CornSkin

From non edible American corn

INTRODUCING CORNSKIN

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

The corn is a non-edible American 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 maeterial is thus a polymers from raw plant-related renewable materials. Viridis® contains 43% of polyols coming from corn, the only existing PU having a total biobased content equal to 69%.

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% of corn

CORNSKIn COMPONENTS

Viridis® biobased content is equal to 69%, its corn-derived and FSC viscosecontent makes it the most green product among the synthetic fabrics: 43 % corn polyols, 26 % FSC viscose and 31% normal PU.

Composition: 69% corn skin and oil, 31% PU

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 study made by certified agency Sami (Climate Plus) indicates our CornSkin emits 7.3kgC02/m2 versus 60.1kgC02/m2 for animal leather on average.

According to Carbon Fact study, our Cactus sneakers emit on average 61% less carbon than an average pair of sneakers and have a carbon footprint of 6kg CO2 per pair. Find here the detailed report.