“Let’s Spread The Fragrance of Fairness Across All Aspects of Life”! ~Professor (Dr.) Shyam S. Sharma~ (Former President and Founder Member of Fair Trade Forum - India) USHA EXIM P R I V A T E L I M I T E D LEATHER GARMENTS LEATHER BAGS & ACCESSORIES ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY FREE OF CHILD & BONDED LABOR SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS WITH A DIFFERENCE Leather Division
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“Let’s Spread The Fragrance of Fairness Across All Aspects of Life”!~Professor (Dr.) Shyam S. Sharma~
(Former President and Founder Member of Fair Trade Forum - India)
USHA EXIMP R I V A T E L I M I T E D
LEATHER GARMENTS
LEATHER BAGS&
ACCESSORIES
ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY
FREE OF CHILD & BONDED LABOR
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE
BUSINESS WITH A DIFFERENCELeather Division
1. USHA - Synopsis 2. Usha with the Aim and Experience Oriented Maturity 3. Location and Facilities 4. Team 5. Membership 6. Fair Trade Policy 7. Social Responsibility & Compliance 8. No Child Labor Policy 9. Product Development10. Raw Material11. Our Supply Chain12. Quality Assurance13. Product Lines • Leather Garments • Bags in Genuine Leather • Faux Leather Bag • Bag & Travel Good in Textile14. Usha Social Commitment15. Payment Terms16. Our Establishment
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Year Etablished 1994
1. USHA - Synopsis of Leather Division
USHA MEANS THE EARLY MORNING TWILIGHT, USHERING
IN THE GOOD BRIGHT DAY AND THE DAY FORWARD.
2. Usha with the Aim of Experience Oriented MaturityUsha has in-house capacity of producing high quality leather garments, bags and accessories in exquisite and
elegant designs in finest lamb, goat, cow, goat suede, cow split and buff leather. Garments are crafted in all
size specifications, with complete dedication under the guidance of a team of highly motivated Creative Head
and Master Craftsmen on fully automated machines by highly skilled and experienced craft persons. Each
garment is made one-at-a-time, using certified YKK / YBS zippers, customized steel snap buttons and fittings.
Our rainbow of colors cover all major fashion colors like black, tan brown, teal blue. We select only handpicked
dry-cleanable top grain hides, crafted to endure years of wear and tear. Whether you need a lightweight or
heavy quilt lining, we use a 100% polyester nylon tafetta for sturdy shape and utmost in warmth.
Usha Exim is an ISO 9001:2008 certified Ethical Fair
Trade Company, fully compliant under the BSCI
(Business Social Compliance Initiative) Code and
ETI (Ethical Trading Initiative) Code of Conduct.
Usha is a multi-product Export Organization, led by
a team of hardcore professionals and industry
experts. The organization has created a niche in the
global market since 1994 as a reliable supplier.
Usha's ethnic and contemporary collections of value
added high-fashion range of leather garments,
bags, belts, travel goods and accessories made in
materials like genuine leather, faux leather and
textile, bear the mark of quality of raw materials and
supreme excellence in workmanship. The creativity and finesse is reflected through the indomitable
passion to excel in truly world-class services to deliver best products based on latest trends in fashion.
Usha was launched to bring quality products and novel handicrafts to the world market with Ethical & Fair
Trade practices. The aim of quality, ethics and fairness are being achieved through it's efficient working to
provide good business deals in the best interests of all stakeholders from grassroots artisans to end
consumers. The success of the company is constantly monitored with the indicators of satisfaction of these
stakeholders. Maximum importance is given to the esteemed buyers and consumers as a tradition of
business ethics.
Usha was launched in mid-nineties to bring Quality Fairly Produced Products and Novel Handicrafts to the
world markets. Usha started with its quality production of Soapstone Handicrafts in the clean & green
production facility of Agra Bazaar. The essence of Quality and Fairness soon substantiated into a
successful export business. Gradually, other craft-lines were added and Usha was transformed into the
"Center of Indian Traditional & Novel Handicrafts" in Soapstone and Fashion Jewelry under one roof.
Usha's registered office and factory is spread across 15,000 square feet in the ideal commercial and industrial
hub and central location of prestigious real-estate of Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase-III in New Delhi. The
factory is equipped with most modern Japanese and indigenous state-of-the-art plants & equipments.
3. Location and Facilities
Usha has invested heavily in human resource development by installing a competent and professional team of
Concept Designers, Merchandise Managers, Logistic Executives, Managers and a team of master craftsmen -
all with distinct specializations in their respective fields. Our Marketing and Merchandising team is geared to
render prompt, personalized and professional services to buyers at all times. In the past, our participation at
International Trade Fairs like Ambiente, Tendence, Collectione, and Asian Living at Frankfurt, Germany, New
York Gift Fair, Feirra Milano at Italy, Hong Kong Gift Show as well as Indian Handicrafts & Gifts Fairs, New
Delhi, gave them new impetus and vision to offer world class services and interact with buyer's requirements
intelligently. Skilled Artisans and Master Craftsmen work in close co-operation with our Designers to meet
specific buyer needs perpetually and great emphasis is laid on producing utility oriented merchandise to the
taste and preferences of consumers. The overall infrastructure functions to its maximum capacity to the high
expectations and demands of customers. Usha has, as a result, gained deep-rooted reputation and immense
credibility with its esteemed customers all over the world for reliability and excellence in crafts production and
world class services.
