Certified Label STEP Fair Trade Partners commit to the industry’s most comprehensive fair trade standards throughout their entire line of handmade carpets. Compliance is verified by STEP staff through frequent, independent and unannounced audits.
Depending on the production environment, up to 90 carpet industry specific criteria must be met or aspired to. They can be summed up in these ten standards:
Label STEP is the fair trade non-profit organization committed to the wellbeing of weavers and workers in the handmade carpet industry.
When you purchase a carpet from a Certified STEP Partner, you help improve the lives of the people who created it.
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