European Footwear Federation Announces The First International Footwear Forum To Be Held

According to leatherbiz news Wednesday, the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC) announced recently that the new international footwear industry forum will be held in 2015.

At the fifth world footwear conference held in Mexico recently, the European footwear Federation launched a new international footwear industry forum in 2015, and said that the proposal was unanimously and warmly welcomed by the representatives of other industrial associations attending the conference. Some of them immediately expressed their intention to hold the event next year.

Alliance chairman Jean-Pierre Renaudin said the new

It is necessary that it can turn the main footwear industry in the world.

The representatives of the alliance gathered together to discuss the problems encountered, eliminate uncertainties and seek common ground while maintaining differences in the globalized footwear industry.

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The alliance issued a statement on Tuesday saying that because some shoe associations and organizations failed to participate in the world footwear industry conference, it took time for them and organizations to understand the purpose of holding the new footwear forum and get their support.

It is expected that the first international footwear forum will be held in the first quarter of 2015.

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Puma (Puma), the German sportswear enterprise, has developed an action plan to eliminate chemicals in its products and set up a milestone to realize the full pparency of the supply chain.

This action is part of its commitment to the green peace organization's initiative to eliminate 100% of all perfluorocarbon compounds (PFCs) from products before the end of 2017.

PFCs is used in clothing and footwear manufacturing processes to maintain their antifouling and water repellency.

However, once released into the environment, these chemicals are known to accumulate in the environment and may affect human health. Some of these substances will damage the immune and reproductive systems and lead to certain diseases such as thyroid diseases.

Detox launched the detoxification campaign launched in 2011. The environmental pressure group Greenpeace has constantly appealed to international clothing brands to remove harmful chemicals from their supply chains and products before 2020.

"Puma's statement said that the company is seriously implementing its commitment to detoxification.

A detailed action plan for phasing out dangerous chemicals and public emissions data is another major step towards non-toxic and no future. "

Manfred Santen, Germany's Greenpeace initiative, says Detox.

Puma also promised to publish its global 80% suppliers' emission data by the end of 2014.

Greenpeace points out that Puma's commitment exceeds Adidas. The products promised by June (2014) in June reached 99% without PFCs, while the progress of Nike was far behind, and there was no plan to eliminate harmful chemicals before 2020.

"Puma is worthy of its" forever ahead "corporate slogan, once again leading in the sports apparel industry.

Now how can Nike and Lining fulfill their commitment to consumers? "

Santen says.