What is the difference between RUGMARK and other labelling initiatives in the carpet industry?
RUGMARK educates, rehabilitates and provides health-care to the children removed from carpet weaving and also children of the poor carpet weavers. In addition, it carries out regular inspections of carpet looms. These are fully independent of the carpet industry. Other labelling schemes operate social programmes such as schools and health clinics in carpet producing areas, but do not carry out inspections that take children off looms. Most of the labelling schemes provide labels to the entire retail establishments rather than to individuals which only RUGMARK labelling schemes undertake.
