Schou USA | About Us

Opening its first American office in 2006, SCHOU USA manufactures finely crafted furniture and accessories with modern simplicity and unique design.

SCHOU USA, while independent, has both American and Danish ownership and remains a sister company to Jørgen Schou Holding of Denmark. The SCHOU affiliated network has been adding value to the home experience worldwide since 1912. Schou Company A/S and its parent Trade Wind A/S are some of Scandinavia’s largest wholesalers, with showrooms and logistics located throughout Europe and now complementing the US–division’s growing presence.

The SCHOU-financed Learning Centre was established in cooperation with the Borneo Child Aid Society to create better living conditions for plantation children whose families live and work on Indonesian plantations.

Unlike many children in Southeast Asia who have little education and few opportunities to learn a useful skill, the children of the new school will be given an education similar to that of Western society. The SCHOU Learning Centre will enroll 50 students, fully paid, every year for the next 50 years.

The BSCI Code of Conduct is based on the most important international Conventions protecting the workers’ rights such as the International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions and other important Declarations of the United Nations, the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises and the UN Global Compact. Our Code includes the ten following key elements to improve the worker´s situation:

- freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining
- prohibition of all forms of discrimination
- prohibition of child labor
- prohibition of forced labor and disciplinary measures
- compensation: minimum wages/living wages
- working hours
- health and safety at the workplace
- environmental and safety issues
- implementation of a policy for social accountability
- establishment of an anti-bribery and anti-corruption policy