Goals and efforts made by Cole Haan to better ourselves and the world around us.
The Cole Haan Change Forward™ initiative represents our goals and
our efforts to better ourselves—and the world around us.
In the nearly 100 years we’ve been here, much has changed. Now, it’s time for us to change too.
We are advancing our Grand.36Ø Design & Engineering System—and focusing on finding
innovative
ways to make our products more sustainable, without compromising our reputation for performance,
function, and craft.
It’s a process, but all great change starts with a few first steps to move forward.
It’s a process, but all great change starts with a few first steps to move forward.
Our mission to deliver
Sustainable Innovation in our products.
Sustainable Innovation in our products.
The mechanics of the human body is the central focus of our Grand.36Ø Design & Engineering
System and we are always looking for new ways our products can complement natural human performance.
We call this “Natural Design.”
Now, our goal is to give “Natural Design” an enhanced meaning by actively seeking environmentally
conscious naturally derived or recycled materials
for many of our product components. And, for leather components, we are prioritizing responsible
leather sourcing.
Every day at Cole Haan is a work in progress. We’re learning—and unlearning—with each step we take.
We’re integrating this thinking into our everyday work. We’re actively seeking partners and
suppliers who share our mission. And, we’re making breakthroughs as well as correcting any missteps
along the way.
The steps we’re taking to Change Forward.™
When you see the word SUSTAINABLE next to Cole Haan products, you’ll know there’s a minimum of
25% naturally derived or recycled content by weight in that product.
Sustainable
Generation ZERØGRAND II
Sustainable
Generation ZERØGRAND II
When you see the word SUSTAINABLE next to Cole Haan products, you’ll know there’s a minimum of
25% naturally derived or recycled content by weight in that product.
Some of our SUSTAINABLE products have much higher percentages of sustainable materials, and we
will continue to look to do better. Here’s how:
There are four primary benefits we seek to deliver in our products:
We will start by asking ourselves how we can bring thoughtful simplicity to our design
practices—making streamlined products with less ingredients and less impact in the first
place.
Next, we will go to nature—seeking to include solutions and materials made or adapted from nature.
Our SUSTAINABLE products will also include some features made from recycled
or reconstituted materials that will deliver upon the needs of our
consumers.
From recycled yarns in our shoes to post-consumer waste in our packaging, we
will continue to look for additional ways to reduce waste and reuse
existing materials. Use less; gain more.
INTRODUCING Generation ZerØGrand II WITH FlowerFoam™
INTRODUCING
Generation
ZerØGrand II
ZerØGrand II
WITH FlowerFoam™
When we set out to design our first SUSTAINABLE shoe, we started from the ground up, innovating a
revolutionary sole with dandelions. Yes, dandelions.
Our patent pending FlowerFoam™ sole is made with a minimum of 25% natural dandelion rubber. Here’s
to a little Flower Power.
To go even further, we infused recycled content throughout to create a shoe with over 25% recycled
content by weight.
Fellow Travelers
Growing together is more
powerful than growing alone.
powerful than growing alone.
Responsible leather
sourcing.
sourcing.
We are members of the Leather Working
Group.
We strive for responsible leather sourcing, and where
feasible, we will switch to
plant-based and recycled alternatives to reduce our footprint even more.
