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Label STEP Carpet Dealer Search Online
With the new carpet dealer search the Label STEP website offers the possibility to find the matching carpet dealer nearby in just a few clicks.
Sign the Petition for a Sustainable Carpet Industry in Nepal!
Label STEP supports a petition addressed to the government of Nepal and calls on carpet companies and consumers throughout the world to sign it.
The Silk Carpet Weavers of Kashmir
The security situation in the Indian Kashmir region has eased. Read the report on Label STEP's visit to the centre of the Indian silk carpet industry.
Silk carpets at Ballenberg museum
Silk is the annual subject of the Swiss open-air museum Ballenberg. Label STEP and Pfister present an exhibition of precious silk carepts.
Reading materials from the bicycle library
Illiteracy is prevalent in Bhadohi, a region in India’s carpet belt. Female carpet knotters have learned to read, write and do basic arithmetic in Label STEP projects. A rickshaw now brings reading materials to their villages.
Label STEP success story for the entire Nepalese carpet industry: All weavers in Nepal will henceforth receive fair wages.
Enthusiasm for modern design carpets
Label STEP at the Swiss trade fair 'muba': Enthusiasm about the carpet exhibition and Label STEP's new look; Bodenmann AG in Basel newest fair trade partner.
Fairtrade is the future of the carpet industry
Label STEP with new Design at the Domotex
Design carpets from Nepal at the LIFEfair
At the LIFEfair, the fair for sustainable living in Zurich, Label STEP was represented together with the licensee Pfister – a Label STEP-partner since 13 years.
SIMPURO – New partner of Label STEP
"SIMPURO commits to ethic, social and environmental responsibility. Fair salaries allow the weavers to securely earn their livings and give their job a continuous, long-term perspective", confirms SIMPURO's CEO Mag. Human Khodai...
In January Label STEP has participated at Domotex, the international fair for floor coverings and carpets in Hannover (D). The Fairtrade organisation Label STEP is the only organisation that conducts extensive and serious...
Label STEP welcomes new team for Austria and Germany
Label STEP, the organisation for fair trade with handmade carpets, begins the year 2008 with a new team for Austria and Germany.
Label STEP awarded for its work in Nepal
Label STEP’s commitment towards the workers in Nepalese carpet industry has been awarded by the Nepal Independent Carpet Worker’s Union (NICWU), a sister organisation of the General Federation of Nepalese Trade Union (GEFONT).
Award of diplomas for the graduates of capacity building-Workshops in Pakistan
In 2005 Label STEP supported by Democratic Commission for Human Development set up the "Participatory Monitoring and Verification" project. Its objectives are tho train and raise the awareness of people connected with the...
