Greenpeace Amazon-Rain-Forest-Destructive Leather (Golf) Shoes Campaign Looks Like A Victory
Greenpeace are reporting a victory from the shoe makers (including golf shoes) who were challenged to stop using leather implicated in deforestation. They say “There’s now a unified front from the shoe companies we challenged over Amazon leather in their supply chains. Timberland, Geox, Nike, Adidas and Clarks have all committed to avoiding leather that is implicated in Amazon destruction”.
They add further that “British shoe company Clarks have announced that they won’t use leather in their shoes which has come from recently deforested areas of the Amazon. They’re not only rejecting leather from illegally logged areas of the region, but from any cattle ranch that is being run on deforested land”.
See more about this from earlier reports on Golf Shoes Blog. Thanks to anyone who made a fuss.
