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September 11, 2018

Shusma Pokhrel appointed as the new Executive Director for GoodWeave Nepal Foundation

Prior to accepting this appointment, Shusma served for more than ten years as Director for Family Based Care Program and Advocacy at SOS Children’s Village in Nepal. Prior to that she was the National Child Safeguarding Focal Point for SOS Nepal, and was involved in the Task Force at South As...

November 7, 2017

Consultation (Closed December 31, 2017): Draft Standard for Apparel, Fashion Jewelry, and Home Textiles

GoodWeave is field testing the applicability of the existing GoodWeave Standard principles and requirements in new sectors including apparel and textile supply chains, with a specific focus on informal home-based production. As part of this standard development process, we welcome feedback from ...

September 6, 2017

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...

August 23, 2017

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...

May 30, 2017

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...

May 12, 2017

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...