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STEP Certified Partner Events Rugs Kristiina Lassus ShowroomKristiina Lassus Studio Showroomvia Soperga, 18, 20124 Milano MIApril 18–22, 10am to 8pm EventResponsible Luxury Rugsw/ Reto Aschwanden, Label STEP Managing DirectorApril 18, 6 to 10 pmat Kristiina Lassus Studio ShowroomDetails ⎯Battilossi BoothSalone del MobileHall 3 Booth M23April 18–22, 10am to 8pmDetails ShowroomThe New

Fair trade NGO Label STEP has increased the scope of its aid to Afghan weavers amid the country’s unprecedented and worsening humanitarian crisis. Throughout 2022, programs delivering responsive and preventative health care in Afghanistan supported thousands of weavers and their communities. Responding to crisis Carpets in Afghanistan are woven

Label STEP is pleased to announce that, due to the resounding success of its pilot phase, the Artisan Villages initiative in Nepal will be expanding. The Artisan Villages project was designed to bolster Nepal’s carpet industry by decentralizing the production from urban Kathmandu to more rural areas in the surrounding

STEP Partner Jan Kath exhibits new collection Rug Bombs at Documenta 15 in Kassel, Germany. On view now through September 25, 2022.

As the EU and many countries are about to install legislation on mandatory human rights due diligence, carpet traders and producers must prepare for the new laws. What can Label STEP offer? by Miges Baumann, Chair of the Label STEP Board No doubt about it: the human rights agenda

In April 2022, after a near three-year hiatus, Label STEP hosted its annual international coordinators’ meeting for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The meeting, which took place in Kathmandu, Nepal, marks the only occasion for STEP’s local country representatives – working on the ground