A skirting strip for arrangement at the transition between a lower wall end and an adjoining floor area, comprising a base body having in particular a quadrangular cross-section, e.g. a substantially rectangular or substantially parallelogram-shaped cross-section, with a front side, a back side, a top side and a bottom side, or a base body having in particular a substantially triangular cross-section, with a front side, a back side and a bottom side; wherein the front side and the top side (6, 8) or the front side of the base body form or forms a visible area which, in the position of the skirting strip arranged at the transition between the lower wall end and the adjoining floor area, is intended to be directed away from the lower wall end and from the floor area; and wherein at least part of the visible area of the base body comprises a material, a constituent of which, preferably a constituent of 10 to 90%, more preferably a constituent of 50 to 60%, consists of a renewable raw material; wherein the base body comprises a first base body portion which has a material, a constituent of which, preferably a constituent of 10 to 90%, more preferably a constituent of 50 to 60%, consists of a renewable raw material, and a second base body portion made of a plastic material, the first and the second base body portions (50, 52) adjoining one another such that the first base body portion forms part of the visible area of the base body and the second base body portion forms part of or the remaining part of the visible area of the base body; or wherein the visible area of the base body is formed by a narrow cover element; wherein the base body further has an insulating body section which comprises as material plastics, in particular PVC, recycled plastics or recycled PVC and which is arranged behind the narrow cover element and abuts the cover element or is connected thereto by interface adhesion or interface welding; and wherein the narrow cover element comprises a material, a constituent of which, preferably a constituent of 10 to 90%, more preferably a constituent of 50 to 60%, consists of a renewable raw material; and further comprising: a lower projecting lip on the bottom side of the base body, in particular at the front end of the bottom side of the base body, or on the front side of the base body, in particular at the lower end of the front side of the base body, which comprises a material that is softer than the material of the base body, in particular a thermoplastic elastomer; and/or an upper projecting lip on the top side of the base body, in particular at the rear end of the top side of the base body, or on the back side of the base body, in particular at the upper end of the back side of the base body, which comprises a material that is softer than the material of the base body, in particular a thermoplastic elastomer. a lower projecting lip on the bottom side of the base body, in particular at the front end of the bottom side of the base body, or on the front side of the base body, in particular at the lower end of the front side of the base body, which comprises a material that is softer than the material of the base body, in particular a thermoplastic elastomer; and/or an upper projecting lip on the top side of the base body, in particular at the rear end of the top side of the base body, or on the back side of the base body, in particular at the upper end of the back side of the base body, which comprises a material that is softer than the material of the base body, in particular a thermoplastic elastomer.