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Adidas plans to use sustainable materials in 60% of its products in 2021
From fully recyclable running shoes to vegan leather made from mushrooms: Adidas has big plans for 2021. In a press release, the footwear giant pledged to include sustainable materials like recycled polyester and more than 60% sustainably grown cotton. of the products you will sell next year. How will you reach this 2021 milestone? Let's take a look at their material portfolio to find out.
New vegan leather alternative fuels buzz
Adidas is no stranger to plant-based leather alternatives, having released vegan versions of several classic styles in 2020, including the cult favorite Stan Smith. But the company plans to take plant-based materials innovation a step further in 2021.
Stan Smith. Adidas plans to use sustainable materials in 60% of its products in 2021
The news that Adidas is developing its own vegan leather quickly generated rumors this week. Made from mycelium, a component of fungi, the bio-leather alternative will debut in footwear in 2021, although details are scarce at the moment.
Slow but steady progress in circularity
Adidas has steadily increased its use of recycled materials over the past decade, with further increases planned for 2021. More than 60% of the polyester in its branded footwear and apparel is now recycled, and Adidas is targeting exclusively recycled polyester by 2024.
The company also seeks to support the development of circular production models through research partnerships, including efforts to transform used clothing into a cotton-like material. A fully recyclable version of the Ultraboost shoe, made from a single material without glue, was raffled off in October, and the brand plans to release a successor in larger volumes in the spring of next year.
The purchase and development of new recycled Chile Mobile Number List materials will be funded in part by a sustainability bond the company issued in September, valued at more than $600 million, which was five times oversubscribed.
Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted, in a statement, said:
We have continued to invest in sustainability initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic, and will significantly expand our range of sustainable products in 2021. To this end, for example, we have worked with our suppliers to create the structures to process recycled materials on a large scale. .
Our commitment not only makes adidas more sustainable, but also drives the development of the entire industry.
Kasper Rorsted, CEO of Adidas.
Ocean plastic products: a hit for consumers
Adidas already has big sustainability ambitions on record, including an unabashed goal to “end plastic waste . ” A five-year partnership with pollution awareness initiative Parley for the Oceans has seen the company slowly creep up.
In 2015, Adidas partnered with the environmental organization Parley for the Oceans to turn marine pollution into sportswear adidasParley pic.twitter.com/fVjT9fOMFA
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Adidas and Parley launched their first shoe made from plastic collected from beaches and coastlines in 2015 and have sold millions since, including 15 million pairs in 2020 alone.
The partners collected almost 7,000 tonnes of plastic last year, the equivalent of around 350 million plastic bottles, which Adidas will use to produce around 17 million pairs of shoes, among other products, in 2021.
From fully recyclable running shoes to vegan leather made from mushrooms: Adidas has big plans for 2021. In a press release, the footwear giant pledged to include sustainable materials like recycled polyester and more than 60% sustainably grown cotton. of the products you will sell next year. How will you reach this 2021 milestone? Let's take a look at their material portfolio to find out.
New vegan leather alternative fuels buzz
Adidas is no stranger to plant-based leather alternatives, having released vegan versions of several classic styles in 2020, including the cult favorite Stan Smith. But the company plans to take plant-based materials innovation a step further in 2021.
Stan Smith. Adidas plans to use sustainable materials in 60% of its products in 2021
The news that Adidas is developing its own vegan leather quickly generated rumors this week. Made from mycelium, a component of fungi, the bio-leather alternative will debut in footwear in 2021, although details are scarce at the moment.
Slow but steady progress in circularity
Adidas has steadily increased its use of recycled materials over the past decade, with further increases planned for 2021. More than 60% of the polyester in its branded footwear and apparel is now recycled, and Adidas is targeting exclusively recycled polyester by 2024.
The company also seeks to support the development of circular production models through research partnerships, including efforts to transform used clothing into a cotton-like material. A fully recyclable version of the Ultraboost shoe, made from a single material without glue, was raffled off in October, and the brand plans to release a successor in larger volumes in the spring of next year.
The purchase and development of new recycled Chile Mobile Number List materials will be funded in part by a sustainability bond the company issued in September, valued at more than $600 million, which was five times oversubscribed.
Adidas CEO Kasper Rorsted, in a statement, said:
We have continued to invest in sustainability initiatives during the COVID-19 pandemic, and will significantly expand our range of sustainable products in 2021. To this end, for example, we have worked with our suppliers to create the structures to process recycled materials on a large scale. .
Our commitment not only makes adidas more sustainable, but also drives the development of the entire industry.
Kasper Rorsted, CEO of Adidas.
Ocean plastic products: a hit for consumers
Adidas already has big sustainability ambitions on record, including an unabashed goal to “end plastic waste . ” A five-year partnership with pollution awareness initiative Parley for the Oceans has seen the company slowly creep up.
In 2015, Adidas partnered with the environmental organization Parley for the Oceans to turn marine pollution into sportswear adidasParley pic.twitter.com/fVjT9fOMFA
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Adidas and Parley launched their first shoe made from plastic collected from beaches and coastlines in 2015 and have sold millions since, including 15 million pairs in 2020 alone.
The partners collected almost 7,000 tonnes of plastic last year, the equivalent of around 350 million plastic bottles, which Adidas will use to produce around 17 million pairs of shoes, among other products, in 2021.