NAE Vegan Shoes is an innovation-driven footwear brand founded by Paula and Alex Pérez in 2008. NAE’s a Lisbon-based brand that operates with a core ethos defined by its acronym, No Animal Exploitation. The brand provides a transparent, fair, and animal-friendly alternative to conventional leather and synthetic footwear. NAE designs contemporary, everyday collections of fashion-forward shoes and accessories engineered for durability and style without compromising ecological responsibility.

The brand is deeply committed to circularity, utilizing an extensive tier of cutting-edge natural, recycled, and synthetic cruelty-free materials. Its technical fabrications include bio-based and plant-derived options such as AppleSkin (sourced from juicing industry waste), Piñatex (developed from harvested pineapple leaf fibers), cactus, corn, cork, and more. Soles are manufactured using natural rubber, and their signature Steam Bioeco biofibre utilizes corn starch fermentation to construct breathable, ultra-low-carbon designs.

NAE integrates organic cotton, carbon-positive cork, certified carbon-neutral microfibers, Oeko-Tex testing standards, certified Global Recycled Standards, and certified Global Organic Textile Standards. Operationally, NAE emphasizes ethical manufacturing, localization, and fair labor parameters. All production is executed within certified, human-friendly factories in Portugal.