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GoodWeave Teams Up with Grund America to Help Create a Child-Labor-Free Industry
Grund America’s first collection of GoodWeave certified rugs is the Charleston series. The handmade Charleston bath rug, a durable looped construction, has a reversible design and is made of 100% GOTS Certified Organic Cotton. The GOTS certification means the process is monitored from cotton fi...
GoodWeave Brings Its Powerful Anti-Child-Labor Message to The Rug Show New York, September 2017
GoodWeave will promote its child-labor-free certification program at this year’s New York edition of The Rug Show. The September trade event of more than 70 domestic and international exhibitors is one of the rug industry’s most influential gatherings. GoodWeave’s participation will showcas...
Travel Diary from GoodWeave Licensee Tania Johnson
During my most recent trip to Nepal, where I travel each year to meet with our manufacturer, I visited GoodWeave’s Hamro Ghar. Meaning “our home”, Hamro Ghar is a rehabilitation centre for children rescued from the rug looms. While it is illegal in Nepal for children under 14 years old to w...
Joint Campaign to Increase Child-Labor-Free Carpet Production in Nepal Launched at DOMOTEX 2017
January 21, 2017
Press Release
Washington, DC – International carpet brands, Nepalese carpet producers, trade officials, and supporters of ethical business came together in the GoodWeave® booth at DOMOTEX on January 14th to launch a campaign to incentivize greater commitment to c...
Henzel Studio Partners With Paddle8 for an Auction of 23 Rugs to Benefit GoodWeave
January 6, 2017
Press Release
Washington, DC – HENZEL STUDIO is proud to partner with Paddle8 for an auction of 23 rugs that will benefit GoodWeave®, the world’s leading international nonprofit organization working to end child labor in the carpet industry, while offering educa...
GoodWeave International Teams Up with UNICEF and TEPC to Boost Child-Labor-Free Carpet Production in Nepal
December 27, 2016
Press Release
Washington, DC – An innovative program from GoodWeave International and UNICEF in Nepal, in cooperation with the Trade and Export Promotion Centre (TEPC) of the Government of Nepal, promotes alliances between government and business to support Nepal...
GoodWeave Comes of Age
November 8, 2016
By Michael Christie, Rug Insider
In 1995 the first GoodWeave (née RugMark) certified carpets began arriving in the west and so began a journey which at its core, seeks to improve the lives of those who make the carpets we so love. The premise is twofold yet simple....
GoodWeave: A Global Reach
August 15, 2016
By Jeff Turrentine, Interiors Magazine
The furnishings we choose for our homes are supposed to make us feel good: to inspire and entice, to create comfort or elicit joy. To say that we “love” a particular item we use, see or appreciate every day is to ack...
In Light of ABC News Report, GoodWeave Encourages Due Diligence but Ongoing Charitable Support for Nepal
Founded 20 years ago, GoodWeave’s Hamro Ghar is fully-registered with the Government of Nepal Central Children’s Welfare Board and is staffed by professional social workers and care staff. It serves as a transit home offering both short-term and long-term services for children rescued from se...
Ending Child Labor: The Dirty Business of Cleaning Up Supply Chains
This opinion piece was written by GoodWeave CEO Nina Smith and first appeared in Huffington Post on June 10, 2016.
For most major brands, such a designation would be accurate. Despite companies making large investments to secure ethical supply chains, the International Labour Organization...
