Does the world really need another rug company?
We think so! We are the only rug company in the world dedicated to GOTS certified organic rug manufacturing. We’re proud to offer rugs created in harmony with nature, sourced from all natural and organic ingredients, from farm to floor.
Our rugs are proudly made by skilled artisans who earn a living wage and use traditional weaving methods, near the holy river Ganges in India.
Why Make Organic Rugs?
There are 3 reasons why we think buying organic home furnishings is important:
1. We spend 90% of our time indoors. Indoor air quality affects the quality of our health.
2. Organic farming is better for the farmers, the animals and the environment.
3. Organic manufacturing means that our artisans are not exposed to harmful chemicals.
When we walk on rugs or sit on furniture, the abrasion causes small particles to enter the air.
If there are harmful chemicals in our home furnishings, those chemicals enter the air and create a dust debris. We can inhale, ingest and absorb toxic chemicals.
Tell us about your commitment to end child labor
I’m pretty sure NO ONE says: “when I grow up, I want to be in the rug business”.
I come from a family of rug merchants, and luckily for me, I love rugs.
I had no intention of ‘going into the family business’ when I went to India for the first time in 1990.
I had been traveling the world solo on a ‘gap’ year when I met up with my parents in India, as they began a buying trip for our family’s rug stores. Slowly I was introduced to our company's network of 13 rug suppliers, in the ‘carpet belt’ of India, near the holy river Ganges.
With only one exception, our rug manufacturers used child labor, and made no effort to hide it. When I expressed my concern, my parents challenged me to "do something about it”.
Within one year of becoming the rug buyer of our family business, I was purchasing from only one source – the only source that guaranteed no child labor would be used in our rugs - and now my partner in Organic Weave. Together, we were founding members of RugMark, now GoodWeave.
We proudly offer rugs certified free of child labor by @goodweave_intl and our artisans earn a living wage. Ethical production is in our DNA.
