PUMA.Safe Environmental Handbook Volume 1 - About PUMA

5.2 Accepted Certifications
In the context of PUMA S- Index approved materials, PUMA accepts the following product level certifications or
standards from suppliers:
• Global Organic Textile Standard GOTS (http://www.global-standard.org/)
• Organic Exchange (http://www.ecocert.com/en/organic-exchange-oe)
• Recycled Polyester certified by Global Recycle Standard GRS (http://textileexchange.org/content/global-recyclestandard)
• Cotton made in Africa (http://www.cotton-made-in-africa.com/en/)
• Blue Sign certificated Fabrics (http://www.bluesign.com/index.php?id=home)
• Leather Working Group certified Leather (http://www.leatherworkinggroup.com/)
• FSC Certified Rubber, Paper and Cardboard
• All Cradle2Cradle certificated Materials (http://www.mbdc.com/detail.aspx?linkid=2&sublink=8)
• Fairtrade certified cotton or Sportballs (http://www.fairtrade.net/)
5.6 Product Level E P&L
Further to the corporate level E P&L as described in Chapter Three, PUMA has used the methodology developed for the
E P&L, as well as product lifecycle assessment tools, to also quantify the damage to nature on a product level. For this
study, 19 exemplary PUMA products were selected and the environmental cost for each product was calculated for the
same 5 impact categories Greenhouse Gases, Water, Waste, Air Emissions and Land Use Change.
The product level E P&L was further more used to compare and quantify the benefits of more sustainable PUMA
products against conventional PUMA products. Please find below the results from an exemplary comparison of two
lifestyle sneakers, the classic PUMA Suede with a leather upper as well as the PUMA InCycle Basket, which was
developed as PUMAs first fully biodegradable shoe.
As indicated in figure 16, the overall impact on the environment of the InCycle Basket compared to a traditional PUMA
Suede is approximately 30% lower for our more sustainable product. The comparison of a fully biodegradable T-Shirt
made from organic cotton to a conventional PUMA cotton T-Shirt, for example, also resulted in approximately 30%
lower cost for the InCycle cotton shirt.
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