{"id":186224,"date":"2021-11-11T14:01:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/?p=186224"},"modified":"2021-11-11T20:29:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T20:29:03","slug":"cariuma-becomes-first-skate-footwear-brand-to-achieve-b-corp-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/cariuma-becomes-first-skate-footwear-brand-to-achieve-b-corp-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Cariuma becomes first skate footwear brand to achieve B-Corp Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"
Conscious footwear brand Cariuma has achieved B-Corp certification, making it the first skateboarding footwear brand to hold the certification<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The B-Corp certification recognises Cariuma\u2019s exemplary environmental performance beyond commercial metrics, ranking the brand based on its work with the environment, employees, business model and more.<\/p>\n Certified B Corporations are businesses that meet the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, public transparency and legal accountability to balance profit and purpose. Cariuma scored highest in the B-Corp categories of environment, workers and governance and customers and community<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The B-Corp certification follows Cariuma's mission to create better products and to fully support the people working within the brand<\/strong>. The achievement shines a light on the brand's sustainability efforts, which includes working with ethical factories, sourcing only natural and recycled premium materials and producing a single-box shipping method crafted with 100% recyclable materials.<\/p>\n The brand also plants two trees in the Brazilian rainforest for every pair of sneakers sold<\/strong>, with the aim of directly aiding reforestation, protecting endangered species' habitats and positively impacting the lives of the local communities.<\/p>\n David Python, Co-founder of Cariuma, said: \u201cBecoming a B-Corp has been a goal for Cariuma since day one. It's a natural fit with our mission to spread positivity and reshape our industry through the best sustainable products and ethical practices, while recovering and restoring the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":100,"featured_media":186229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10488,9763,6,10494,12969],"tags":[17791,21728,9875,18096,4039],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n