FairJewelry

diamonds.net/news/NewsItem.a… Here @Rapaport gives a shout out for transparency, which is really the boilerplate pseudo-ethics of the jewelry world. Large-scale mining companies that already have control of their supply chain can claim they're “ethical” while doing nothing different.

It's #WorldFairTradeDay! Thank you for supporting #FairtradeGold, the most precious gold in the world! Find out more here >> bit.ly/RJFairtradeGold #WorldFairTradeDay2019 @FairtradeMarkUS @FairtradeUK @FAIRTRADE @Fairtrade_Gold

A #FairtradeGold ring is born! Explore the process of our handmade rings here >> bit.ly/FTGRingProcess Or check out what our artisan makers have cooked up >> bit.ly/FTGRings #FairtradeFashion #WeddingRing

Looking for a podcast to explore ethical products? Business With Purpose by @stillbeingmolly is a wonderful resource — check out this latest episode here, featuring Marc Choyt, president of @RIJewelry. Thank you so much Molly! #EthicalJewelry #FairtradeGold #RecycledGold

A huge thank-you to @ConsciousCoMag for their support! Read Marc's short piece on the truth behind your #RecycledGold Wedding Ring, why the FTC is issuing warnings to "Ethical" jewelers, and what we can all do to move forward >> bit.ly/CCMEJE #EthicalJewelry

ddiglobal.org/news/news/ddi-… @DDI_Intl fails to mention in their press release that @debeersgroup will distribute their ASM diamonds. De Beers = fairly traded diamonds?? After their complicity in the #BloodDiamond wars of the '80s and '90s, like making David Duke head of @splcenter.

Frank Dallahan, @JCKMagazine publisher honored: bit.ly/2IF9AGB In 2007 he said, “We dodged the bullet” in response to #BloodDiamond film: bit.ly/2VdQ5LO His perspective: 3.7 million killed in diamond wars, + jewelers, not diamond miners, are the victims!

#EthicalJewelry hypocrisy alert! @GemfieldsLtd pays $8.3 million to settle killings and beatings in Mozambique bit.ly/2Gt6IuT , is now being touted as the paradigm of responsibility/generosity here: bit.ly/2Gvp7Gr . I feel like Hamlet.

ftc.gov/news-events/press-re… @FTC cracking down on jewelry companies for false ethical claims, + warning some who advertise as #EcoFriendly or #Sustainable. Will they also pursue false "fair trade" ads? Fair trade diamonds do not exist, yet @BrilliantEarth claims to sell them.

Another example that #EthicalJewelry has become completely meaningless. To @RobertoCoin1, "always [having] been an extremely ethical company" means adherence to the #KimberleyProcess >> entrepreneur.com/article/331… The KP is a sham >> hrw.org/news/2011/08/30/zimb… #ConflictFree

2/2 With #FairtradeGold, best practices are implemented for the safety of workers and the environment. (To say nothing of fair pay!) Learn more here >> bit.ly/RJFairtradeGold #EthicalWedding youtube.com/watch?v=82JDFTeQ…

1/ Mixing mercury and gold dust by hand is standard practice for small-scale gold mining. But just imagine how dangerous this practice is for the man here—or how poisonous to the environment. #EthicalJewelry youtube.com/watch?v=82JDFTeQ…

Lab grown and #RecycledDiamonds serve no benefit to small-scale producer communities, those most impacted by the diamond wars of the '80s and '90s and atrocities that continue to this day. But @EcoWarrPrincess says, "let them eat cake!" ecowarriorprincess.net/2019/… #LabGrownDiamonds

virtual-strategy.com/2019/03… @debeersgroup receiving awards for #EthicalJewelry!? De Beers' DDI partnership is the death of the Fair Trade #Diamond, analogous to making David Duke the head of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Here's why >> bit.ly/DeathFTDiamond

pamplinmedia.com/lor-adv-ins… Mary Wong (Trios Studio) wants to help mining communities, yet advocates for recycled metals which do nothing for those communities. #RecycledGold is rebranded dirty gold yet the industry loves it...

In the US, 300,000 babies are born each year with mercury poisoning thanks to gold mines > wired.com/story/mercury-pois… Yet this contraceptive jewelry prevents pregnancy, using the very gold that caused the mercury poisoning in the first place > instoremag.com/earrings-to-p… #NoDirtyGold

Graff's new line featuring endangered species—made with gold that destroys the very habitat that endangers the species...The perfect symbol of disconnected luxury. #NoDirtyGold #EthicalJewelry jckonline.com/editorial-arti…

"B/c there was never any accountability, + African/Indigenous lives don't matter to the neocolonial multinationals, past crimes were buried. All previously mined material was officially "grandfathered" into RJC standards in 2012." Read on > bit.ly/EthicalJewelryExposé #EthicalJewelry