Auromira Exports
Puducherry, India
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Auromira Exports aims to improve the lives of rural youth and women from the villages surrounding Pondicherry by helping them become economically independent textile artisans. They specialize in manufacturing handwoven fabrics, clothing, and baby swaddles for international fair trade buyers. Auromira Exports is intentionally located in areas with limited employment opportunities. They are committed to transparency, accountability, and ethical practices to ensure fair wages, safe and healthy working conditions, gender equity, long-term trade relationships, and sustainable income for their workers. Auromira uses azo-free dyes, prioritizes Oeko-Tex certified, organic, and locally sourced materials, and minimizes waste through segregation, reuse, and recycling of carton boxes and fabric scraps. They are a member of Fair Trade Forum India and the World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO).
Organization
Basic Info
- Profile Brand Name:Auromira Exports
- Company Name:AUROMIRA EXPORTS
- Sector:We participate in the following sectors under this brand name
- Manufacturing
People & Planet
- Prioritize:We prioritize people & the planet in our decision making
- Purpose:Our purpose or mission statement includes social and environmental goals
- Communicate:We communicate about how we benefit people & the planet to customers, workers, suppliers, and the general public
- Measure:We measure what matters. We monitor our benefit to people & the planet and share the results at least once a year
Ownership
- We are registered as an organization
- Private Company: We are owned by one or more private shareholders
- Shareholders:We have a purpose-driven shareholder structure
Revenue
- Self Sustaining:We have a strategy for financial sustainability
- Reinvest:We reinvest all profits to expand social or environmental impact. We do not issue dividends
Environment
Product Impact
- Environmental Benefit:Our products and services were developed to directly benefit the environment.
- Resource conservation
- Substitute for plastic or fossil fuel based products
- Toxic or hazardous substance reduction
- Product Impact:Our products are developed to minimize environmental impact
- Made from recycled pre-consumer waste
- Made from recycled post-consumer waste
- Made from 100% plant-based, renewable materials
- Materials harvested or collected from a sustainably managed source
- Made from organic certified materials or ingredients
- Durable. Product can be used for more than 10 years
- Packaging:We designed our packaging to minimize environmental impact
- Made from recycled material
Operations
- Environmental Impact:We avoid negatively impacting ecosystem health or biodiversity in the surrounding area
- Supplies:We use environmentally responsible supplies in all our facilities
- No disposable plastic shopping bags
- Waste Sorting:We have a solid waste management plan and separate our solid waste at all facilities
- Fabric and textile waste recycled
- Hazardous Materials:We handle hazardous materials
- We monitor and record the use and production of hazardous materials and have reduction targets
- Water Reduction:We have taken steps to reduce our external water use
- Signs for workers and visitors
- Water Monitoring:We monitor and record our water use and have reduction targets
- Energy Reduction:We have taken steps to reduce our energy use
- Signs for workers and visitors
- Energy Monitoring:We monitor and record our energy use and have reduction targets
- Transport Energy:We have taken steps to reduce our use of fossil fuels for transport
- Priority given to local suppliers and markets
Buildings & Land
- Buildings:We use, own, or develop buildings in a way that minimizes environmental impact
- We use natural lighting and ventilation to minimize energy consumption
- Land Management:We manage land in a way that maintains or enhances ecosystem health
- We minimize light and noise pollution that could disturb wildlife
Customers
Purpose
- Affordable:We focus on providing products and services that are accessible to low-income groups
- Basic Needs:We focus on meeting basic needs with our products and services
- Clean drinking water
Health & Choice
- Healthy Lifestyle:We focus on promoting and supporting healthy lifestyles
Transparency
- Transparent Pricing:Our pricing is public and transparent with no hidden costs
- Cost-Based Pricing:We adjust our prices based on costs. We pass on savings to customers
- Product Materials:We publicly disclose all ingredients or materials
- We list all ingredients or materials on the product or packaging
Workers
Inclusion
- Women:We provide equal opportunities for women and actively remove barriers to participation
- 60 to 80% of our workers or members are women
- 40 to 60% of our leaders and technical specialists are women
