Sustainability at Merida
Throughout our 30-year history, Merida has approached sustainability from three directions: economic growth, social development and environmental stewardship. To us, sustainability encompasses the continuity and permanence of families, communities, organizations and the earth itself. From our founder and chairman to the craftsmen who sew and finish our rugs, this attitude permeates our organization at every level.
Merida’s business is a global business. We use raw materials from Africa, Brazil, China and many other countries. We work with craftspeople and suppliers from many more countries including Belgium, Spain, Thailand and the Philippines. We have customers in Europe, Japan, America and Latin America.
We strive for not only “doing well” for our company but also for “doing good” for the people and communities we work with. Many of our employees have long tenures that allow them to grow their skills and expertise, and all employees enjoy generous benefits packages that are unusual for a small company to offer.
Merida has been working with our suppliers to make sure that they treat their workers well, pay living wage and do not employ child labor. We have built a strong, stable and high quality supply chain by maintaining open and honest relationships with partners, paying a fair price for their products and helping to develop their technical capabilities.
Our partnerships are helping to create economic growth and social opportunities for all of us – Merida employees, our customers and our communities both in the United States and abroad. Through these and other efforts, we are making meaningful progress on our sustainability goals and uncovering incredible opportunities for growth and innovation. This is what excites us about the future of our company and our world.
At Merida we struggle to make a difference for the world we bequest to future generations and in the life of a number of people around the globe that we work with today. These efforts energize all of us in the company and give reasons to continue to do our best at Merida. We want to continue these efforts and hope the community we construct through this blog will help us find improve them.
