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Price position
Evidence details
Premium, based on 798 current CAD-priced products across 8 comparable categories. Compared with similar product categories.
Price position: 4/5 · Medium confidence
From 1 (budget) to 5 (luxury) within comparable categories. 0 means the price position is unmeasured.
Environmental source review
Evidence details
MATT & NAT specifies 58% recycled polyester and polyurethane content for Grain material, while Theme and Forum exteriors are polyurethane. Recycled content varies by material.
Documented environmental actions: 1/5 · Medium confidence
From 1 to 5 by the breadth of documented actions. 0 is an evidence gap, not a measured environmental impact.
Canadian production
Evidence details
MATT & NAT provides origin on some product pages, including footwear made in Italy, while its broader transparency page does not establish a single manufacturing country.
Canadian production scope: 2/5 · Medium confidence
Documented scope: 0 unknown, 1 foreign manufacture, 2 item-dependent, 3 some Canadian products, 4 named Canadian collection, 5 all reviewed scope. No production percentage is inferred.
Manufacturing disclosure depth
Evidence details
MATT & NAT distinguishes the recycled content of its Grain material from the polyurethane exteriors used in Theme and Forum. Recycled content is disclosed by material.
Disclosure depth: 1/4 · Medium confidence
From 1 (product details) to 4 (formal reporting). 0 means no comparable disclosure was established.
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Verified facts
The MATT & NAT story
The idea for MATT & NAT—short for material and nature—came to life in Montreal in 1995 around a commitment to avoid leather and animal-based materials.
Manufacturing evidence
Origin varies by item or collection
MATT & NAT provides origin on some product pages, including footwear made in Italy, while its broader transparency page does not establish a single manufacturing country.
- Reviewed scope
- Use manufacturing origin only where an official product page provides it; no brand-wide Canadian-made claim is supported.
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