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About Oat Shoes
Owner · Christiaan Maats is the owner of Oat Shoes.
Oat Shoes, founded in the Netherlands in 2010 by designer Christiaan Maats, made biodegradable sneakers from hemp, cork and a custom biodegradable leather with embedded wildflower seeds, and stated that all materials and production were kept within Europe as a point of pride. However this is disclosed only at the ‘within Europe’ region level, with no named factories, mills or suppliers, and the brand appears to be historical/inactive, so information cannot be verified against current operations.
MaterialsOat Shoes markets its footwear as the world's first biodegradable shoes that bloom, and the brand states that once you have worn a pair down you plant them in the ground where the Oat Shoes…
SourcingOat Shoes does not disclose its supply chain, as the brand's site names no country of manufacture and gives no description of how or where its biodegradable shoes are made.
End of lifeBiodegradability is the core sustainability claim Oat Shoes makes, with the brand describing collections of biodegradable shoes, baby shoes and sustainable footwear and positioning itself at the forefront of sustainable innovation since its foundation in…
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Brand NameOat Shoes
CountryNetherlands
Websitehttps://www.oatshoes.com/
OwnerChristiaan Maats is the owner of Oat Shoes.
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/oatshoes/?hl=en
Certifications
GOTSOat Shoes does not hold GOTS certification.
VeganOat Shoes clothing brand is not a vegan clothing brand.
Who is behind it
Woman OwnedOat Shoes clothing brand is not a woman owned clothing brand.
Verification statusblocked
Scan coverage
Sources checkedChecked: the site's sitemap.xml; each product's own page and product data.
Last checked2026-07-30
Products in catalogue0
Products read0
Catalogue read %0
How it was readEvery product listed in Oat Shoes' live catalogue is retrieved and its stated fibre composition read individually, from the Oat Shoes product page, Oat Shoes' own product data and its material labels. A fibre percentage for Oat Shoes is published only when 100% of the Oat Shoes catalogue has been read. Items Oat Shoes sells that carry no clothing textile, such as gift cards, packaging, jewellery and homeware, are excluded from the percentage rather than counted as a pass or a fail.
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SourcingWhat the record says
No named factories, mills or suppliers; sourcing disclosed only as 'within Europe' (region level); brand appears discontinued/inactive with only historical (circa 2010-2013) information available; claims not independently verifiable today.
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GOTSBrand-attested
Oat Shoes does not hold GOTS certification.
OEKO-TEX® Standard 100Brand-attested
Oat Shoes does not hold OEKO-TEX certification.
1% for the planetBrand-attested
Oat Shoes clothing brand is not a member of 1% for the Planet.
VeganBrand-attested
Oat Shoes clothing brand is not a vegan clothing brand.
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Take-back or repair
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Certifications 5 fields
GOTSOat Shoes does not hold GOTS certification.
OEKO-TEX® Standard 100Oat Shoes does not hold OEKO-TEX certification.
Other CertificationsOat Shoes is not a certified B Corporation.
VeganOat Shoes clothing brand is not a vegan clothing brand.
Factory certificationsNot disclosed
Sourcing & supply chain 11 fields
Cotton. Country of originNot applicable (hemp-based, not cotton)
Cotton. Named farm / region / co-opNot applicable
Wool. Origin + farm + mulesing statusNot applicable
Other materials. OriginHemp, cork and a custom biodegradable leather, with embedded wildflower seeds; materials stated as sourced within Europe (country/region not specified)
Spinning mill. Name + countryNot disclosed
Weaving / knitting mill. Name + countryNot disclosed
Cut-and-sew / assembly factory NAMENot disclosed
Factory. City + countryNetherlands / Europe (production stated to take place within Europe; specific factory not named)
Publishes a factory list0
Traceability levelCountry only
Supplier disclosureNone
Scan coverage & transparency 10 fields
Verification statusblocked
Sources checkedChecked: the site's sitemap.xml; each product's own page and product data.
Last checked2026-07-30
Products in catalogue0
Products read0
Catalogue read %0
How it was readEvery product listed in Oat Shoes' live catalogue is retrieved and its stated fibre composition read individually, from the Oat Shoes product page, Oat Shoes' own product data and its material labels. A fibre percentage for Oat Shoes is published only when 100% of the Oat Shoes catalogue has been read. Items Oat Shoes sells that carry no clothing textile, such as gift cards, packaging, jewellery and homeware, are excluded from the percentage rather than counted as a pass or a fail.
