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Will's Vegan Store

United Kingdom

Will's Vegan Store is a London-based brand that sells vegan shoes, boots, sneakers, coats, knitwear and accessories such as belts and wallets for men and women. It began as Will's Vegan Shoes and was renamed once it grew beyond footwear. Everything is vegan, down to linings and glue. Products are made in Italy and Portugal under EU labour, anti-discrimination and health and safety law. Most footwear and accessories use an Italian bio-based vegan leather made from 62-66% plant-origin material on a eucalyptus viscose backing. The brand says the rest is polyurethane and that the material does not biodegrade. Orders ship in plastic-free paper and cardboard packaging. The brand measures its emissions using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, sets yearly reduction targets and is certified through The Climate Label. Good On You rates Will's Vegan Store Good overall and lists it as PETA Cruelty Free and Global Recycled Standard certified.

COG is a French brand making vegan sneakers, boots and city shoes for men and women, with the aim of making high-quality, eco-responsible footwear more accessible. Its shoes are made in Portugal and carry the PETA Approved Vegan label. The brand uses no animal leather and only water-based glues. Its materials include natural and recycled components as well as synthetic fibres, and it states that it looks for the most eco-responsible materials on the market. COG presents leather-free shoes as a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the pollution linked to livestock farming and tanning. Good On You rates COG Good overall: Good for planet, It's a Start for people and Great for animals. It credits the brand's recycled materials, low-waste cutting, action on transport emissions and recycled packaging. On the people side, it notes that COG visits suppliers and traces most of its supply chain, but found no evidence of living wages being paid.

ID.EIGHT

Italy

ID.EIGHT is an Italian sneaker brand. Its gender-neutral designs draw on 1990s styles and come in three main models, Hana, Uriduri and Maru, whose names come from Korean words. The founders, a designer from Seoul and a sustainability-focused marketer, raised money for the first production run through a Kickstarter campaign. The sneakers are made in Portugal from recycled materials and partly plant-based biomaterials such as Uppeal, BioVeg and Vegea. The brand uses no animal-derived materials. Good On You rates ID.EIGHT Good overall. It scores Great for animals because the whole range is vegan, and Good for planet, citing recycled materials, recycled packaging, a recycling offer for customers and action on transport emissions. It is rated Not Good Enough for people because Good On You found no evidence of supplier audits, a Code of Conduct or living wages.

nae

Portugal

NAE is a vegan footwear brand based in Lisbon. It makes shoes for women and men, including loafers, derbies and sneakers, and also sells belts, socks, wallets and some apparel. The name stands for No Animal Exploitation, and the brand says every product is made without animal-derived materials. The shoes are handmade in small Portuguese workshops. They use plant-based and recycled materials, including cork, apple and pineapple-based materials, and are designed to last. PETA has certified the brand as vegan. Good On You rates NAE Great overall, with Great for planet and animals and Good for people. Good On You points to lower-impact materials, reuse of textile offcuts, long-lasting products, local manufacturing and recyclable packaging. It also notes partial supply chain tracing and audits that cover the full final production stage. Good On You found no evidence that workers in the supply chain are paid living wages.