The Centre for Excellence in Corporate Social Responsibility has been officially launched. Part of the Canadian Government’s action plan on CSR – Building the Canadian Advantage – announced last March, this initially web-based resource will provide access to relevant CSR-related information, tools and networks worldwide. “This new website will create a one-stop-shop with the latest [...]
11% Would Choose Fine Jewelry as Most Pleasure Giving Luxury Item, Given the Choice
11% of people questioned by Synovate, would choose fine jewelry as the one luxury brand item that would give them the most pleasure to purchase. Some 28% of those questioned in the UAE and 24% in India, chose fine jewelry before other items. ‘A car’ led the responses with 31%, followed by designer clothing or [...]
Responsible Jewellery Council’s (RJC) Certification System Fully Operational
The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has announced that its Certification System is now fully operational to certify its members for responsible ethical, social and environmental practices throughout the diamond and gold jewellery supply chain. “The release of the RJC’s Certification System represents over three years of solid engagement with all levels of the diamond and [...]
First Reported Here: New Responsible Jewellery Council Draft Code of Practices Includes Laboratory Diamond Producers
The third version of the consultation draft of the Responsible Jewellery Council’s (RJC) Code of Practices, updated from July 2009, has updated the list of sectors to which the Code applies to include laboratory grown diamond producers. The wording in the Code of Practices has been modified from ‘Gold and/or Diamond Miner’ to ‘Gold and/or [...]
Study Criticises Corporate Social Responsibility of Diamond Miners on South Africa’s West Coast
A new study, ‘Corporate Social Responsibility In The Diamond Mining Industry On The West Coast Of South Africa’, published by the Bench Marks Foundation, an independent church based non-governmental organization monitoring corporate performance in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR), has found that , except for the Richtersveld community and to a lesser extent [...]
Open Source Minerals – the Official Sponsor of the Jeweltree Foundation
“We don’t only believe in ethics, integrity and quality. We practice it!” Open Source Minerals, the official sponsor of the Jeweltree Foundation, which guarantees supply chain transparency, social responsibility and ecological sustainability and supports fair trade jewelry initiatives in third world countries, only trades in diamonds, gems and precious metals that come from legitimate sources [...]