Representatives of Asics, BASF, Brooks, Carrefour, Crocs, Brown Shoe Company, Deichmann,  Deckers, New Balance,  Pentland Group, Marks & Spencer, Stella International and VF Corporation were among the 143 delegates attending the second Global Footwear Sustainability Summit conference last Aug. 28-29 in Shanghai, 20 percent more than one year ago. Speakers included Luigi Grosso, an industry consultant who previously worked for Timberland, Galahad Clark from Vivo Barefoot/United Nude, Charlie Gillman from Brown Shoe Company, Nicolas Smith from Bayer, and Peter Mangione from Global Footwear Partnership.

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