8000Kicks specializes in eco-friendly hemp sneakers for men and women that are perfect for walking, the gym, and everyday life. They also make hemp accessories including hats, wallets, and backpacks. 8000Kicks uses more sustainable materials like hemp in all of their products, shares and reduces their CO2 footprint, and pays their shoemakers living wages. They also received good marks in transparency.
8000Kicks
8000Kicks specializes in eco-friendly hemp sneakers for men and women that are perfect for walking, the gym, and everyday life. They also make hemp accessories including hats, wallets, and backpacks. 8000Kicks uses more sustainable materials like hemp in all of their products, shares and reduces their CO2 footprint, and pays their shoemakers living wages. They also received good marks in transparency.
Transparency
- 8000Kicks has three production facilities that are located in Portugal and China.
- They share information about those factories including a list of average wages and benefits provided.
- They also share a map of where they source their hemp.
- Shoes require many components (over 100 suppliers when you factor in every little detail) and 8000Kicks shares that they currently have 60% traceability and are working to increase.
- 8000Kicks can increase their transparency score by addressing risks related to subcontracting in their code of conduct.
Fair Labor
- 8000Kicks shares the average wages at all of their final production factories and they pay living wages at 100% of those factories, both in Portugal and in China.
- They also ensure benefits for those workers including social security, free food, local accommodation, free healthcare, and free education.
Sustainably Made
- 8000Kicks shoes are made with sustainable vegan friendly materials including hemp and algae blooms.
- 8000Kicks shares their carbon footprint of 4.1 Kg of CO2 per pair of shoes and their efforts to reduce it with renewable energy at the factories and carbon offsets.
- They use sustainable packaging including corn starch mailers and recycled cardboard.
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- To increase their Sustainably Made score 8000Kicks could invest in circularity with a shoe recycling program or resale program.
- They can also share more information on water usage in manufacturing.
