Sustainable Branded Pencils

Branded pencils with a real sustainability story

Branded pencils are one of the lowest-cost, most useful giveaways you can put your logo on, and the format lends itself naturally to recycled and renewable materials. This range covers everyday wooden HB pencils, colouring sets, plantable seed pencils and long-lasting graphite pencils, all decorated to your brand for events, schools, conferences and welcome packs.

Materials and styles

Most pencils here use FSC-certified or responsibly sourced wood, with recycled-paper and recycled-newspaper options for a clear waste-reduction story (the Recycled Newspaper Pencil and Recycled paper pencil are made from exactly that). Across the range there are over a dozen recycled-content pencils to choose from, so you can put the waste-reduction story on the giveaway itself. A few lines swap the wooden barrel for fast-growing bamboo, and the Endless pencil uses a graphite tip that writes far longer than a standard pencil before it runs down. For colour, the Micki GRS infinity colouring set uses certified recycled material.

Plantable and seed pencils

Plantable pencils, also called seed pencils, carry a seed capsule in the end. Once a pencil is too short to use, you plant that end and it grows herbs, flowers or vegetables instead of going in the bin. Our plantable range includes Sproutworld pencils, from the certified B Corp behind the original plantable pencil, and Sow Easy seed pencils, both brandable for events, conference giveaways and welcome packs.

Branding and ordering

Pencils are usually decorated by pad print for logos and text, or by laser engraving for a clean mark into the wood, with digital and screen-print options on selected lines. Minimum order quantities and lead times are shown on each product and confirmed when you request a quote, so you can match the run to your event or campaign.

Why buy from Social Supermarket

Social Supermarket is a certified B Corp, and we curate this range for recycled, plantable and responsibly sourced materials with supplier credentials we have checked. Several lines come from certified B Corp brands too, including Sproutworld plantable pencils and Karst woodless graphite pencils, which use solid graphite instead of a wooden barrel so there is no wood to discard. Browse the full Pens & Writing hub, or compare with our branded ballpoint pens and rollerball and gel pens.