As part of our relaunch, iRi is committed to becoming a more sustainable brand. Our mission is to show that even a small team like ours can contribute to the growing movement towards sustainability and social responsibility without sacrificing our original vision and quality of our products.

iRi's first goal in this journey is to make sure our products are made with more sustainable materials. We have started this process by sourcing more ethical and sustainable materials for our relaunch. For every next collection, we hope that our products will increasingly be more and more sustainable.

Our sustainability journey starts with the materials we have sourced to make our new and improved products.

iRi 1.0 TO iRi 2.0
FROM 0% TO 56% OF iRi STYLES USING RECYCLED MATERIALS


We are still working to find alternatives that are better & more responsible for all of our styles. We're not perfect but this does not mean we will not try to make better choices and decisions for our products! Stay tuned for more changes.

RECYCLED LEATHER

Most of the leather used for our shoes is now REBIRTH® Recycled Leather, an eco-friendly alternative to mass-produced leather. When we realized not all vegan leather is sustainable, we partnered with a local producer who has their own patented source technology & manufacturing way to recycle full grain leather scraps into a new composition leather. All leather we use complies with Global Recycled Standard® (GRS).

RECYCLED ‘KrPET’ KNIT FABRIC

All the knit fabrics and part of our neoprene material are made of “KrPET” yarn, which is made of recycled plastic bottles. To reduce waste and CO2 emissions, only the plastic bottles that are sourced locally in Korea are used. Like our recycled leather, these fabrics are also GRS® and ECO passport certified (OEKO-TEX®).

RECYCLED MIDSOLE

One of the biggest challenges in our sustainability goal is to turn our outsoles and heels 100% sustainable, without inflating our retail price massively. As the first step, we finally managed to find a supplier who uses polyurethane scraps to produce midsole that can be used for our patented Wavy Outsole.

 

: SHOE BOX

After relaunching in 2022, our shoeboxes are now made of post-consumed paper and constructed to be assembled without the use of adhesive.

  • All paper materials made of recycled fibers & FSC certified
  • Printed using soy ink
  • Now working on our version 2!

: TAPE

  • From our previous PVC tape, we replaced all tapes into a recyclable paper tape. The tape is made of recycled white kraft paper and printed with soy ink

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