4. Team
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6. Fair Trade PolicyUsha is committed to Practical Fairness in Production & Trading Practices, providing its craftsmen
and buyers with the confidence of transparency and honesty. In all our dealings, this is of utmost
importance to our relationship base. Usha will go on striving to conduct business with total integrity
and social responsibility, complying with the best ethical standards and exemplary behaviour. Usha
will encourage and respond to feed back from it's all stakeholders to assure continuous improve-
ments and provide accurate, genuine and clear information.
Usha also practices World Family standards, a catalyst of social change.
Usha does not engage any unfair means in Production and Trading practices like undue profit-
mongering,child, bonded & forced labour, environmental irresponsibility and anything
adverse to human dignity.
Usha practices ardently 10 Fair Trade standards:
01. Creating Opportunities for Economically Disadvantaged Producers
02. Transparency and Accountability
03. Capacity Building
04. Promoting Fair Trade
05. Gender Equality
06. Ideal Working Conditions
07. Payment of Fair Wages
08. Protection of Environment
09. Protection of Child’s Rights
5. Compliance & Membership
BSCI : Business Social Compliance Initiative
W F F : W o r l d F a m i l y F o r u m
(A Registered Charitable Public Trust )
FTF-I : Fair Trade Forum - India
(A Registered Public Society)
I n t e r n a t i o n a l O r g a n i z a t i o n f o r
Standardization for Quality Managemant
C-TPAT : Customs - Trade Partnership
Against Terrorism
EPCH : Export Promotion Council for
Handicrafts, Govt. of India
CLE : Council for Leather Exports, Govt.
of India
IGCCI : Indo - German Chamber of
Commerce and Industry
ETI : Ethical Trading Indicative, code of
conduct was audited by the third party
SGS India Pvt. for SedexCOHANDS : Council of Handicrafts
Development Corporation
Usha has a complete in-house design department for comprehensive product review to develop classic looks,
trendy colors, prints and fabric compositions. We offer samples
tailored to specific requirement. Our team of Designers includes
well-equipped and experienced personnel with depth, vision and
creativity. We have in house R & D department for design and
sample development, which is involved from conceptualization to
creation of novelties in each product range. Our itinerant Design
Consultants from U.K, Europe and US provide valuable contribution
to innovate products with our Indian Designers and Merchandisers
who have worked under the professional guidance of qualified
Dutch Consultants and Designers from CBI (Centre for the
Promotion of Imports from the Developing Countries - an agency of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Netherlands) in the past to constantly innovate, improve and
create new designs for the next season to the expectations of the buyers from different parts of the globe.
7. Social Responsibility & ComplianceUsha understands the need of compliance requirement to satisfy increasing concerns
of consumers' demand for not only quality and value for money, but also social
responsibility and compliance of factory producing the goods. Compliance to
workmen compensation, health & safety and also child labour issues form a
mandatory focus in our supply chain. Through systematic inspection, internal and
third party audits, we enforce customer's requirements of compliance in each step of
production ensuring labour issues, fair wages, work environment, non-discrimination
& no child labour policies.
8. No Child / Forced Labor PolicyAt Usha, child, bonded or forced labour are not used, covertly or overtly, in any of the
processes. All crafts are produced exclusively by adult artisans at free will. Artisans
are counseled and motivated to send their children to school and complete at least
high school education before they are inducted into family tradition of craftsmanship.
Artisans are paid time bound fair wages. Women artisans are treated at par with men.
Regular re-orientation workshops are organized to further improve quality production
of crafts with finesse. This helps produce clean crafts free of exploitation, respecting
human dignity.
10. Raw Materials
The strength of leather is incomparable to any other natural raw material for
jackets, bags and accessories. All genuine leathers are by-products of the
global meat consumption industry. Usha procures it's leather supplies only
from licensed tanneries. Our grassroots artisans handcraft most elegant
leather jackets, bags and accessories from raw materials that would
otherwise go to waste. We offer a fabulous feel, stunning looks and
unmatched strength - the right choice of raw materials.
9. Product Development
To manage natural resources, preserve environment and promote better worker health, Usha also uses a
variety of top grain genuine eco-friendly leathers, free of harmful chemicals like Chromium, Azo Dyes and PCP
and 100% vegetable dyed leathers in combination with organic fabric for the most discerning customers in
Europe.
13. Product Lines
Usha has set up a state of the art clean and green production unit at New Delhi for in house production of
bags.
• Customized P roduct Development & D esigning• Sample Development, Submission & O rder C onfirmation• P roduction Planning• P re Production Sample A pproval• R aw Material S ourcing , P rocessing & T esting• Size & M aterial S pecification• M anufacturing Control & Quality A ssurance• Status Reporting U pdates to Buyers• F inal I nspection & Certifications• P ost Shipment T racking & Reports• F reight F orwarding & S hipping Consolidation• E xport D ocumentation & Packing Compliance
11. Our Supply Chain
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12. Quality Assurance
At Usha, quality is a tool to ensure a sense of authenticity in whatever we
produce. Quality assurance system in Usha is vigorously monitored process
and programmed on consistency under it's ISO 9001:2008 guidelines. All
operating system in Usha Exim revolve closely around these ethics.
1. Leather Garments - Men, Women & Kids
Our leather garments focus on creating a contemporary and trendy look which creates a sensual feeling giving consumer his individuality. From ethnic indo-western look to pure main stream fashion, Usha Exim offers its vast range of collections.
Please see our product range to get a brief idea of the assortments of goods we are capable of producing. From
beach garments to woven to patchwork, all is a possibility here.
At Usha Exim we strive to develop lifelong relationships with our buyers, guaranteeing all our buyers with timely deliveries and quality products is our forte all year round.