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Sustainable sneaker brand Rens introduces its first physical and virtual hoodie

Finnish athleisure brand Rens, known for its climate-neutral sneakers made from coffee grounds, has added its first hoodie made from bamboo to its collection. The hoodie is completely vegan and also made climate neutrally from coffee grounds, recycled plastic and bamboo viscose. To make one “Elemental” hoodie, which costs 99 euros, one requires...

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Sneaker start-up Rens looking to raise 1 million US dollars

Finnish sustainable sneaker start-up Rens, which makes shoes made from coffee grounds, is looking to raise 1 million US dollars with a Kickstarter campaign to fund the manufacture of its new Nomad shoe, which represents a revolution in eco-design. The company’s founders, Jesse Tran and Son Chuis are pioneering the use of recycled materials in...

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Rens offers world's first sneakers made from coffee grounds

In search of cool, sustainable brands, FashionUnited stumbled upon Rens, a Finnish athleisure brand that makes the world's first sneaker from coffee grounds and recycled plastic. The Helsinki-based brand even won the 2021 Reddot Award for Outstanding Product Design for its innovation. Rens' coffee sneakers debuted in the summer of 2019 and soon...