With the 4th awarding of the Ergonomics Innovation Award, one can almost speak of the establishment of a tradition! What pleases us is that the topic of ergonomics is on the rise and is always being rethought.

This is also reflected in the many new subject areas that we encountered when reviewing the applications. Which is also a reflection of the upheaval in which we currently find ourselves.

Wherever people are, they encounter products and solutions that make life healthier and more sporty, or simply give them pleasure. Successful ergonomic concepts are characterized by ease of use and high utility value. The range of this year's award winners is wide: whether at home in the bathroom, with shoes, comfortable seating furniture or for restful sleep on ergonomic reclining systems, on the road on a bicycle, at school with satchels suitable for children, or on construction machinery in the tough world of work. All award winners were able to position themselves as exemplary companies in terms of their overall ergonomic orientation.

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SOLE RUNNER® Barefoot Shoes meets the requirements for participation in the Bavarian Environmental and Climate Pact.

The Bavarian Environmental and Climate Pact is an agreement between the Bavarian state government and Bavarian industry. It is based on voluntariness, personal responsibility and cooperation. In the Environmental and Climate Pact of Bavaria, the Bavarian State Government and Bavarian industry declare their shared conviction that the natural foundations of life can be better protected with the help of voluntary and reliable cooperation between the state and industry than with laws and regulations alone.

The Institute for Health and Ergonomics e.V., based in Nuremberg, has announced the Ergonomics Innovation Award for the 3rd time in 2021.

SOLE RUNNER® Barefoot Shoes was nominated for this award as a manufacturer of ergonomic shoes. The jury has decided and awarded SOLE RUNNER® Barefoot Shoes the Innovation Award Ergonomics 2021.

Mission healthier working:

With the Ergonomics Innovation Award, the Institute for Health and Ergonomics (Institut für Gesundheit und Ergonomie e.V.) pursues the goal of sensitizing companies and organizations to the topic of ergonomics, promoting ergonomic workplace design, and providing guidance for the procurement of high-quality ergonomic products and services.

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SOLE RUNNER® barefoot shoes have received a “major coup” from the Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy (STMWI) and, as one of nine Bavarian companies, can call themselves
“Digital Champion in Bavarian Retail”.

As part of the project funded by the Ministery, ibis research at the University of Regensburg systematically examined digitization strategies and success factors of small and medium-sized retailers in Bavaria. Nine Bavarian companies have been identified as pioneers in terms of digitization and act as role models.

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SOLE RUNNER® barefoot shoes were recognized as an ergonomic product already in 2015.

The Institute for Health and Ergonomics (IGR) has created a seal of approval that serves as a guide and decision-making aid for ergonomic products.

The strong network of doctors, physiotherapists, scientists, employees of company health management, officials and product developers is based in Nuremberg and was founded in the mid-1990s.

In all of the initiatives and projects on which the institute works, the focus is always on people and their health.
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In 2018, SOLE RUNNER® barefoot shoes were awarded as a particularly customer-friendly online store by the so called Consumer Protection Agency, Lower Saxony, Germany.

On its website, the CPA says:

We recommend this online store as particularly customer-friendly!
Because, in addition to a number of other criteria, particularly "customer satisfaction is our highest goal", so the owner Thorsten Ludwig

The online retailer confirms this by joining our arbitration procedure in case of conflict with customers

We point the finger at the good guys!

With our award for customer-friendly online stores, we only present online retailers for whom customer satisfaction is top priority. However, if there is ever a conflict between merchant and customer, you can call us as an arbitration board free of charge: 
We step in and help with an arbitration award in case of conflict.

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