Label STEP
We are proud to be a Certified Label STEP Partner. Label STEP is the fair trade, non-profit, organisation committed to the wellbeing of weavers and workers and their families in the handmade carpet industry.
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What is Label STEP?
Founded in 1995, Label STEP works to promote fair-trade practices within the handmade carpet industry, and ensure that carpets are produced under socially responsible and environmentally sustainable conditions.
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Why we partner with Label STEP
Label STEP’s mission aligns with our own aims for the handmade rug industry:
- To improve working and living conditions for weavers and workers; prohibiting child labour
- Empower weavers and workers
- Promote environmentally sound production methods
- Support and promote sustainable development
Label STEP’s values resonate with our own:
- Fairness
- Ethical behaviour
- Collaboration
- Transparency
- Effectiveness
- Confidentiality & discretion
Label STEP plays a crucial role in ensuring that rugs are produced ethically and sustainably, considering the welfare of people and our planet.
The 10 rules for fair trade followed by STEP partners
- Protection of workers’ health and safety
- Payment of fair wages and protection of agreed wages
- Prohibition of child labour
- No discrimination
- Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining
- No forced or bonded labour
- No harsh or inhumane treatment, no sexual harassment
- Limiting hours of work and application of weekly rest
- Identifying environmental risks and minimising their impact
- Accepting STEP audit transparency and access to information