Our sustainability commitment: being part of the solution

At The Good Registry, our mission has always been to make giving kinder — for people, for communities, and for Papatūānuku.

Every year in Aotearoa, millions of dollars are spent on gifts that were never needed, never used, or never truly wanted. Many are returned, many end up in drawers or cupboards… and far too many end up in landfill. The environmental impact is enormous: production, packaging, shipping, returns, and ultimately waste.

We started The Good Registry to offer a different kind of giving.

🎁 Zero-waste gifting

When someone chooses a Good Gift Card, nothing ends up in the rubbish — no unwanted items, no plastic packaging, no shipping, and no clutter. Instead, every gift becomes a donation to a cause that matters.

It’s gifting that creates impact, not waste.

🌏 A circular kindness economy

We like to think of The Good Registry as a kindness loop. Instead of extracting resources to produce more things, your giving goes straight into strengthening communities — foodbanks, helplines, environmental projects, children’s charities, and more.

Money that might have been spent on something disposable becomes something powerful and lasting.

💛 Small choices, big ripple effects

Mindful gifting isn’t about being perfect — it’s about pausing long enough to make choices that genuinely align with our values.

Every Good Gift Card given means:

• fewer unwanted products being made, transported and discarded

• less packaging, plastic and emissions

• more kindness and connection

• more support for the charities doing incredible mahi across Aotearoa

🌿 We’re committed to being part of the solution

We’re a small social enterprise, but we take our sustainability commitment seriously. That means:

• Keeping our own footprint light

• Reducing unnecessary materials wherever possible

• Supporting partners who share our values

• Encouraging conscious, intentional giving

• And always choosing the path that does the most good

💚 Together, we can gift differently

This time of year especially, when inboxes are packed with promos and the pressure to buy “more” ramps up, it helps to remember: we do have a choice.

And every choice we make sends a signal about the kind of world we want to build.

Thank you for being part of our community of good — a community that proves generosity doesn’t need to cost the earth.