This research and report are part of an important process to move the Dutch natural stone sector – and other stakeholders of international natural stone supply chains – forward towards more responsible behaviour…[T]he time has come to…bring ‘sustainability’ into practice. For this purpose, the Dutch Working Group on Sustainable Stone has developed a Code of Conduct…This report will assist the Working Group in finalising the Code and preparing a strategy for fruitful implementation. It reflects experiences obtained in India during one week of field work in April/May 2007 carried out by the Dutch consultancy CREM, testing the Code of Conduct together with the Dutch company RMP Grafmonumenten and its main supplier Heritage Granites.