Blogposts tagged 'Clarks'

Shoe companies take a step forward

Posted by christian - 4 August 2009 at 1:44pm - 2 Comments

After working with us over the past few weeks, Clarks have today announced that they will ensure the suppliers that provide the leather for their shoes from stop sourcing it from deforested areas of the Amazon. This is a really positive move - 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.

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Clarks join Nike, Adidas, Timberland and major cattle companies to help prevent Amazon destruction

Posted by christian - 4 August 2009 at 7:53am - 12 Comments

Last night another piece of the reaction to our Slaughtering the Amazon report fell into place, as British shoemaker Clarks agreed not to source leather products from Amazon deforestation.

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Where have your shoes been?

Posted by christian - 10 June 2009 at 9:42am - 0 Comments

Think about what causes climate change. The immediate visual vocabulary that springs to mind is of power station chimneys, jumbo jets criss-crossing the sky, maybe colossal container ships circling the globe. You're probably not thinking of a glossy trainer advert.