Chilli Promotions Marks 25 Years as Australia's Most Decorated Promotional Products Company

Melbourne, VIC — May 29, 2026

Chilli Promotions, Australia's most awarded supplier of promotional products and sustainable branded merchandise, turns 25 this year. Founded in Melbourne in 2001, the company has grown from a local corporate gifts supplier into a nationally recognised branding partner. It holds one distinction no competitor anywhere in the world can match: every promotional product it supplies is 100% carbon offset, at no extra cost to the client.

The carbon offset program covers the full product lifecycle — manufacturing, production, and international freight. Clients receive an offset certificate with every order, ready for use in sustainability reporting and ESG documentation. Chilli Promotions introduced this as standard, not an optional premium, and remains the only promotional products company globally to do so.

That conviction lives in the brand's defining line: You'll Notice a Difference When You Add Chilli. Not a quality claim. A commitment to creating corporate swag, eco-friendly promotional merchandise, and branded items that get used, displayed, and remembered — merchandise that works as hard for a brand as any media spend.

25 Years of Re-defining Promotional Merch for World's Biggest Brands

Branded Merch range for Me Bank by Chilli Promotions

The brands Chilli Promotions has worked with across corporate gifts, event merchandise, and branded promotional items span Australian and global marketing:

• Technology: Google Chromebook, Reddit, Pinterest, Headspace
• Automotive and Retail: Toyota, Nike, Shavershop, City Chic
• Financial Services and Healthcare: ME Bank, MYOB, Bayer, TWU Super
• Community and Sport: Australian Red Cross, Victorian Racing Club, Downer

These are active, repeat client relationships built across two and a half decades of delivering promotional merchandise, employee engagement programs, national campaign activations, and bespoke corporate swag at scale.

National and International Recognition

For nearly ten consecutive years, Chilli Promotions has taken home national and international industry awards:

• APPA Promotional Product Excellence Award, Business to Business Programs (Australasian Promotional Products Association, Sydney)
• PPAI international recognition for campaigns delivering measurable client outcomes, placing Chilli Promotions among a handful of non-US companies acknowledged by the world's peak promotional products body
• SmartCompany Smart50, ranking Chilli Promotions among Australia's 50 fastest-growing businesses in 2016.
• CIPS Corporate Ethics Certification, the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply standard, passed by every sales, production, and sourcing team member

Eco-Friendly Promotional Products Built Into the Default

Demand for sustainable corporate swag and eco-friendly promotional merchandise has shifted from a procurement preference to a board-level expectation. Chilli Promotions positioned ahead of that shift. The product range covers reusable drinkware, organic and recycled apparel, biodegradable packaging, and responsibly sourced promotional items, all supplied with the company's standard carbon offset included.

Clive McCorkell "We decided years ago that sustainability couldn't be a line item clients opt into. If you're serious about it, it has to be the default. That's what we built."

Backed by the Conserv Group

Chilli Promotions joined the Conserv Group in 2018. Conserv operates four specialist promotional products brands across Australia: Arid Zone, Brand Promotions, PromoShop, and Chilli Promotions, covering promotional merchandise, sales activations, and eCommerce solutions. In December 2025, Conserv completed the acquisition of International Marketing Concepts, integrating an established client base and experienced team into the group and extending its national footprint further.

For Chilli clients, the structure delivers something specific: boutique account management and creative execution backed by worldwide manufacturing, global sourcing depth, and logistics infrastructure that a standalone supplier cannot replicate.

About Chilli Promotions

Chilli Promotions is a Melbourne-based supplier of promotional products, corporate gifts, and eco-friendly branded merchandise, part of the Conserv Group. Serving clients across Australia and New Zealand since 2001. Member of APPA. CIPS Corporate Ethics certified. Every product 100% carbon offset at no additional cost.

Name: Nondas Angelakos
Email: info@chillipromotions.com.au
Organization: Chilli Promotions
Website: https://www.chillipromotions.com.au/