GoodWeave Certified

Baya is proud to be licensed by GoodWeave, an organisation working to end child labour and promote healthy working conditions for weavers in the rug and textile industry.

“We want you to enjoy your rug, knowing it was made ethically and without child labour.”

David Heath, Co-Owner.


Our partnership with GoodWeave is an important part of our commitment to the textile industry and its future. We want to ensure our rugs come from a transparent and ethical supply chain that is free of child labour and supports workers’ rights.

Each certified rug is made by a licensed exporter who agrees to unannounced inspections of their premises by GoodWeave staff. Certification also means that a licence fee on each rug funds GoodWeave's social programmes in India, Nepal and Afghanistan.

We believe that understanding how our rugs are made, and the people and communities behind them, is part of what you are buying.

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Who is GoodWeave?

GoodWeave is a non-profit organisation founded in 1994 by Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi. It is a leading global initiative working to end child labour in supply chains through independent inspections, certification and programmes that help children back into school.

Since 1994, GoodWeave has:

- Deterred hundreds of thousands of children from entering the workforce.

- Restored freedom to 11,250 children.

- Provided quality education to 110,629 children.

- Required full supply-chain disclosure under the GoodWeave Standard, which protected 138,260 workers in 2025.

- Supported better working conditions by giving a voice to informal and marginalised workers.

“Carpet kids” sit at looms for up to 14 hours per day, using sharp tools to weave carpets with no access to education.

Why this work is important

138 million children worldwide are in child labour. Around 54 million of them do hazardous work that puts their health, safety and development at risk. (Source - UNICEF)

In the rug trade, some are sold to small weaving sheds far from home, often under threat of violence, to pay off a family debt that loom wages will never clear. Days can stretch past 14 hours, with razor-sharp tools and no chance of school.

Children who work rarely get to start their education. This limits their opportunities and contributes to cycles of poverty that can continue from one generation to the next.

Victims are 5-14 years of age. Audits improve conditions in main factories, but the worst abuse happens further down the chain, in subcontracted home workshops that audits don't reach. GoodWeave inspects there too.

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