XertifiX - Natural stone

The main objective of XertifiX is to eliminate child and bonded labour in natural stone quarries in India, China and Viernam. To achieve its goal, XertifiX controls and certifies quarries, sees to it that employers provide education as an alternative for child labour, and issues a product label for natural stone imported to Europe. The label guarantees freedom of child labour and forced labour, besides compliance with other labour and environmental criteria, the “XertifiX Criteria”. XertifiX is an independent, non-governmental organisation created in 2005, and based in Germany. The organisation cooperates closely with the German development agency Misereor.