What GRS certification actually covers on a factory floor
Recycled content is a chain-of-custody claim, not a slogan. Here is what the auditors trace, and what the standard does not say.
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Category: Sustainability
Notes from the factory floor: how shoes get made, how orders get shipped, and what the standards on our wall actually mean.
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What happens to the leather that does not become a shoe
Every hide arrives whole and leaves in pieces. Where the pieces that are not shoes actually go.
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Water-based adhesives, and what changes on the line
Swapping solvent for water is not a like-for-like substitution. It changes drying times, surface prep and the air in the room.
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Social audits, explained for people who have to read the report
What the common programmes look at, how a factory prepares, and how to read a finding without over-reacting to it.
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