Paolo Manuzzi - Vibram Global General Manager

“For VIBRAM, sustainability means embracing the innovative vision of our founders and encouraging consumers to overcome their own limits and continue on their own journeys by providing safe, durable and comfortable products. VIBRAM’s sustainable path promises to continue to respect human and environmental activities, and to keep learning and improving our work so that the beautiful planet and nature journey that our customers and the entire VIBRAM family love so much can continue for everyone for a long, long time!”

The world's first industrial sole that complies with EPD

VIBRAM has conducted a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on the TRONT composite Fourà sole in accordance with ISO 14025 and has been certified by a third-party registration body of the international EPD (Environment Product Declaration) system program, which is the first precedent for industrial soles in the world. This study allowed us to make a detailed assessment of the environmental footprint of the Fourà model: for each pair of TRONT soles produced in the Albizzate (Italy) production facility, only about 1.94 kg of CO2 is released (7% carbon footprint).

  • Installing LED Lights

  • Electric presses replaced some steam presses

  • Thermal insulation engineering

  • Total waste volume generated by VIBRAM subcontractors collected for reuse, recycling or conversion into energy

  • Increase the use of natural rubber

    (2022 vs. 2021)

  • Total energy consumption reduced

    (2022 vs. 2021)

  • Electricity from renewable energy*

    *VIBRAM purchases 100% certified renewable electricity for its Italian and US production facilities.