our impact
from patagonia with love
Benefit Corporations represent the highest international standards for business as a force of good.
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B Corp Certified: The purpose of our business is to ensure that we make a positive impact to people and planet in our entire operation. This commitment enabled us to become BCorp. certified in 2016.
We re-certified in 2020, improving our score and positive impact metrics.
About B Corp: To learn more about our people and planet commitment, please go to our BCorp. scores page.
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Our production is completely transparent and distributed. The QR code in each pair links to details of the artisans who crafted your pair.
Empowering Artisans: We provide sustainable and consistent employment opportunities through the year giving economic stability for our artisans and their families through fair wages while doing what they love - knit.
Handcrafted Slow: Each pair is unique preserving traditional knitting techniques that have been passed down through generations. Chilote Shoes are co-created by Stiven Kerestegian in collaboration with our partner artisans in Patagonia.
No factory: We have a community based production model where our artisan partners set their own schedules and do not need to commute to larger cities allowing them to remain within their family while earning a reliable income.
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By purchasing a pair of Chilote Shoes you finance the planting of native trees in Patagonia contributing to the ecological preservation of its unique ecosystems.
Climate Positive: We operate as a climate positive business by having complete transparency and measuring, minimising and offsetting everything across our sustainable and inclusive business model.
Why support forests?: Trees are absolutely essential to deter the most negative effects of human made climate change. The conservation and reforestation efforts in Patagonia directly support interconnected natural ecosystems at a planetary scale.
How?: Through a partnership with Fundación Reforestemos Chilote Shoes finances the planting of trees in Patagonia to restore native species and help regenerate unique Patagonian ecosystems.
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All our slippers are made with natural, renewable and upcycled materials locally sourced in Patagonia supporting the region's entrepreneurs and small companies.
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Raw Sheep Wool conforms to your feet’s unique shape and has natural self cleaning properties. It regulates your body temperature and draws moisture away from your skin. It is 100% renewable and biodegradable.
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Up-cycled Salmon Leather, our award winning material innovation is a repurposed by-product of the local salmon industry. It is very flexible and as soft as suede yet extremely tough. Its natural scale pattern provides a perfect grip.
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Vegetable Saddle Leather is a repurposed by-product from local farms tanned with our natural plant-based process.This completely renewable and biodegradable option is available in black and light brown.
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