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Vegan Shoes (Or. . .Yes, Our Running Shoes Are Vegan, Too!)
10/14/2008 | Meredith

High-performance, responsive, plush, highly cushioned, supportive … these are some of the words that generally come to mind when we try to describe Brooks running shoes.

A little known fact: all Brooks running shoes meet vegan standards. (The one exception in the entire Brooks footwear line is the walking shoes.)

Filed in Footwear, Sustainability, running shoes

8 Responses to “Vegan Shoes (Or. . .Yes, Our Running Shoes Are Vegan, Too!)”

shashi Says:
October 29th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Fantastic information! Brooks rocks!
Jason Says:
November 23rd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
When you say they meet “vegan standards” what do you mean? Do you mean that none of the materials used in the shoes and in their production contain any animal-derived products? Or, do you mean something else?
Meredith Says:
November 25th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Hello from Brooks-

Except for our leather walking shoes (Addiction Walker and Addiction Walker V-Strap), there are no animal derived products in our current line of shoes.

Thanks for the question!
Jesse N. Says:
September 26th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Wow, that’s awesome! I had no idea. You should advertise this a little bit more, it is a huge selling point to some of us.
Diana Czuchta Says:
October 13th, 2009 at 7:17 pm
Hello Meredith,

Does Brooks have any intention of becoming entirely vegan? Do you truly need to use leather in those two shoes? As Jesse says, this is a great selling point, and especially in the instance you become entirely vegan. Thank you.
Sabrina Says:
December 11th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
WOW!!
Used to run in Brooks for years. Then went to NIke, but as a vegetarian and now looking to encourage my eldest, vegan son to try running, I started to look for VEGAN RUNNING SHOES thinking I was in for a huge expense. Surprose to come across this comment page. I’m going to purchase my son Brookes running shoes for Christmas and start buying Brooks again for myself!
Thanks !!!
f xvx Says:
January 29th, 2010 at 8:32 am
Thanks to this Info I just got my first pair of Brooks (Adrenaline GTS 10) at our local Runners Point - keep it up!
Rich Says:
March 10th, 2010 at 11:56 am
this is terrific, I agree that you should advertise this. I went and bought a pair of Adrenaline’s yesterday at my local running store because they were good shoes and vegan. Thank you.