{"id":1739,"date":"2022-06-29T14:06:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T12:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecochain.com\/blogs\/sustainable-safety-footwear\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T09:20:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T09:20:58","slug":"sustainable-safety-footwear","status":"publish","type":"customers","link":"https:\/\/ecochain.com\/de\/customers\/sustainable-safety-footwear\/","title":{"rendered":"Can safety shoes be produced sustainably? EMMA Footwear Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sustainable footwear is here, thanks to EMMA!<\/h2>\n

As the global leader in safety footwear for over 90 years, EMMA Safety Footwear understands that the footwear industry accounts for 1.4% of global greenhouse gas emissions. They can take the lead to produce sustainable footwear, even for protective safety shoes! They took the first step to replacing hazardous materials with environmentally friendly alternatives in their productions, but what\u2019s next? EMMA asks themselves: Can safety shoes be produced sustainably? How can we achieve this goal?<\/p>\n

Gain quantitative insights into their production impact<\/strong><\/h2>\n

EMMA learned that they could analyze and find emission hotspots in their production line with our product LCA solution (also known as Mobius). Ecochain\u2019s LCA sofware is a tool built for non-experts, used by product designers and industrial manufacturers who want to measure the full environmental footprint of their productions.<\/p>\n

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We see that customers increasingly ask<\/strong> for different sustainability criteria; this also concerns footprint information. We knew little about the impact<\/strong> of the various sustainability initiatives we already executed and have planned. As we didn\u2019t yet have quantitative insights<\/strong>. With Ecochain sofware<\/a>\u00a0we now have extensive footprint reports for three representative shoe models, clearly outlining the impact from the production to the end of life phase.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Roel Cremers \u2013 Brand Manager EMMA Safety Footwear<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Measure improvement scenarios for processes<\/h2>\n

Is it more sustainable to recycle or incinerate used safety footwear? In Ecochain software<\/a>, you can measure results from raw materials to manufacturing\/production, transport, customer use and end-of-life in 15+ environmental impact outcomes. Using production data from their leather supplier and their own manufacturing location as the main input, here are some key findings EMMA found from their LCA analysis:<\/p>\n