Are you ready to change the world?
We are on a mission to improve the conditions of the planet and the people
through a green point of view and technological innovations
in the fashion and the sportswear industry.
Our Sustainable Ingredients
Green Tech
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Echo Materials
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Circularity
Zipshoe™
Green Technology
The sole is the shoe’s component with highest impact, with our Zipshoe™ you can reduce environmental footprint.How? Just Zip it. Create three, five 10 shoes with one sole.
Eco Materials
We are on constant R&D to find the best eco materials and design green products with the world’s most innovative sustainable elements.
Algae
The most sustainable performance
driven foam in the world. It’s derived
from algae biomass in a process
that cleans and restores balance
to endangered waterways.
Applications: insole, midsole
Features: flexible, light weight
Eucalyptus
Our tree fiber, Tencel is derived.
from sustainable wood sources,
Compared to traditional materials
like cotton, it uses 95% less water
and cuts carbon footprint by half.
Applications: insole, midsole
Features: soft, breathable,
color retention.
Corn
BioVeg is a bio-based material combining corn industry waste with 100% recycled PET. Compared to synthetic producrts it allows a reduction of fossil energy by 44%.
Applications: upper
Features: water resistant, durable.
Grapes
The fabric is bio-based it derives from pomace, a 100% vegetable raw material composed of the skins, seeds and stalks of the wine grape cluster, that remain after the production of the wine.
Applications: upper
Features: water resistant, durable.
Cork
One of the world’s most sustainable products it is harvested in a way that increases the tree’s lifespan to as long as 300 years, and boosts their CO2 consumption by up to five times.
Applications: insole top sheet.
Features: moisture wicking,
anti bacteria
Pineapple
Pinatex is a natural material made from Pineapple leaf, it’s a by product of the Pineapple harvest, no extra land, water or pesticides are required to produce the raw material.
Applications: upper
Features: water resistant, durable
rPET
Recycled polyester does not require
virgin plastic for production, thus
reducing to 75% less CO2 emissions
compared to virgin polyester.
Applications: lining, upper
Features: water resistant, breathable
BCI Cotton
The Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) is a
global not-for-profit organisation to
make global cotton production
better for the people who produce it,
and better for the environment.
Applications: lining, upper
Features: breathable, moisture wicking
Circularity
We recycle shoes into
Playgrounds.
ACBC collects post-consumer shoes through collection bins inside ACBC stores and donates them in charity for the production of anti-shock flooring for children's playgrounds in areas of need.
Certified and Transparent
We want you to be able to make the right choice. For this reason, starting from January 2021 all ACBC products
will be accompanied by a Sustainability Disclosure, with a complete list of the material used
for each
component and the relevant compositions and certifications..
