Crocs

Crocs appears to heavily rely on high emissions and synthetic materials while also using some lower emissions materials. Crocs doesn't report using responsibly sourced rubber. This increases its environmental impact. It sources some biocircular materials that are certified by ISCC PLUS. Crocs doesn't use any leather in its shoes. It has plans to reduce its reliance on high emissions materials, which include increasing the bio-circular content withing its Croslite compounds, and it has reported on progress towards these goals within the last year. Crocs doesn't report having any product or company-level certifications. It has more earth-friendly products in the following collections: Keep It Going (KIG).

Crocs shares information on its energy strategy. It has started to incorporate renewable energy to power its production sites. Crocs has targets for expanding its use of renewable energy. It implements energy efficiency measures in its corporate offices. Crocs sources and manufactures its materials globally, which is standard practice in the textile industry. It has taken some initiative to reduce its upstream emissions by changing its distribution strategy.

Crocs relies on paper-based packaging instead of plastic, and is increasing its sourcing of recycled paper, recycled plastic, and bioplastics. It doesn't appear to have made efforts to minimize the amount of material used in its packaging, but it's working to reduce its shipping emissions to customers by reducing air freight and increasing fast boat shipping and rail where possible.

Crocs doesn't offer repair services or support. Crocs doesn't offer a warranty. It gives detailed and environmentally conscious care instructions for its products.

Crocs has a take back program in partnership with ReCircled. This program accepts the brand's own shoes for recycling. Some of the material from this program is used in its Keep It Going collection of shoes. Crocs shares details on how successful this program is at diverting items from landfills.

Crocs offers some products across multiple seasons but also releases new items frequently throughout the year.

Commons is still evaluating this brand's marketing emails.

Crocs has a sustainability page with comprehensive details on its climate strategy, but this page is hard to find on its website. It publishes a detailed annual report with a clear, impact-driven strategy and progress reporting. Its last annual report was published in 2024.

Crocs internally measures and publicly reports its company-level, product-level emissions It includes a breakdown by scope and identifies its top driver of emissions. The last reporting period was 2024. In its most recent update, its estimated emissions footprint was 771,067 tons CO2e.

Crocs has SBTi-approved emissions reduction targets for the short-term (1-5 years) and medium-term (5-10 years). These targets were approved in May 2025, though it already provides annual reporting to track its progress, which appears to be slow. Commons couldn't find evidence that this brand offsets any emissions.

Crocs publishes information about its supply chain partners, disclosing their geographic locations across Tier 1 (final production manufacturing). It publicly shares a supplier code of conduct, which prohibits forced labor, prohibits child labor, ensures the right to collective bargaining, includes environmental clauses, and establishes grievance mechanisms. Its code of conduct doesn't disallow unauthorized subcontracting or ensure living wages. Crocs doesn't have a stated policy of regularly auditing its supply chain partners. This may increase human and environmental risks.