I appreciate a company who has always been green, but has not touted that fact because its just who they are, who they’ve been and who they will continue to be. With the recent “green” craze, Pikolinos realizes its now in their best interest to let consumers know about their environmental commitments. They’re not jumping on the “green bandwagon” to make a buck, they already sell 1.6 million pairs of shoes each year to 50 countries around the world in all five continents. They were the first footwear company to be awarded the ISO 14001 certification in 2003, in 2005 they received the EU eco-label ‘Flower’ award for their Ecological City range and they work with LIFE, a commission for the progressive elimination of solvents in footwear. They use natural tanning processes, vegetable dyed leather, water-based glues and never used plastics to coat their leather (as many companies do).
They are in the process of obtaining an eco-certification for 95% of their shoes, which will soon thereafter bear a single line of green stitching on each pair of their certified “green shoes”.
http://blog.pricegrabber.com/shopgreen/2008/09/14/pikolinos-spanish-footwear-company-has-been-green-since-1984/
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