Japanese sportswear brand Asics has announced it will cease sourcing kangaroo leather for its footwear, following in the footsteps of German brand Adidas, which recently confirmed it had ended the use of the material in its football boots. In a statement shared with Animal Wellness and the Center for a Humane Economy, Asics’s sustainability department […]
As sustainability gains momentum in fashion, leading brands have partnered with Fashion for Good to launch Closing the Footwear Loop, an initiative focused on advancing circularity in the footwear industry. The project aims to shift the industry away from the traditional take-make-dispose model towards a circular economy. With approximately 23.8 billion pairs of shoes produced […]
