Steve Madden
Footwear designer and retailer
Steve Madden Ltd (est 1990) and its subsidiaries designs, sources, markets and retails fashion footwear, handbags and accessories in the USA and globally through special distribution arrangements.

Overall

Owned USA
Rating F
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Steve Madden Ltd
USA

Company Assessment

(Last updated Aug 2024)
Steve Madden Ltd
Criticism
18% in Forest 500 Rankings
Forest 500 identifies the 350 companies and 150 financial institutions with the greatest exposure to tropical deforestation risk, and annually assesses them on the strength and implementation of their deforestation and human rights commitments. This company received a score of 18%.
16/100 in What Fuels Fashion?
What Fuels Fashion? is a single-issue, special edition of the Fashion Transparency Index. The 2024 report ranked 250 of the world's largest fashion brands and retailers according to their level of disclosure on climate and energy-related data in their own operations and supply chains. Brands owned by this company scored 16%. The average score was 18% and the highest score was 75%.
13/100 in Fashion Transparency Index
The 2023 Fashion Transparency Index reviewed 250 of the world's largest fashion brands and retailers and ranked them according to how much they disclose about their human rights and environmental policies, practices and impacts. Brands owned by this company scored 13%, signifying it is doing a bit more than the others when it comes to having policies and commitments in place and auditing and reporting activities, but could be doing more. The average score was 26% and the highest score was 83%.
CEO Pay Ratio of 311:1
In 2022 the median pay for a worker at this company was US$24,473. The CEO was paid 311 times this amount. Exorbitant CEO pay is a major contributor to rising inequality. CEOs are getting more because of their power to set pay, not because they are increasing productivity or possess specific, high-demand skills. The economy would suffer no harm if CEOs were paid less (or taxed more). In contrast, the CEO-to-typical-worker compensation ratio was 20-to-1 in 1965 and 58-to-1 in 1989.
Information
Fur free
This company has announced that they don't sell animal fur or are phasing in a fur-free policy.
Sustainable Apparel Coalition member
This company is a founding member of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition, a multi-stakeholder initiative launched in March 2011 by a group of global apparel and footwear companies and non-profit organizations (representing nearly one third of the global market share for apparel and footwear). The Coalition's goals are to reduce the apparel industry's environmental and social impact, and to develop a universal index to measure environmental and social performance of apparel products.
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Modern Slavery statement
California, the UK and Australia have all enacted legislation requiring companies operating within their borders to disclose their efforts to eradicate modern slavery from their operations and supply chains. Follow the link to see this company's disclosure statement.
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Company Details

Type:
Public company
Founded:
1990
Revenue:
1.9 billion USD (2021)
Employees:
2,800 (2020)

Contact Details

Address:
Long Island, New York, USA
Website:
www.stevemadden.com

Products / Brands

Steve Madden
Steve Madden Womens Shoes
Steve Madden Mens Shoes