The Initiative


The Sustainability Forum on Natural Stone (SFNS) is a non-profit multi-stakeholder initiative founded in 2013.
 

Our Mission:

To build and implement an inclusive and sustainable road map for the natural stone sector in Rajasthan echoing the voice of the most vulnerable and marginalized mine workers across Rajasthan (India).

How do we do that?

SFNS promotes the adoption of business and human rights principles throughout the natural stone supply chain. The key intervention area of SFNS is raising awareness and building capacity among diverse supply chain actors in order to encourage the implementation of the Business & Human Rights Principles, as well as building dialogue with key stakeholders such as government to fine tune the policy framework for efficient implementation of the sustainable road map for the natural stone sector.

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Thrust Areas

Occupational Health & Safety

SFNS advocate occupational health and safety and education on safe practices for all employees and management. Prioritisation of worker safety over productivity are essential elements for ensuring a safe workplace

Business & Human Rights

SFNS focus on access to remedy on business and human rights violation in natural stone sector supply chain who suffer human rights abuses directly or indirectly

Social Security and linkags

Social security is one of the key components of labour welfare. SFNS envisages that the workers shall be protected against all types of social risks and their linkages with welfare schemes of the government.

Promote responsible work place

-Maintain zero tolrance of child
-Advocate for fair wages
-dignity and respect

Empowering Communities

-Support community efforts to address poverty ans lack of education
-Safe and healthy working environment
-Social security and linkages

Multistakeholder Collaboration

-Collaborate with stakeholders to create an inclusive solution.
-Share Knowledge and promote cross learning to scale up good practices.
-Build dialogue among different stakeholders.

Policies and legal framework

-Legislatives and policy framework
-National Guidelines on responsible business conduct
-informal norms
compliance and enforcement.

RESPONSIBLE NATURAL STONE SECTOR

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The Sustainability Forum on Natural Stone (SFNS) is a non-for-profit multi-stakeholder initiative founded in 2013 with the mission of creating an eco-system to address the voice of Rajasthan's most vulnerable and marginalised mine workers and developing an inclusive and sustainable road map for the natural stone sector.

Contact us

  • info@sfns.org
  • +91 9414193151
  • First Floor, E 59, Nirman Nagar E, Shiv Marg, DCM Jaipur, Rajasthan (India) 302019