In recently few years, we wrote  about timberland waterproof boots, along with several other shoe makers  using greener leather. This was really the first I had heard of Timberland becoming more environmentally sustainable, but I thought it was pretty great that they were starting with a process as toxic as leather tanning, treating and dying.

Apparently they do not stop there! Timberland womens premium boots hired a woman named Betsy Blaisdell to work on help their entire company to reduce their carbon footprint and one of the first things she worked on was teaming up with other outdoor industry companies to create an green metric . In an interview with the Outdoor Retailer Show Daily Digest, she explained a number of their efforts, including the Eco Working Group. The concept behind the Eco Working Group was to generate green metrics within an index so consumers can truly compare the carbon footprints of various products.

One of the most interesting parts of Ms. Blaisdell, an interview was made when she revealed that the largest carbon footprint issue within ladies timberland boots was absolutely the manufacturing process, as opposed to the carbon footprint of the US employees or the corporate business processes. This makes a lot of sense when one start to learn about the huge factories, massive uses of electricity, water and other materials and the shipping costs involved with a company of Timberland.

Considering the negative environmental impact that occurs in the traditional treating of leather, it also appears that womens timberland boot has identified where its most egregious environmental problems are and is actually working to solve them. Between the greening of the leather and the creation of the Eco Working Group with other outdoor companies, I am looking at 6inchboot in a whole new light.