sustainable footwear
The Footwear Collective on 80 Pallets of Discarded Kicks
The Footwear Collective began to bring brands together, catalyzing collective and circular action. It just…
Portugal Eyes International Footwear Opportunity
Portugal is targeting the U.S. to showcase its footwear industry, with APICCAPS driving efforts to establish…
New Global Footwear Coalition Puts Sustainability in the Spotlight
The group's first London symposium focused on ways to improve the environmental, social and cultural…
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Footasylum Secures Funding to Support Store Expansion, Acquisitions
The Aurelius-owned shoe chain on Monday announced that it received a 35 million pound revolving credit…
The Footwear Collective Wants to Tackle Shoe Circularity at Scale
Brooks Running, Crocs, Ecco, New Balance, Reformation, On and Target are among the fledgling nonprofit's…
Sugarcane Stars in These New Footwear Drops
Though Allbirds put sugarcane on the map as a footwear-friendly input, it's showing up in launches by brands…
Surf Legend Kelly Slater Launches His First-Ever Footwear Brand With a Sustainable Flip-Flop
After breaking his feet five times surfing, comfort and fit were key components.
Entrepreneur Turns Racy Waste Into Sexy Shoes
David Teitelbaum turns Doc Johnson's sex-toy rejects into Foam-Runner-esque footwear.
Brazilian Footwear Goes Green
These Brazilian manufacturers are changing the sustainable game in the world's fourth-largest footwear…
These Plastic Slides Are 100% Biodegradable
BioCir can function as a drop-in replacement for current 'polluting' shoe materials, its manufacturer says.
Rare Feat: New Collab Takes on Fashion’s Plastics Problem
Unless Collective and Natural Fiber Welding have released a 100 percent plastic-free sneaker that will…
Just in Time for Climate Week, On Running Unveils World-First Shoe
The CleanCloud EVA midsole uses captured industrial carbon monoxide as a raw material.
Improving Footwear’s Footprint Through Circular Materials & Process Solutions
One of the keys to cracking the code of footwear sustainability is reducing and managing waste.
Here’s How Footwear Can Stop Committing ‘Environmental Malpractice’
Sustainable footwear experts discussed what's needed to make American production possible and limit…
PETA Sets Anti-Wool Sights on Newly Public Allbirds
In its opening day of trading, Allbirds' valuation soared north of $3 billion after shares opened 41 percent…