eco-responsible creator
An eco-responsible brand seeks to reduce its environmental impact, which is why we created Boni&Sidonie wanted to make our shoes as close as possible to our customers.
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Buy less, choose well: this is the maxim. Quality, not quantity. It's the most ecological thing you can do
Vivienne Westwood
Local production
Our shoes are made in Spain, Portugal and southwest of France and go to Bordeaux to our French logistics warehouse. The distance is therefore respectable compared to Asian products coming to France.
European leather
The leathers of our shoes are guaranteed without chrome 6 and are lined in leather. We also make more efforts by offering vegetable tanning leather models.
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Our shipments
To reduce waste, Boni&Sidonie shoe boxes are made of recyclable cardboard. We also use recycled boxes to send your shoes. The adhesive tape consists of natural glue and kraft paper. Our main carrier Colissimo is CO2 neutral.
Of course, we are not perfect, but we try to minimize our carbon footprint to leave a healthy planet for our children's future.
To be an eco-responsible customer what to do?
Eat better, go back less!
Limit all returns, ...
In e-commerce, returns weigh heavily on the environment. Their ecological impact is at least twice as important that an item purchased and not returned.
Returned products perform a second trip which can be longer than the first. This is the case when you return your products to Boni&Sidonie in Carnac, Brittany, which after processing must return them to the original warehouse in Bordeaux.
The "greenhouse gas" emissions associated with the transport of returns are then multiplied by 2. We advise customers to do less going and returning for the environment. So we have decided to charge returns to lower these ever-increasing returns.
Internet shopping yes, but otherwise!
Let us act together for the planet by commanding less, but just by measuring well his child's foot. Pay attention to the sizes of sneakers that fit small.
Plant Tanning:
We also make more efforts in the leather of our shoes by offering about twenty models of vegetable tanned leather. Plant tanning is done with chromium-free vegetable tannins to limit the risk of allergy. The ceremonial shoes (boni John, Louise, Agathe..) and the baby's first steps shoes (boni baby, Isabelle, Carol..) have a sole and inner lining 100% vegetable tanning leather. Leather tanning is entirely made from plants and trees. Of course, the process is longer; leather with chemical transformation can be completed in 24 hours while leather in vegetable tanning takes longer. Plant tanning has no tint which makes it as natural as possible. The leathers of our shoes are guaranteed without chrome 6. This chromium is obtained by combining several substances during tanning; chromium 6 is allergic and very dangerous to health.
One of our main Spanish plants has installed a system that improves the efficiency of water management and uses low consumption lamps. Footwear glues are made of water and are free of solvents, which provides greater protection for children's workers and feet. The plant also has a solar panel installation project that minimizes environmental impact by 95%.
