Sustainability Summary
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KEEN describes itself as a values-led, family-owned footwear brand that has been “walking the walk” for over 20 years, putting its work as “conscious shoemakers” in service of people and planet. Its impact pages focus on climate action, shifting to renewable energy, PFAS elimination, and investing in nonprofit partners. The brand says it is working to reduce the impact of how it makes shoes through “Consciously Created” product development, cleaner chemistry, and manufacturing innovations. KEEN also highlights community and volunteering, and says it is cultivating inclusive communities inside and outside the company.
KEEN Sustainability Actions
KEEN Sustainability Commitments
2025
Be PFC-free by 2025
KEEN Creates Open-source Process for PFC-free Footwear As Part of Its Detox the Planet Initiative; Challenges Outdoor Footwear Industry to Be PFC-free by 2025.
2024
Invest in impact partnerships
KEEN is recommitting to its mission of making the World's Cleanest Shoes. This means galvanizing why the brand exists and investing in partnerships and processes that will make an even bigger difference in the decades ahead.
2024
Launch Targhee IV
On April 4th, KEEN is launching the Targhee IV hiking boot, made with KEEN.FUSION technology, to create one of the industry's first solvent-free mechanical bonds that fuses the upper and sole of the boot into one piece.
