Veja shoes are cut, sewn and assembled in a cooperative in Southern Brazil. They use chrome-free leather tanned with organic compounds only. For more information check out the photo album about the producers and the videos on their website.
"Veja’s canvas is made of organic cotton cultivated by 2 cooperatives of small producers in Brazil." "Veja offers twice the market price to the Brazilian producers to buy their organic cotton. This price has been negotiated with the producers and does not depend on the world market price, which is strongly lowered by European and North American subsidies."
"Veja soles are made of natural latex coming straight from the Amazon Forest in the Chico Mendes reserve. The Amazon is the only place on earth where wild rubber trees are to be found. Seringueiros collect latex for more than two hundred years.
Their activity, which does not require putting down any tree, is a great way to preserve the world’s largest forest. Natural rubber is renewable and biodegradable, as opposed to synthetic rubber or plastic, which is produced by using fossil and non-renewable materials." (all quotes: http://www.veja.fr/)
*****
Veja Schuhe werden in Brasilien hergestellt. Es wird chromfrei gegerbtes Leder verwendet, das mit organischen Extrakten gegerbt wird. Für mehr Informationen schaut euch das Foto-Album über die Produzenten und die Videos auf der Webseite an.
Posts
Keine Kommentare:
Kommentar veröffentlichen