How Crocs is reducing the carbon footprint of its clogs

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Rows of Crocs inside a Las Vegas retail store. Source: Shutterstock/Robert Way
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Rows of Crocs inside a Las Vegas retail store. Source: Shutterstock/Robert Way

The plastic clog maker seeks to pick up the pace of material innovations

Crocs is progressing at a steady pace to increase the bio-based materials in the 150 million pairs of shoes it sells each year. The strategy underpins the company's net-zero target for 2040. A quarter...

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