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Yellow Keen bus driving through red, mountainous desert landscape

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.

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PFAS Free Since 2018

Our step-by-step guide to forever eliminating "forever chemicals."
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Fighting Foot Funk Without Antimicrobials

No odor, and no toxic chemicals. Here's how.
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Consciously Created With Love

(And a lot of elbow grease.) See how we put people and planet first.

The Steps We Take

Doing the right thing since 2003.

$1M to Tsunami Relief

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100s of Nonprofits Supported

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$2.5M to Protect Wild Places

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11K+ Hours Spent Detoxing Our Supply Chain

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‘Forever Chemical’ Free Since 2018

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$1M to Support Women in the Trades

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100K Shoes to Frontline Workers

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2.3M Acres Saved With One Road Trip

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Group of adult and child volunteers holding tools while completing trail work in a forest
Group of adult and child volunteers holding tools while completing trail work in a forest

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
1 MIN READ
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
6 MIN READ
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.
5 MIN READ
doing good for people
a Ukrainian child in a refugee shelter in Romania
Love to Ukraine
1 MIN READ
doing good for people
Building Strider bikes for kindergartners
Building More Than Bikes
3 MIN READ
doing good for people
Newport sandals next to a pile of trash on the beach that has been sorted by color.
Newport sandals next to a pile of trash on the beach that has been sorted by color.

For Planet

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

See How
We Can All Protect Our Winters
We Can All Protect Our Winters
6 MIN READ
doing good for planet
KEEN Quiz: Do You Leave No Trace?
KEEN Quiz: Do You Leave No Trace?
3 MIN READ
doing good for planet
Let’s Leave No Trace!
Let’s Leave No Trace!
4 MIN READ
doing good for planet
Here for Street Dogs
Here for Street Dogs
3 MIN READ
doing good for planet
Voluntourism With Turtles
Voluntourism With Turtles
4 MIN READ
doing good for planet
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
4 MIN READ
doing good for planet
The Tongass rainforest in Alaska
Protecting the Lungs of the Planet
3 MIN READ
doing good for planet
hands adding laces to a shoe that is being built on a craft table with scissors and a ruler.
hands adding laces to a shoe that is being built on a craft table with scissors and a ruler.

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.
7 MIN READ
doing good for product
FAQ: Is KEEN’s Wool Ethically Sourced?
FAQ: Is KEEN’s Wool Ethically Sourced?
2 MIN READ
doing good for product
Detox Journey: Solving Solvents
Detox Journey: Solving Solvents
4 MIN READ
doing good for product
Sitting by a firepit in winter boots with KEEN.WARM Recycled P.E.T.
Warmth From Waste
3 MIN READ
doing good for product
Chemicals We Avoid
Chemicals We Avoid
1 MIN READ
doing good for product
A person's feet in the air
KEEN-parison: Shoes Made With Recycled Materials
4 MIN READ
doing good for product
Sneakers made with plant-based soles
Upcycling Garbage
4 MIN READ
doing good for product
Consciously Created for a Better Planet headline on an image of a shoe
How We Consciously Create
3 MIN READ
doing good for product
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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.
Learn More

KEEN Grants & Partners

Supporting grassroots efforts for kids, trades, climate, and equality.
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group of teens in hiking boots resting near a lake with mountains behind them
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Make An Impact With Us

Join the KEEN Corps Rewards Program to earn points and be rewarded for doing good.
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woman standing next to a pile of boxes filled with Keen shoe donations