While we did a brief rundown a little while ago, there was so much going on at the New York (capsule) show that we weren’t able to fit everything in to just one post. For starters, in addition to some impressive traditional menswear and jeans design, we also saw some exciting new developments on the men’s shoe front .

Less than two weeks after the release of the Greenpeace report “Slaughtering the Amazon”, which analyzes the Amazon cattle industry, Brazil’s three largest supermarket chains, Wal-Mart, Carrefour and Pão de Açúcar, decided to suspend contracts with suppliers found to be involved with deforestation in the region.
Furthermore, the Brazilian Association of Supermarkets (Abras) stated that guidelines will be developed to prevent that from happening again, and independent auditing will be allowed to ensure that cattle products are sourced only from legally explored Amazon lands.
Following this trend, Adidas and Timberland stated that they too [...]

PSFK recently had the chance to partake in a conference call discussing Timberland’s newest Corporate Social Responsibility report. The organization has set up an independent panel to aid in the discussion surrounding their movement towards creating more transparent business practices. The company has been making an increasing effort in asking for assistance from their consumers, critics and business leaders.
The CEO, Jeff Swartz was candid about the concerns his company currently faces when presenting a true and honest approach to establishing more greener business practices. Jeff spoke of Timberland’s need to create a CSR report that would not [...]