PT Pijak Bumi International

Our story began around ten years ago; strolling around our neighborhood in the Cibaduyut area which is prominent as a footwear center in Bandung, West Java. The craftsmen we met worked, ate, and slept in a dark workshop contaminated with an unpleasant smell of chemical adhesives and piles of waste from unused materials. Most of them are produced using mixed materials that take 30-40 years to decompose, and some soles last 1,000 years in landfill sites. Hereafter, Pijakbumi embarked on our journey to nurture Indonesia’s Shoe Craftsmanship with proper attention to reducing harmful impacts on workers and the environment. To address our social and environmental impact, we embedded the United Nations SDGs throughout our sustainability strategies. Pijakbumi’s sustainable strategy centers on three strategic priorities which include Sustainable Designs, Sustainable Materials, and Circularity. We believe in the spirit of #SmallStepsMatter. Our strategy starts at the beginning of a product’s life cycle thus reducing the amount of waste that needs to be handled at the end of the life cycle. To avoid the disposal of waste, we work together with stakeholders who can regulate and manage our post-production to post-consumption waste. Then, our RE: BUMI program involves the reprocessing of the end-of-life Pijakbumi footwear parts, components, or materials into the same product (closed loop) or into different product categories (open loop).