Profits Generated
Ethical & Sustainably
As you know these stones are heavy and as such there is a growing concern around stone slavery and we at Crownstone do not cater to such capitalist means. We facilitate otherwise by offering wages and food for all staff on site and educational benefits for all staff and extended to their family, as well as oppressed males and females. With access to our course teaching through zoom and other platforms and avenues.
We support and encourage all of those who are willing to help themselves, help themselves, by at least getting first priority access to our offering URL. Time and profit derived from Crownstone's Entrepreneurial mentality, will be re invested in infrastructure to facilitate online learning and classroom learning for these children and families.
Our international presence drives our entrepreneurial contentment.We find sustainability in providing a free avenue of learning and promote like minded generational change as we hope to inherently deliver to our families.
Choosing Natural Stone - Ethically
Being fully aware of the inhumane practices that exists in parts of the world, Natural Paving Products has made a firm commitment to demonstrate to our industry just how natural stone mining should be conducted success- fully and ethically.
We are a part of the Ethical Training Initiative (ETI) and ask that when you purchase your natural stone products, you ensure they are ethically sourced.
By only purchasing ethically sourced stone you will help to ensure that:
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Child labour is not used for the quarrying of stone, allowing children to instead get an education, which then allows their parents to get work in the quarries.
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The working conditions in which the stone was mined are safe and hygienic.
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Fair wages are paid to the workers who quarry the stone.
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The hours of work are not excessive.
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Workers are treated in a fair and humane way.
Understanding the importance of ethical sourcing is vital. By supporting and working with the ETI, we can help to eradicate not only child labour in the stone industry, but also inhumane and unsafe working conditions for all stone workers. By sourcing stone ethically, we are helping more children get into schools, giving them the best possible start to life, whilst also giving their parents the opportunity to have a secure and safe job.
Natural Paving Products has engaged with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children’s rights and education advocate and an activist against child labour. He founded the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA Save the Childhood Movement) in 1980 and has acted to protect the rights of more than 83,000 children from 144 countries. As part of the BBA auditing process, Kailash and his team have visited our factory and he is now working very closely with ourselves on various charity projects with our ultimate aim of eradicating child labour and improving education standards within the stone regions of India.