to create lacrosse t-shirts. Doug Gardner and Rich Gergar’s idea took off, and now the company has more than 300 employees and works with numerous high-profile clients, including Burger King, Hyundai and NASCAR.

Gardner and Gergar, still with the company as president and executive vice president, respectively, have established a firm that has also earned the trust of its promo industry peers, per the PPAI 100 review.

Geiger (PPAI 105182, D12), a family-owned distributorship headquartered in Maine, has been in business for almost 150 years. Founded by two brothers, Geiger family members still hold executive positions, and the company has grown from local to international. Geiger embraces multiple sustainability initiatives, most notably installing the largest privately owned solar panel system in the state of Maine in 2018. The array eliminates about 320,000 pounds of carbon pollution from fossil fuel power plants every year, according to the company. “Our building is 100% powered by the sun, and since put into service, it has prevented 1.3 million pounds of CO2 from entering the atmosphere,” says Chris McKee, senior vice president and chief revenue officer.