Instead of YETI coolers or Apple products, major companies in Silicon Valley and across the country are gifting their employees and clients handmade, high-quality goods — like leather backpacks or hand engraved charcuterie boards — that support women around the world., a Los Gatos-based social impact company, connects underserved women artisans around the world with corporations to source their employee and client holiday gifts.
A study from Coresight Research estimated that in 2021, the corporate world spent $242 billion on gifting,Peace by Piece “is just a way for companies to take some of that $242 billion a year that is spent on corporate gifts and put that in a direction that it can move the needle for a woman who’s been homeless, a woman who’s been incarcerated, a woman who’s been sex trafficked,” Pastrone said. “These are the incredible women we work with every day.
Most companies that work with Peace by Piece are based in Silicon Valley, though they have other partners in Boston, Florida and Texas, Pastrone said. “It’s high end, it’s quality,” Faxon said. “I don’t understand why anyone would want to go anywhere else. If you can get the same kinds of items that are high quality, that does something positive for the world, why would you even consider anyone else?”