- Mothers:We have taken special steps to accommodate and support pregnant and nursing mothers
- Disadvantaged:We preferentially hire or include people from disadvantaged groups
- Rural poor
- Urban poor
- Language:All workers or members have access to key information in a language they understand
- Discrimination & Harassment:We have policies and procedures to prevent, report & respond to discrimination and harassment
Benefits
- Pay:We have paid workers
- Equal Pay:We provide equal pay for equal work. We set wages based on performance, not gender or other social categories
- Living Wage:We pay wages that enable all workers to live comfortably within the community
- Pay Ratio:We have a pay ratio of less than 5 to 1. Our highest paid worker earns no more than 5 times our lowest paid worker
- Benefits:We provide benefits to workers beyond what is required under labor laws
- Health insurance
- Training:We offer training and personal development opportunities to workers or members
- Job-related technical training
- Soft skill or life skill training
Health & Safety
- Working Conditions:We provide safe and healthy working conditions for all workers
- Lighting: Adequate lighting with as much natural lighting as possible
- Air: Fresh air and adequate ventilation
- Water: Clean drinking water
- Sanitation: On-site toilets and washing facilities
- Safety:We have taken steps to prevent accidents and ensure worker health and safety
- Data: We maintain data on accidents and work-related health issues and share it with all workers
Participation
- Ideas:Our systems enable workers or members to share ideas, feedback, and suggestions
- Influence:Our systems enable workers or members to influence organizational decision making
- Own workspace
- Special events
- Work planning
- Strategic planning
- Information:We share information with workers or members at all levels
- Social and environmental impact reports
- Annual financial reports
Suppliers
Sustainable Sourcing
- Sustainability Criteria:We have social and environmental criteria for suppliers and service providers
- Local: We prioritize local suppliers and service providers
- Small-Scale: We prioritize small-scale suppliers and service providers
- Visits:We visit suppliers and service providers to ensure they meet social and environmental standards
- Disadvantaged Supplier:We preferentially select suppliers and service providers from disadvantaged groups
- Women
- Rural poor
- Urban poor
Fair Trade Relationships
- Relationships:We maintain fair trade relationships with all suppliers and service providers
- Long-Term: We maintain long-term relationships with suppliers and service providers
- On-Time Payment: We ensure that suppliers and service providers are paid at the agreed time
- Advance Payment: We offer credit or advance payment to suppliers and service providers that require it
- Fair Price: We pay prices that cover all costs and support socially and environmentally responsible operations
- Capacity Building: We offer training and capacity building to suppliers and service providers
- Contribution: We support projects by suppliers and service providers
- Ethical Practice:We focus on innovation, creating value, and supporting other purpose-driven organizations. We do not engage in anti-competitive or unethical practices.
- Exclusive Agreements: We do not restrict suppliers or customers from selling to or buying from others
- Copying: We do not copy competitors
- Dumping: We do not sell products at a loss to force competitors out of the market
- Price Fixing: We do not collude with competitors to fix prices
- Libel: We do not spread false information about competitors
Transparency
- Source:We know where all our ingredients, materials or products are sourced from
- Source Transparency:We publicly share sourcing information
- We publicly disclose the final production location
- We publicly disclose the source location of all ingredients and materials in the final product
- We publicly disclose the names of suppliers
- We publicly disclose suppliers' social and environmental practices
- Promotion:We highlight our suppliers and service providers in our promotional materials
Community
Impact
- Good Citizen:We comply with all applicable laws and pay all required taxes
- Community Impact:We avoid negatively impacting the surrounding community
- Social Benefit:Our products and services were specifically developed to contribute to society. We provide broader social benefits that go beyond the benefits to individual customers
- Heritage preservation
- Cross-cultural understanding
- Social inclusion
- Poverty reduction
- Public education
Engagement
- Community:We engage with the local community
- Volunteer: We help our workers or members volunteer and engage in community service
- Networks:We participate in membership organizations and networks working for social or environmental change
Approved Date: January 12, 2021