WE TAKE CARE OF THE PLANET
We are committed to reducing our carbon footprint and resource consumption, to
preserving the use of natural fibers and to adopting circular economy strategies,
always keeping our products' quality and design at the highest standard.
Climate change
We are the first Climate Neutral certified rug company. We have
established an annual reduction plan that allows us to continue to
reduce CO2 emissions year on year and by 50% in 2030.
Resources
We remain faithful to using natural fibers to manufacture our rugs,
carefully vetting extraction and transformation process.
Water stewardship has become one of our main priorities. nani-
marquina rugs are handcrafted using traditional techniques that
have been practiced for hundreds of years and at some points, the
use of water is indispensable. We have implemented a number of
strategies and improvements to reduce the amount of water used.
—The post-dyeing water filtering system allows 60% of the filtered
water to be reused in agricultural fields (other 20% evaporates and
other 20% becomes sludge managed by specialized companies.
—We wash all rugs with a biodegradable and chemical-free pro-
duct that reduces water consumption by up to 70% during the
washing process.
Zero waste initiatives
We are pursuing several circular economy strategies across the
entire value chain to generate systems that help reduce the amount
of waste produced.
RE-USE Re-Rug collections was born from the idea of reusing lef-
tover wool that had accumulated over the years at our suppliers'
facilities: 1kg reprocessed wool × m2.
REPAIR Specialized teams are in charge of checking the quality
of the rugs before transport and later, in our warehouse, checking
and correcting any damage the rugs may have suffered during
transportation.
REFURBISH All rugs that are irreparably damaged but still functio-
nal are sold at a reduced price in our yearly circular market held at
our showrooms. Prototypes, refurbished rugs and rugs from older
collections are also given a second life at these events.
RECYCLE Although our rugs can last more than two decades,
when rugs reach the end of their long lifespan and become irre-
parable, it is important to dispose of them properly for recycling.
Check our rug recycling guide on our website.
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WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE
Our community
We always support our teams' development and try to encourage
collaboration and creativity, as well as providing strong and com-
prehensive benefits and an engaging workplace. We believe we
are a better and more innovative company when people feel safe,
have support and are given the chance to evolve.
Long-term relationships
We have been committed for more than a decade to a long-term
relationship with our suppliers. We care about their development
as much as we care about our own. We offer them our help and
our knowledge and they offer us their experience. We have a
relationship that ensures our rugs are made in a place where
product, people and the environment come first.
Our employees, artisans and costumers are at the center of our actions. We are
very involved in the communities in which we work, always trying to promote
initiatives that benefit and protect people.
Education and development
Our value chain generates a positive impact directly and indirectly
on our community through several specific actions, such as collabo-
ration with Care&Fair. Right from the start, we knew that we should
aim to improve the living conditions of the artisan community with
which we collaborate, while also working towards the abolition of
child labor. In this context, we started to collaborate with Care &
Fair in 2002, the global association of the European Carpet Trade
against child labor, founded by socially committed rug merchants.
In 2008, we decided to take it further by fully sponsoring the Amita
Vidyalaya school in Badohi (India). The Amita School is located be-
tween seven different towns with a total population of about 18,000
people. In just a few years, they progressed from offering “open-air
classes'' to building a school that accommodates 330 students, has six
members of staff and 13 teachers, and hosts pupils at all five primary
levels for 234 school days per year.
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