• 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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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.

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.

The Federal Government on XertifiX:

“Good choice! This seal meets our requirements in the areas of credibility and social issues” (www.siegelklarheit.de)