A step towards nature | Chaussures Maniet ! Luxus

We take action to understand and reduce our environmental impact

Like any business, our products have an impact on the environment. We are aware of this and want to do everything we can to reduce our impact as much as possible.

That's why we first carried out a carbon assessment in 2018 and again in 2022, in collaboration with CO2 Stratégie, to understand and know all the Co2 emissions linked to our activities. These successive assessments have also enabled us to set reduction targets: -20% by 2030.

In 2022, we estimated that a pair of shoes sold at Maniet! Luxus was emitting almost 30kg Co2 equivalent, from manufacture to sale, including transport. We have set up various initiatives to reduce this figure (second-hand, delivery by bicycle, ecoscore to encourage people to buy shoes with a lower impact, etc.). That's our main objective: to reduce our emissions as much as possible.

But it's impossible for us to reduce these emissions to zero. That's why, for the residual emissions, we need to offset this impact. That's where reforestation comes in.

Forests offer numerous ecological benefits, including promoting biodiversity and supporting ecosystems. But they also absorb Co2, store carbon and release oxygen, playing a key role in climate regulation. It is estimated that a tree absorbs an average of 5kg of Co2e per year, or around 100kg in 20 years if nothing happens to the tree. So by helping to plant trees, we can indirectly reduce our impact.

Find out more about our reforestation programme and its 4 main objectives.

Support local reforestation projects in Belgium and accelerate the natural restoration of forests.
Participate in reforestation projects to offset the Co2 emissions we cannot avoid, in order to reduce the ecological impact of our activities.
You, our loyal customers, are an integral part of our value chain. So we also want to make you aware of the ecological impact of your purchases.
We want to play our part in the ecological and social transition, and do everything we can to reduce our impact on the environment. We hope that this programme, and all the other actions we have put in place, will serve as an inspiration to many other players.

Together, let's support reforestation in Belgium

In practical terms, when you buy a pair of shoes in one of our Maniet! Luxus stores or on the e-shop, all you have to do is indicate the number of m² you would like to reforest in Belgium. Each m² costs €1 and the entire amount is donated to our partner, Go Forest.

It's a small gesture, but one that will help us all, together, to reduce our ecological impact.

ALREADY 100.000 TREES PLANTED THANKS TO YOU!

Maniet x Go Forest

Go Forest is a start-up founded in 2020 with the aim of accelerating forest restoration, ensuring that the right trees grow in the right places and are maintained transparently. Go Forest restores ecosystems around the world with a holistic approach, including a focus on biodiversity, climate resilience and empowering local communities through our approach. For more information, please visit their website: goforest.be

As part of our partnership, we only support the planting of trees in Belgium, in order to have a local impact, as close as possible to our ecosystems and biodiversity.

Since transparency is important to us, here is the breakdown of the funds paid to Go Forest:

approximately 50% is used for the preparation, maintenance, planting and management of the plantation
around 25% for monitoring and reporting on the plantation using digital tools and technologies
and around 25% for marketing, awareness-raising and Go Forest overheads.

It should also be noted that each seedling is guaranteed for 30 years, which ensures that the seedlings will grow into trees and be long-lasting. Go Forest also ensures accurate monitoring, as each tree is geolocated, so we can track its growth.

A change of partner for tree planting in 2025

For 4 years, we have been working with the Graine de Vie association. Thanks to your support, this partnership has enabled us to plant more than 100,000 trees in Madagascar. Many thanks to you for contributing to this initiative. However, we have decided to change our partner and plant trees in Belgium, in collaboration with Go Forest. This choice is more in line with our DNA and allows us to contribute to the restoration of nature in our country.

Reforestation plays an essential role in the fight against climate change. However, we know that the absolute priority remains to reduce our emissions as much as possible. Planting trees comes next, as a way of offsetting residual emissions. Nevertheless, reforestation remains a powerful collective action on our own scale.