Veja Urca

»Sneakers that are made differently.«

Since 2005 the French company VEJA has been proving that style and sustainability can go hand in hand in the sneaker game. n order to reinvent the classical sneaker-understandig one pair of VEJA follows a simple idea: Standing up with one foot in design and the other in social responsibility.

With the brand new Urca silhouette Veja launches a new sneaker that sets completely new standards in terms of sustainability. The new style is composed of vegan Corn Waste Leather (C.W.L.), which is a bio-source material that is made from a waxed canvas derived from 50 percent corn waste eliminated from the food industry. As an eco-friendly textile alternative, C.W.L. has the touch of leather but is also biodegradable. To round off the sustainable silhouette, the Veja Urca is constructed with 100 percent organic cotton laces.