Original Univ Urban

Use:

• Designed for versatile all-day wear, ensuring constant comfort from morning to night, regardless of activity.
• Ideal for festivals and outdoor events, where their durability, comfort, and ease of cleaning make them the perfect footwear.
• Perfectly adapted for city movement, offering utilitarian style and reliable comfort on sidewalks, parks, and stairs.
• Excellent for water activities and wet environments, from river rafting adventures to beach strolls, thanks to their quick-drying materials.

Features:

• Easy and quick hook-and-loop closure system, allowing the sandals to be put on and taken off with total simplicity and achieving a precise and personalized fit to the foot's contour.
• Incorporates Teva's iconic Universal Strapping System, a strap system that secures the foot at multiple anchor points to offer exceptional stability and support.
• Robust and ergonomic EVA footbed, designed to provide a superior comfort base capable of supporting prolonged all-day wear.
• Molded EVA midsole that integrates specific cushioning in the heel area and anatomical arch support to enhance support and reduce walking fatigue.
• Outsole made of high-strength rubber, whose design ensures reliable traction on a wide variety of surfaces, both dry and wet, and excellent durability against wear.
• Life Natural peppermint-based anti-odor treatment, a sustainably sourced solution that prevents the proliferation of odor-causing bacteria, keeping feet fresh.
• Ultralight design with a weight of only 184 grams per sandal (half pair), facilitating effortless mobility and increasing comfort during prolonged use.

Materials:

• Straps (webbing): Made with REPREVE recycled polyester yarn from Unifi, a 100% traceable and verifiable material derived from post-consumer plastic bottles. These straps stand out for their extraordinary resistance to intensive use and their quick-drying capability, making them perfect for water contact.
• Footbed and Midsole: Made with EVA foam (Ethylene-vinyl acetate), a very lightweight polymer with cushioning capability. The footbed provides a robust and comfortable contact surface, while the molded midsole effectively absorbs impacts and offers key anatomical support.
• Outsole: Composed of solid and durable rubber, a material selected for its excellent balance between abrasion resistance and grip. The outsole pattern is optimized to offer secure traction on multiple terrains.

Eco-Certifications and Brand Sustainability Practices:

• This footwear is completely vegan, as it has been manufactured using exclusively synthetic and plant-based materials, without any animal components.
• The straps are made with REPREVE® recycled polyester, a certified performance fiber obtained from plastic bottles. This practice drastically reduces petroleum, water, and energy consumption compared to virgin polyester, and helps decrease the amount of plastic waste on the planet.
• The brand drives the TevaForever recycling program in collaboration with TerraCycle, an initiative that allows users to send their old Teva sandals to be recycled and transformed into new materials, preventing them from ending up in landfills.
• Through its parent company, the brand is part of the United Nations Global Compact (UN Global Compact), committing to align its operations with ten universal principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment, and anti-corruption.
• The brand is committed to the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), setting greenhouse gas emission reduction targets based on climate science to limit global warming.
• Additionally, the brand is part of various industry alliances and supports sustainability and labor rights projects through its participation in: the Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), using tools like the Higg Index to measure and improve its impact; its Supplier Code of Conduct which ensures fair labor conditions; and collaborations with programs like HERproject and Better Work for worker empowerment.
• The commitment to the planet extends through donations to key environmental conservation organizations such as The Conservation Alliance, American Rivers, Leave No Trace, and Camp Fire, supporting the protection of natural spaces and responsible access to nature.