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What’s the Carbon Footprint of Your Shoes?

Efforts to map the footwear industry’s carbon footprint have lagged behind those in fashion. A new study aims to start addressing that.
Workers at a shoe factory in China inspect products on an assembly line.
A new report aims to shed new light on the footwear industry's carbon footprint. (Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Andy Polk has spent the last year trying to put a number on the environmental impact of a shoe.

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Sarah Kent
Sarah Kent

Sarah Kent is Chief Sustainability Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. She is based in London and drives BoF's coverage of critical environmental and labour issues.

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