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Adidas unveils low-carbon shoe collaboration with Allbirds

Rival sportswear brands Adidas and Allbirds have unveiled the first product from their collaboration, Futurecraft.Footprint - a low carbon running shoe. The sportswear companies have partnered up and shared proprietary technologies and material innovations, as part of both companies goals to reimagine a lower-emission design process and make a...

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Timberland expands regenerative leather footwear offering

Outdoor lifestyle brand Timberland has added a new range of eco-conscious hikers to its collection made using regenerative leather, as part of its commitment for its products to have a net positive impact on nature by 2030. The new men’s Greenstride Solar Wave EK+ Collection are available in mid, low and low fabric styles and feature...

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Air and Grace launches ‘Repurpose’ capsule collection

Air and Grace is doing things differently this Black Friday, instead of offering discounts, the British footwear brand is launching a special edition ‘Repurpose’ capsule collection made from surplus materials, in a bid to minimise waste and champion responsible shopping. Launching on November 27, the new Air and Grace collection is part of the...

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Adidas launches new fully recyclable shoe

Sportswear giant Adidas has launched a fully recyclable sustainable running shoe as part of its ‘Made to be Remade’ project. The Adidas UltraBoost DNA Loop, was unveiled as part of the sportswear brand’s new Creators Club Week, and have been created from a single material with zero glue. This means that the high-performance shoes can be returned...

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Vivobarefoot to launch re-commerce website to sell repaired shoes

Minimalist shoe company Vivobarefoot is looking to become the first shoe brand in the world to launch a re-commerce site, selling repaired or returned shoes, in an effort to reduce the mass volumes of shoes that end up in landfill. The brand states that more than 25 billion shoes are produced every year, and 90 percent of these end up in...

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Ancient Greek Sandals launches upcycled collection

Footwear brand Ancient Greek Sandals has been using lockdown to design and develop a new collection of entry priced sandals for pre-spring 2021 using surplus materials to help maintain factory workers jobs during the pandemic. The upcycled sandal collection has been developed in partnership with their factory, explained the footwear brand after...

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Yogi Footwear launches women’s collection

Premium and sustainable shoe brand Yogi Footwear has launched a women’s edit of staple styles to their range for autumn/winter 2019, expanding upon its successful men’s collection. The women’s collection features two core styles in six colours adapted from the brand’s contemporary men’s range, with the aim of offering “comfortable, stylish,...