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Keen Footwear

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Owned
USA
Rating
Boycott

Footwear manufacturer

Founded in USA in 2003 by Martin Keen and Rory Fuerst. The majority of their products are made in China and Vietnam.

Keen Inc   USA     website   email      

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Company Assessment

PRAISE CRITICISM INFORMATION
Keen Inc
Business Ethics 'E' rating at rankabrand.org
Rank a Brand searches the websites of brands for the answers to carefully targeted questions. From this they calculate sustainability scores based on the themes of environment, climate, labor issues, and transparency. Brands owned by this company received an 'E', the lowest possible score.
[Source 2017][More on Sustainability Reporting]
Social Greenwashing
Brands owned by this company are on RankaBrand's Greenwashing Alert list. These are companies that report in some way on sustainability, but the information they provide is either of marginal or no relevance and is not explicit about sustainability performance.
[Source 2014][More on Irresponsible Marketing]
Environment Environmental claims
This company has a number of sustainability claims on its website covering the areas of workers rights, environment and charitable donations.
[Source 2012][More on Environmental Claims]
Environment EOCA member
This company is a member of the European Outdoor Conservation Association, a non-profit charitable organisation which supports conservation work by raising funds from within the European Outdoor sector and promoting care and respect for wild places.
[Source 2017][More on Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives]
Business Ethics Charitable donations
In reaction to the 2004 tsunami Keen donated their total marketing budget to relief efforts. This turned into their long tern Hybrid.Care program partnering with organisations whose vision they share. Hybrid.Care has donated over $US5.5m to over 20 organisations since 2004.
[Source 2011][More on Finance]
Business Ethics Sustainable Apparel Coalition member
This company is a member of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, a multi-stakeholder initiative launched in March 2011 by a group of global apparel and footwear companies and non-profit organizations (representing nearly one third of the global market share for apparel and footwear). The Coalition's goals are to reduce the apparel industry's environmental and social impact, and to develop a universal index to measure environmental and social performance of apparel products.
[Source 2018][More on Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives]
Business Ethics Leather Working Group member
This company is a member of the Leather Working Group, a multi-stakeholder group who's objective is to develop and maintain a protocol that assesses the compliance and environmental performance of tanners and promotes sustainable and appropriate environmental business practices within the leather industry.
[Source 2019][More on Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives]
Information Green Outdoor Gear profile
Cam Walker from Friends of the Earth Melbourne has created a website which profiles outdoor gear companies and rates them according to a range of sustainability criteria. Follow the link to see this company's profile.
[Source 2011]

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Company Details

Company Structure Listed Public Company
Revenue US$130 -140 million in 2009
# Employees 100 in 2009 in World

Contact Details

Address Portland, Oregon, USA
Email info@keenfootwear.com
Website www.keenfootwear.com

Products / Brands

Keen Footwear
Keen Mens Shoes
Keen Womens Shoes


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