Ethical Choice

Direct:

• Transform surpluses into new products: the products to be sold by Ethical Choice are only produced from surpluses resulting from other companies' productions, including fabrics, EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate, used to produce footwear), among others. The company has partnered with manufacturers, having secured between 2,500 and 3,000 kilograms of denim fabric and others such as canvas, preventing these from being thrown away.
• Sustainable delivery and packaging: Ethical Choice is developing and growing fast, and its main goal is to sell directly to the public. But while it is still growing, it sells its products to shop and distributors, these being delivered in cardboard boxes and the items wrapped in protective paper. For direct sales, the company is developing bags made from fabric surpluses for packing shoes and backpacks. The remaining articles will be packed in paper bags.

Indirect:

• Promoting sustainable production: in the production of its products, Ethical Choice does not use any sort of plastic nor materials from animal production. The shoe soles are made from EVA surpluses (used in traditional footwear production) to which an aqueous basic additive is added. The zippers used on the backpacks and cases are made from metal. The shoe’s soles and insoles are made by and bought to Portuguese factories. The re-using of the surpluses and processing of new products does not include any cleaning process (usually manual) and the application of the interlining fabric does not use water nor any chemical products.

Direct:

• Transform surpluses into new products: the products to be sold by Ethical Choice are only produced from surpluses resulting from other companies' productions, including fabrics, EVA (ethylene-vinyl acetate, used to produce footwear), among others. The company has partnered with manufacturers, having secured between 2,500 and 3,000 kilograms of denim fabric and others such as canvas, preventing these from being thrown away.
• Sustainable delivery and packaging: Ethical Choice is developing and growing fast, and its main goal is to sell directly to the public. But while it is still growing, it sells its products to shop and distributors, these being delivered in cardboard boxes and the items wrapped in protective paper. For direct sales, the company is developing bags made from fabric surpluses for packing shoes and backpacks. The remaining articles will be packed in paper bags.

Indirect:

• Promoting sustainable production: in the production of its products, Ethical Choice does not use any sort of plastic nor materials from animal production. The shoe soles are made from EVA surpluses (used in traditional footwear production) to which an aqueous basic additive is added. The zippers used on the backpacks and cases are made from metal. The shoe’s soles and insoles are made by and bought to Portuguese factories. The re-using of the surpluses and processing of new products does not include any cleaning process (usually manual) and the application of the interlining fabric does not use water nor any chemical products.