Introduction to footwear sustainability (October 2025)

Thursday 2nd October 2025

SATRA’s Introduction to footwear sustainability course is aimed at anyone working for a brand, sourcing company, retailer, or manufacturer within the footwear supply chain who needs to understand the key sustainability challenges facing the industry and how to tackle them. 

This wide-ranging course provides an insight into:

• - What sustainability is, and why it is important
• - Understanding supply chains
• - What an organisational carbon footprint is, and how it is calculated
• - What a product lifecycle assessment/carbon footprint is, how to carry out a study and where the data comes from
• - Understanding and reducing environmental impacts throughout the product lifecycle
• - A detailed review of the environmental considerations of leather and other bio-based materials
• - Current obligations under sustainability-related legislation, and what is coming
• - An introduction to restricted substances management
• - Testing and verifying the sustainability credentials of a product

Programme

09:00 Registration
09:20 Session 1
10:15 Break
10:30 Session 2
12:30 Lunch
13:15 Session 3
15:00 Break
15:15` Session 4
16:15 Review
16:30 Close 

Location

The course takes place at SATRA’s UK headquarters in Kettering.  Alternatively, please contact us if you would like to arrange a bespoke course at an alternative location.

 

Details

• Location: Kettering, UK
• Price: Members GBP 795 (plus VAT where applicable)
• Email: Training
• Phone: +44 (0) 1536 410000
• Sector: Footwear

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