Sustainable footwear, the 2030 Agenda and the Green Deal
Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General
Sustainability issues affect all industries — and the footwear sector is no exception. As part of a broad EU initiative, the two principal footwear research and technology organisations in the Iberian Peninsula, Portugal’s CTCP, that led the project, and INESCOP in Spain, have been deploying the Product Environmental Footprint EU methodology and developing the Ecodesign Guide for the sector in cooperation with a number of footwear manufacturers and suppliers*.