TREAD MORE
LIGHTLY.
If you love your BOGS, then we’ve been on a journey together. A
journey to increasingly decrease our carbon bootprint. We have
always made BOGS to last, and have heard from so many customers
how their old BOGS have become someone else in the family’s new
BOGS. We even have a Reuse-A-Boot program where we pay for
customers to ship their old BOGS to us, then we refurbish them and
donate them to outdoor non-profits. Step one is getting as much
use out of a pair of BOGS for as long as possible, so they stay
out of the landfill.
We’ve also been taking serious steps to be a better global citizen
by using more earth friendly materials, reducing our waste, and
increasing our use of energy from renewable resources. Here’s a
sampling of some of the initiatives we already have in place and
we will keep pushing and sharing with you as our bootprint gets
smaller and smaller and smaller.
Better Materials, better products.
GOLD CERTIFIED LEATHER
for a sustainable
future.
As we research and incorporate best green practices, we are working with
suppliers who are on the forefront of responsible manufacturing. We insist
that
all of the leather we use in our products is sourced from gold-rated
tanneries
that use less water, less energy, and eliminate wastewater pollution.
SUSTAINING FORESTS
FOR GENERATIONS TO
COME.
We learned that Yulex was making wetsuits out of natural rubber sustainably harvested in FSC-approved regions. Then we discovered that the more natural rubber we used in our boots the better they performed. Classic win-win.
Nature is the best
Disinfectant
As counter-intuitive as it sounds, some odor protection technologies have
pesticides in them. We discovered that natural probiotics do an equally
effective job without polluting our waterways with harmful chemicals.
BY LIMITING WASTE WE
WE EXPAND THE
POSSIBILITIES.
Our rubber factories minimize waste by using as much as 40% post-industrial
recycled material. You’ll find recycled laces, outsoles, webbing, textiles
and
binding in our Classic Casual line.
CLEAN RIVERS & LAKES
EVERY STEP OF THE
WAY
BOGS is partnering with BLOOM to integrate algae-based EVA footbeds across
our
entire line. These replace the petroleum-based plastic foam found in most
boots
and athletic shoes. BLOOM has their own mission, which we’re excited to be a
part of: cleaner air and lakes, rivers, and streams.
To date, by using Bloom Algae Footbeds, we helped to clean:
93 Million
Liters of water
+
97 Million
Cubic meters of air
warehouse & Packaging.
We focus on the
great outdoors.
But we’re also looking for ways to reduce waste and increase
energy efficiency in our offices and global distribution center.
As part of this, we’ve invested in solar with the goal of
generating 100% of our energy from renewable sources by 2030.
For every boot,
there's a box.
Packaging is a challenge in the footwear industry and we haven’t
figured out the perfect solution yet. Right now we’re reducing
our impact by using recycled cardboard, soybased-inks and
natural glues.
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