IGEP accredited for ISO 9001

On 11 September 2009 IGEP Foundation has been accredited a certification body according to ISO 9001 and ISO / IEC 17021 by the ETCS (Eurotrust Corporate Services SA) Luxembourg. IGEP is now globally accepted as organisation that can provide certification accordingly. For IGEP this is an important step in the field of providing efficient and worldwide accepted quality improvement services to Indian exporters and manufacturers. So far, IGEP was known for the internationally recognized standard Rugmark as a synonym for products without child labour and for its comprehensive social and environmental standard ISES 2020.

With the accreditation of IGEP not only the issue of child labour is covered in sectors like textiles and garments, carpets, natural stones, handicrafts, leather, jewellery etc., but also sectors, be it in industry, agriculture or services.

Companies certified by IGEP would be getting a compliance certificate for fulfilling basic social and environmental pricipals (prohibition of child labour, compliance with health and safety measures, payment of minimum wages, good house keeping etc).

The ISO cetification will facilitate access to the world market.