Sustainable production at EMMA in Kerkrade

Social return:
At EMMA, for every pair of shoes, a quarter of an hour is spent on production by an employee at a distance from the labour market.

​ISO 14001:2015: 
EMMA is ISO 14001:2015-certified. ISO 14001:2015 is an environmental management standard. Among other things, this means that EMMA is continuously taking steps to reduce its CO2 emissions, by reducing waste, energy consumption and water usage.

Packaging:
EMMA strives to minimise packaging. For example, plastic is avoided in EMMA's packaging, waste is separated and our shoe boxes are made from FSC paper.

Solar panels:
EMMA has had solar panels installed on its roof and a solar panel field fitted. The agreement with Volta Solar and Sunrock means that EMMA will make its roofs and the ground available. The 6,450 solar panels, including 1,250 panels on the roofs of the buildings and 5,200 panels on the ground, generate about 2,600,000kWh of renewable energy.

Water-borne adhesives:
EMMA partly uses water-borne adhesives.