Impact | KEEN Footwear Canada

KEEN Impact

Making a KEEN Effect Since 2003

Every KEEN boot, sandal, and sneaker you buy has a positive effect, funding organizations to protect the planet and making the outside and trades more accessible to all.

See our latest Impact Report.

‘Forever Chemical’ Free!

We want forever shoes, not “forever chemicals.” So we gave PFAS the boot.

See Why

The Steps We Take

Doing the right thing since 2003.

For People

We help fund organizations making the outside and trades more accessible.

See How

Saving Alaskan Artifacts from Climate Change

Saving Alaskan Artifacts from Climate Change

6 MIN READ

doing good for people

Comfort Meets Caring

Comfort Meets Caring

doing good for people

Hooked on a Purpose

Hooked on a Purpose

1 MIN READ

doing good for people

Chad Brown, a Black veteran fly-fisherman, and founder of Soul River Inc.

Fly Fishing While Black

doing good for people

What's the KEEN Effect?

What's the KEEN Effect?

4 MIN WATCH

doing good for people

Wild Diversity staff on a recent kayak trip

Be You. Be Wild. Be an Ally.

doing good for people

a Ukrainian child in a refugee shelter in Romania

Love to Ukraine

doing good for people

Building Strider bikes for kindergartners

Building More Than Bikes

doing good for people

For Planet

We use our resources to reduce our impact on the planet and protect key resources.

See How

KEEN Quiz: Do You Leave No Trace?

KEEN Quiz: Do You Leave No Trace?

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Let’s Leave No Trace!

Let’s Leave No Trace!

4 MIN READ

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Here for Street Dogs

Here for Street Dogs

3 MIN READ

doing good for planet

Voluntourism With Turtles

Voluntourism With Turtles

4 MIN READ

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What's the KEEN Effect?

What's the KEEN Effect?

4 MIN WATCH

doing good for people

A parent and child picking up litter

The Future Planet-Helpers

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The Tongass rainforest in Alaska

Protecting the Lungs of the Planet

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Friends walking and picking up trash in the city

Plalk With Us

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For Product

We find innovative ways to make our shoes that reduce our impact on the planet.

See How

Join Us. Go PFAS Free.

Join Us. Go PFAS Free.

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FAQ: Is KEEN’s Wool Ethically Sourced?

FAQ: Is KEEN’s Wool Ethically Sourced?

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Detox Journey: Solving Solvents

Detox Journey: Solving Solvents

doing good for product

Sitting by a firepit in winter boots with KEEN.WARM Recycled P.E.T.

Warmth From Waste

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Chemicals We Avoid

Chemicals We Avoid

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A person's feet in the air

KEEN-parison: Shoes Made With Recycled Materials

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Sneakers made with plant-based soles

Upcycling Garbage

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Consciously Created for a Better Planet headline on an image of a shoe

How We Consciously Create

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The Tsunami That Started It All

4 MIN WATCH: The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake triggered a devastating tsunami and set our values in motion.