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p : 39 | c : 3 <strong>PUMA</strong>.SAfe<br />

The puma producT environmenTal<br />

profiT and loss accounT<br />

how much do you Think your puma<br />

shoes cosT The environmenT?<br />

In 2012 we started extending our 2010 <strong>PUMA</strong><br />

Environmental Profit and Loss Account to<br />

the product level, analyzing two ‘more sustainable’<br />

products and two conventional<br />

products: one pair of our biodegradable<br />

<strong>PUMA</strong> sneakers InCycle Basket and one<br />

biodegradable InCycle cotton <strong>PUMA</strong> T-shirt<br />

versus one pair of the conventional retro<br />

<strong>PUMA</strong> Suede shoes and one conventional<br />

cotton <strong>PUMA</strong> T-shirt.<br />

whaT for?<br />

Because: We wanted to know how much it<br />

would cost in euros and cents to compensate<br />

the environmental impacts and damage<br />

caused during the production process,<br />

consumer life and disposal of two pairs of<br />

shoes and two shirts. This helped us assess<br />

whether our efforts to become a more sustainable<br />

company and develop more sustainable<br />

products are in fact making a positive<br />

difference.<br />

Along the way, we gained interesting – and<br />

mind-boggling – insights. Did you know that<br />

<strong>PUMA</strong> BUSineSS And SUStAinABility RePoRt 2012<br />

T.16 t.1<br />

producT greenhouse<br />

gas<br />

conven-<br />

Tional puma<br />

suede<br />

BiodegradaBle<br />

puma<br />

incycle<br />

BaskeT<br />

incycle<br />

savings in %<br />

environmenTal cosTs of shoes<br />

€<br />

waTer<br />

€<br />

wasTe<br />

€<br />

air<br />

polluTion<br />

€<br />

land<br />

use<br />

€<br />

because the energy<br />

required for leather<br />

production is lower than<br />

the energy<br />

required for<br />

cotton fabric production.<br />

environmen-<br />

Tal cosTs<br />

€<br />

reTail<br />

price<br />

2.16 0.61 0.30 0.74 0.48 4.29* 85<br />

1.41 0.49 0.12 0.84 0.09 2.95* 95<br />

- 3 5 % -21 % - 6 0 % +14 % -2 0 % -31 % +12 %<br />

*These environmental costs are provided as units of comparison and are not<br />

related in any way to the retail price of the product.<br />

because the InCycle Basket’s <strong>up</strong>per<br />

is made of a mix of organic<br />

cotton and linen while the<br />

35 % less <strong>PUMA</strong> Suede’s leather is<br />

greenhouse responsible for more GHG<br />

gas emissions<br />

emissions associated with<br />

the raising and slaughtering<br />

of cattle.<br />

14 %<br />

more air<br />

polluTion<br />

€<br />

60 % less<br />

wasTe<br />

21 %<br />

less waTer<br />

because less land<br />

is required for the<br />

production of cotton<br />

than for the production<br />

of leather from<br />

cattle farming.<br />

environmenTal<br />

savings of The puma<br />

incycle BaskeT:<br />

because more water<br />

is needed for the<br />

tanning of leather<br />

than for the production<br />

of cotton.<br />

20 %<br />

less land<br />

use<br />

because waste generation<br />

from the production and<br />

processing of leather exceeds<br />

that for cotton. As<br />

the InCycle Basket is 100<br />

percent compostable at<br />

the end of its life, no environmental<br />

costs arise at this<br />

stage as long as the product is<br />

not disposed of in landfills or incinerated.

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