Verified byHTT research (brand policy pages)
Clean & Safe: last checked2026-07-29
How this date was establishedverified
Possible flags 2 fields
Why no scoreFootwear, not scored by the clothing plant fibre rule.
Sourcing red flagsNo named factories, mills or suppliers; sourcing disclosed only as 'within Europe' (region level); brand appears discontinued/inactive with only historical (circa 2010-2013) information available; claims not independently verifiable today.
Other recorded details 43 fields
Brand NameOat Shoes
ExcerptIs Oat Shoes a sustainable clothing brand? See the real fibre breakdown, plant, animal or synthetic, before you buy.
Buy Linkhttps://www.oatshoes.com/oatshoescollections
LocationOat Shoes are located in Amsterdam in Netherlands.
CountryNetherlands
Websitehttps://www.oatshoes.com/
Ethicshttps://www.oatshoes.com/about
OwnerChristiaan Maats is the owner of Oat Shoes.
Owner Linkhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/cmaats/?originalSubdomain=nl
Contact Emailhello@christiaanmaats.com
Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/oatshoes/?hl=en
POCOat Shoes clothing brand ownership is not identified as people of colour.
LGBTOat Shoes clothing brand ownership is not identified as LGBTQ+.
Woman OwnedOat Shoes clothing brand is not a woman owned clothing brand.
1% for the planetOat Shoes clothing brand is not a member of 1% for the Planet.
Feature 1Oat Shoes markets its footwear as the world's first biodegradable shoes that bloom, and the brand states that once you have worn a pair down you plant them in the ground where the Oat Shoes decompose into the earth while a bouquet of wildflowers grows from your old sneakers. The Oat Shoes site does not publish any fibre or material composition, so no specific plant fibre, cork or bioplastic content is confirmed on the brand's own pages.
Feature 2Oat Shoes does not disclose its supply chain, as the brand's site names no country of manufacture and gives no description of how or where its biodegradable shoes are made.
Feature 3Biodegradability is the core sustainability claim Oat Shoes makes, with the brand describing collections of biodegradable shoes, baby shoes and sustainable footwear and positioning itself at the forefront of sustainable innovation since its foundation in 2010.
ShippingOat Shoes clothing brand ships worldwide.
Products found0
Products with a fibre list0
Products with no fibre list0
Brand site readableblocked
Unresolved products0
What this meansEvery product in this catalogue states its fibre composition.
Excluded items0
Why excludedNothing was excluded: every item counted is a textile product.
Cotton. Type / certificationNot applicable
Polyester. Virgin or recycled + sourceNot applicable (product designed to be petrochemical-free/biodegradable)
Viscose / bamboo. Wood-pulp source + FSCNot disclosed
Dye house. Name + countryNot disclosed
Sourcing transparency score (1-5)2
Supply-chain summaryOat Shoes, founded in the Netherlands in 2010 by designer Christiaan Maats, made biodegradable sneakers from hemp, cork and a custom biodegradable leather with embedded wildflower seeds, and stated that all materials and production were kept within Europe as a point of pride. However this is disclosed only at the ‘within Europe’ region level, with no named factories, mills or suppliers, and the brand appears to be historical/inactive, so information cannot be verified against current operations.
Where the sourcing info was verifiedhttps://www.core77.com/posts/18541/oat-shoes-biodegradable-sneakers-that-sprout-18541
https://wdo.org/the-lifecycle-of-europes-first-biodegradable-shoe-that-blooms/
http://www.christiaanmaats.com/oat-shoes
Summary of findingsBecause Oat Shoes’s online store is JavaScript-rendered and blocks automated reading, its full catalogue cannot be scanned to the Throne Standard, so no whole-catalogue fibre percentage is published. A headline figure is only shown once 100% of a range has been read. No fibre sample has been captured for Oat Shoes yet, so there is no breakdown to show. Oat Shoes makes footwear rather than fibre garments, so there is no clothing catalogue to scan.
Dye processLow-impact / GOTS-certified dyes
Dye process sourcehttps://www.oatshoes.com/
Overall: where this info comes fromIndependently verified
PFAS / durable water repellentPFAS-free (verified)
PFAS sourcehttps://www.coolthings.com/oat-shoes-compost-friendly-sneakers/
Take-back / repair scheme0
Resale / resell programme0
Fibre BreakdownBiodegradable natural materials (per brand)
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