Our Beliefs
Brown Shoe has a 130-year commitment to good corporate citizenship.
We are passionate about innovation and driven to consistently achieve great quality, real value and convenience for our consumers.
We form partnerships and make a difference by truly improving our communities.
At Brown Shoe, we are committed to leaving the world a better place than we found it. Whether it’s by improving working conditions for the people who make our shoes, sponsoring programs aimed at increasing diversity, or funding higher education in our communities, we are actively working to improve the lives of those we touch.
Corporate Responsibility
Our stance on diversity and inclusion is simple...
We embrace it
Diversity
Consumers today seek greater value and deeper understanding from the companies with which they do business. Brown Shoe’s multi-channel approach through our wholesale and retail businesses enables us to make strong consumer connections. We are passionate about innovation and driven to consistently achieve great quality, real value and convenience for our consumers. As a global footwear company with a powerful portfolio, we offer a great fit for a broad range of consumers — whether you are shopping for fashion, comfort or both, and whether you are buying for yourself or your whole family.
Giving back is part of our heritage, which started in 1878 with our founder George Warren Brown, a noted philanthropist.
Corporate Citizenship
Brown Shoe has a 130-year commitment to good corporate citizenship. Our commitment is simple, we aim to improve the communities where we live, work and where we do business.
Community Involvement and Charitable Giving:
Giving back is part of our heritage, which started in 1878 with our founder George Warren Brown, a noted philanthropist. Last year, contributions to charitable organizations by Brown Shoe, its divisions, subsidiaries, employees and consumers, through in-store programs, exceeded $2.5 million.
Brown Shoe’s Charitable Trust makes donations to non-profit organizations, and our current giving priorities are for education, arts and culture, civic efforts, and health and human services. Wherever possible, we seek to fund organizations and programs where we can form partnerships and make a difference by truly improving our communities.
Brown Shoe is an active participant in the footwear industry’s efforts to ensure workers’ rights globally. Our Production Code of Conduct provides a set of expectations for all of our suppliers and establishes minimum requirements for wage payments, working hours and benefits, freedom of association, nondiscrimination and respect, safety and health, protection of the environment, and compliance with local laws and industry standards.
