The footwear supply chain is often complex, with many supply chain actors, and traceability and transparency can be challenging. Some supply chains have been associated with materials linked with deforestation, pollution, and social exploitation.

There are more than 20 billion pairs manufactured each year. With footwear becoming a disposable item and no mass solution for end-of-life disposal, millions of tonnes of footwear are sent to landfill. Many of the footwear components are not biodegradable, and this presents a significant challenge for disposal.

Our goal at Eurofins is to provide services that bring transparency, measurement, and metrics to footwear supply chains. Eurofins has two footwear competence centres providing specialist services to the footwear sector.