Yonex launches new, more eco-friendly shoe box and trimmings

TOKYO, Japan – Yonex Co., Ltd. is proud to announce that it has developed new eco-friendly shoe boxes, instruction manuals, and tags for each product.

Yonex’s new shoe boxes^*1 are made from 100% recycled materials. With a redesigned box structure, this reduces material weight by 20%^*2. In addition, Yonex has further conserved paper use by eliminating dedicated instruction manuals, and instead integrated them into the shoe tags.

Yonex has also implemented other sustainability features into the new box design, including using smaller printed areas and single-color printing to reduce ink usage, and swapping the shoe tag fasteners from plastic materials to natural cotton.

^*1 New shoe boxes are not applicable to some products.

^*2 Based on the research by Yonex

As part of its environmental efforts, Yonex has been reducing CO2 emissions, reviewing packaging materials, and expanding the use of sustainable materials in its shoes and apparel. Yonex will continue to pursue environmentally friendly manufacturing and work toward the realization of a sustainable society.

For more information on its sustainability initiatives, please refer to the link below.
Yonex Sustainability Efforts

• 20%^*1 reduction of material weight by redesigning the structure

• Reduction of ink usage through the smaller printed area and single-color printing

• Made from 100% recycled materials

70%^*2 reduction of paper use by eliminating A4 size instruction manuals and integrating them into the shoe tags

Reduction of plastics in the packaging by changing the fasteners on shoe tags from plastic materials to natural cotton

^*1,2 Based on the research by Yonex