Dutch high-end footwear giant Mercer Amsterdam collaborates with Italian firm Vegea, which specialises on the development of eco-sustainable products. The collaboration generates sustainable trainers called W3RD Wine Pack, incorporating vegan leather made from wine waste.
Football Boot Brand Sokito Drops Kangaroo Leather in Favour of Vegan Materials
UK-based football boot brand Sokito has announced that it will stop using kangaroo leather due to increasing ethical concerns about the material. In a statement, Sokito explains that the material was once thought to be a sustainable byproduct of kangaroos killed to keep the population in check, but figures now show that the kangaroo population is declining rapidly. This indicates that they are being killed for profit rather than just population control. Furthermore, the killing of kangaroos is not monitored and is often done unethically, with joeys sometimes killed alongside their mothers or left to starve when their mothers are killed. It is also believed that the number of kangaroos in the wild has been inflated, meaning the population is much lower than official figures …
