CornSkin

From non edible European corn

INTRODUCING CORNSKIN

For a long time corn is used as biofuel and other uses to replace oil-based materials. When it comes to fashion, our partner Viridis® has found a way to produce animal-free and sustainable wearable materials from corn.

The corn is a non-edible European corn imported and transformed in Italy by Viridis®.

From corn to a wearable material

CORNSKIN PRODUCTION STAGES

The CornSkin's breakthrough for leather-alternative materials is that it is the only PU made with renewable resources.

Viridis® contains 43% of polyols coming from corn grown for industrial end-use, processed into ethanol and its by-products. This corn is not the canned one produced for the food sector. Just about anything that can be made from a barrel of oil can be made from a bushel of corn and that is why renewable, environmentally-friendly corn is replacing petroleum products.

The CornSkin material is thus a polymers from raw plant-related renewable materials.

PETA-Approved vegan and Ranked VV

ANIMAL-FREE AND CERTIFIED

Viridis is approved Vegan by PETA and is ranked VV in the Animal Free Fashion rating designed by LAV.

69% bio-based

CORNSKIN COMPONENTS

Viridis® biobased content is equal to 69%, thanks to its corn-derived and certified viscose from eco-managed forest.

Composition: 43% corn polyol, 31% PU, 26% certified viscose

Bio-based materials and animal-free

CARBON IMPACT

Viridis has edited its own Life Cycle Assessment showing CornSkin is more sustainable in the following categories: Health, Impact on Climate Change, Use of natural resources and animal-free.

Our LCA carried out by the certified solution FAIRLY MADE® indicates that our CornSkin emits 1.7kg of C02 per m² versus 61kg of C02 per m² for animal leather.

According to this study, our GEN1 sneakers emit on average 79% less carbon than a leather pair, and have a carbon footprint of 6.38kg of CO2 per pair.

Sneakers made from CornSkin