Thursday, October 27, 2011

TOMS and the Environment

Not taking into account any of the information I was not provided with, TOMS seems to be a pretty sustainable company. Totaling a carbon footprint of ~21.5lbs of carbon dioxide per shoe, it's a lot more eco-friendly than Nike and still achieves a 2 on Timberland's Green Index scale.

Moreover,TOMS has a sustainability team located in Santa Monica aimed at making TOMS more environmentally friendly and the office has implemented eco-friendly activities such as biking/carpooling to work, participating in beach cleanups, and planting trees downtown.


These are small scale initiatives that don't offset any of the carbon emissions they emit from their shoe-drops, but at least they recognize the importance and are doing something about it. Right?

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