In the light of depleting natural resources and growing awareness for responsible consumption, "Cradle-to-Cradle" (C2C) has emerged as one of the key concepts redefining product characteristics and assigning a new role to environmental responsibility of companies. It reframes the general goal of...

The purpose of this study is to examine factors affecting the lives of women who weave carpets in rural Turkey by investigating these questions: 1) Why do rural Turkish women weave carpets? 2) What are the influences of the global market on carpet design? 3) In what ways is the government...

Based on field work in four provinces of Pakistan. Examines labour arrangements and working conditions in the carpet weaving industry and identifies the main characteristics of employers and workers. Investigates the prevalence of debt bondage in the industry and makes recommendations for action...

Based on interviews with 1463 working mothers from seven sectors: garment workers, carpet weavers, pashmina weavers, agricultural workers, tea plantation workers, beedi workers and domestic workers. Examines the socio- economic background of the women and their families, working conditions,...

Focuses on four labelling programmes, Rugmark, Kaleen, STEP, and Care & Fair.