Inspire and support
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions continue to
increase worldwide, leading to global warming
of the planet. Rising temperatures result in
social, environmental, and economic impacts,
from migrations, to heat waves and fires, to
massive flooding.
In 2016, in Paris, the United Nations
Organization established the ambitious goal
of curbing the growth of the planet’s average
temperature to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial
levels. To achieve this, the 196 subscribing
countries committed to immediate, rapid,
and large-scale reductions in greenhouse
gas emissions, which requires halving these
emissions in 2030 and achieving complete
neutrality in 2050.
The Portuguese footwear cluster must also
intensify its efforts to comply with the Paris
Agreement. For this, it will strive to move
away from a linear pattern of increasing
consumption of the planet’s resources and
the use of non-renewable materials towards
a circular system which embraces the
bioeconomy, reduces the use of fossil resources
and favours the digitalization of the value
chain, thus sustainably reducing GHG emissions
and climate change.
The goal of the portuguese shoes green pact
is to inspire and support footwear companies
and the entire value chain to prioritize a circular
economy and reduce the environmental
impact of the sector.