Ethletic Black & White High-top Sneakers

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Black & White High-top Sneakers

An ethical alternative to a popular style, this classic high-top sneaker is made with 100% Fair Trade-certified organic cotton canvas, liner and laces and a tough rubber sole. The sole is produced and stamped with FSC-certified all natural and sustainable latex. That means the rubber was actually tapped from a tree in a well managed and growing forest instead of being made from chemicals, petroleum or plastic like other rubber products. All dyes used on the canvas are PCP and AZO free.

A Fair Trade premium is paid to both the rubber producers in Sri Lanka and to the shoe stitchers in Pakistan so that they may enjoy a living wage, health insurance, free transportation and other benefits. In addition, a portion of the proceeds of the sale of this shoe goes into a worker-controlled fund that benefits the entire communities of our workers. The fund pays for a premium on the workers' wages, health insurance for them and their families, a micro credit program that is open to the community at large, and other initiatives such as building a health clinic and a clean water access piping system.

100% Vegan.

Why it matters

Good for the Earth

This product is more than 95% organic. Organic products are made with ingredients grown without pesticides, genetically modified organisms, or synthetic fertilizers; keeping toxins out of the environment, and supporting biodiversity and family farms.

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290 members support the use of organic farming practices by buying organic products.

Good for people

Companies with Direct Trade relationships claim to pay their producers higher prices than global commodity prices and Fair Trade prices, though they are not regulated by any impartial third party.

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369 members support direct relationships with producers and fair wages by purchasing Direct Trade products.