The German sportswear giant on Tuesday said it would join Microsoft Corp., Sony Corp. and several other companies in a United Nations initiative to become a “leading example” in tackling climate change, by agreeing to measure its climate footprint and reduce emissions where possible. In April, Adidas announced a partnership with awareness-raising network Parley for the Oceans, through which it aims to make sportswear out of recycled ocean waste
The first concept shoe created through this cooperation was however not significantly different from Adidas’s current non-green shoe collection. The yarn used for the shoe upper was indeed made of fibers from waste plastic and fishing nets, but the sole was still made out of newly manufactured plastic. Adidas said at the time that the shoe was a concept shoe only, and that it would be worked on and turned into a consumer product in coming months.