Natural Paving Products, which has always actively fought slavery and child labour in the Indian supply chain of its natural paving products, has partnered with Kailash Satyarthi, the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner, to fund 10 new child friendly villages near its factory in India over the next three years as part of its ‘Bal Mitra Gram’ programme.

Kailash commented: “It’s great to be working with a company that takes its ethical responsibilities so seriously. Child exploitation is a massive problem in rural India and I’m keen to work with more companies to see an end to this injustice. Natural Paving Products is already doing so much to support rural communities with its investment into a new factory, but now with its further support of the child friendly village programme, it is also part of the solution to our child labour problem.”