Our Mission
- Exploitation through child and slave labor must end. Especially in Asia.
- Fairly produced goods for the EU market need a reputable certificate.
- So that better conditions for work and environmental protection are promoted.

About Us
• Xertifix e.V. is an NGO and a registered association without any profit interests.
• We are competent in international certification and consulting.
• We have many years of experience in the Asian stone sector.
• We regularly inspect factories and quarries on site.
• We issue internationally recognized certificates with ILO standards.
• We support self-help for working families.
• We offer children an education instead of work in quarries.
• We offer an internationally recognized certificate as proof of responsible corporate behavior (CSR).
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Unique Approach
We use audits in Asian quarries and factories to determine the working conditions, environmental protection and legality. This gives producers the opportunity to improve step by step. They are supported in this by the XertifiX standard, which has been broken down into several smaller parts. This means that even smaller producers can implement the required individual measures step by step.
We also follow the due diligence approach for supply chains. XertifiX has developed a risk assessment model and possible risk reduction measures for the natural stone sector. Together with the audits, XertifiX provides retailers with a toolkit with which social and environmental working conditions can be effectively improved.
Our Team

Fair work for parents + good schools = future for children

Banning child labor without helping children is cynical!

Fair and humanely produced natural stones from Asia are possible!
Our Traders
Child Labour
How do you combat child and slave labor? Bans alone are not enough. A much broader approach is needed. Anyone who pays unfair wages, ignores safety and health protection, and allows unsafe working conditions risks illness and under-provision of employees and promotes the cycle of poverty, poor schooling and poor career prospects. In addition, child labor not only harms the children themselves because they cannot attend school or complete it. If the labor supply of children increases, the pressure on the wages of adults increases. They become even easier to blackmail with low wages.
Recommendation
The Federal Government on XertifiX:
“Good choice! This seal meets our requirements in the areas of credibility and social issues” (www.siegelklarheit.de)
News
Preview
Petition: Protect the Supply Chain Act!
Friedrich Merz has barely taken office as Chancellor when he is calling into question key advances in human rights and environmental protection: During his inaugural visit to Brussels, he advocated for the abolition of the [...]
Celebrities & experts criticize the EU Commission’s plans
The Supply Chain Law Initiative has compiled the voices of prominent people who have expressed criticism of the EU Commission's plans to scrap important aspects of the EU Supply Chain Directive (CSDDD) before it [...]
EU Commission scraps scope of planned supply chain directive
As feared, the European Commission has presented a comprehensive package of measures designed to significantly simplify sustainability reporting and investment conditions in the EU. The aim is to ease the burden on companies, reduce bureaucracy [...]
EU: Rollback der EU-Lieferkettenrichtlinie befürchtet
The Supply Chain Law Initiative analyses what the planned "Omnibus" regulation could mean for the European Supply Chain Law CSDDD. Specifically, the Omnibus regulation - announced for February 26, 2025 - is intended to "simplify" [...]
Our sister organization XertifiX Social Projects supports numerous social projects in India.
You can find an overview of our social projects here:
Our social projects
We appreciate every donation for our social projects. Please use the following account number:

Contact
We look forward to hearing from you!
- Call us,
- send us an email or
- fill out the contact form
XertifiX e.V.
Otto-Brenner-Straße 1
30159 Hannover
Germany