Portuguese cork to conquer the world with a new promotional video
‘The Corkologist’ is the new video promoting cork launched by the Portuguese Cork Association (APCOR) as part of the sector’s international promotion project, InterCork 4, which represents an investment of €3.2 million and seeks to enhance the position of this 100% natural, reusable and recyclable material.Through Sarah Oakson, a name inspired by what in English […]
For a better world
Back in 2015 the UN defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in what came to be called Agenda 2030.It is a broad and ambitious agenda that addresses several aspects of sustainable development (social, economic, environmental) and promotes peace, justice and effective institutions. “Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere” is the primary objective of this […]
The Path to the Future is Green
What are the sustainability targets for textiles, fashion and footwear set by the major international organisations? We went to find out. Words: Patrícia Barnabé According to the figures, in 2017, there were 18 million displaced people in the world as a result of climate disasters and extreme events such as floods and wildfires, which are […]
120 companies in the footwear sector sign the Green Pact
Rice, coffee grounds, apple peels, or plastic bottles. In the footwear industry nothing is wasted, everything is transformed. Within the scope of the BioShoes4All project, a new generation of products is under development.
Portuguese footwear invests in a new generation of products
Rice, coffee grounds, apple peels, or plastic bottles. In the footwear industry nothing is wasted, everything is transformed. Within the scope of the BioShoes4All project, a new generation of products is under development.
Marcelino Sambé stars in the new Portuguese shoes campaign
We walk every day. Never to the same place, even if it seems so. We walk forward, daily towards the future, even when it seems we are still. We move every day towards the new, even when we do not feel it. But we are not all the same. We do not wear the same […]
Portuguese footwear industry invests 600M€ in the next 8 years
APICCAPS presents «strategic shock» and plans new decade of growth “To be the international benchmark of the footwear industry and reinforce the Portuguese exports, combining successfully sophistication and creativity with productive efficiency, based on technological development and management of the international value chain, thus ensuring the future of a national productive basis, sustainable and highly […]
APICCAPS promotes leather footwear in foreign markets
There are several arguments used on an international scale to examine the impact of leather on the environment and particularly in footwear production. Within the scope of the recently launched INSURE.Hub – Innovation in Sustainability and Regeneration, which joins the Catholic University of Porto (Biotechnology and Business Schools) and the Planetiers New Generation, APICCAPS challenged […]
Portuguese footwear with the best results ever in international markets
In the first half of the year, Portugal exported 40 million pairs of shoes, worth 957 million euros. On a comparable basis to the same period of last year, footwear exports grew by 22% and 27.5% in volume and value, respectively. These results translate the best performance of Portuguese footwear ever recorded in foreign markets, […]
Portuguese footwear grows more rapidly than the competition
In 2021, footwear production and exports increased by 8.6% and 7.4%, respectively. Portugal grew twice as much. The footwear sector recovered worldwide in 2021, but it is still far from pre-pandemic levels. According to the World Footwear Yearbook, global footwear production exceeded the 22 billion pairs threshold (+8.6%, as compared to the prior year) in 2021, […]