11 November 2013 Fairtrade International is delighted to announce the publication of its new Standards and Premiums for gold, silver and precious metals http://www.fairtrade.net/our-standards.html to help grow the market for small-scale miners around the world and deliver an ethical and responsible source of gold for the jewellery trade. Greg Valerio, gold programme co-ordinator at Fairtrade

As the price for the precious metal surges on world markets, hundreds of thousands of workers are lured to seek their fortune in one of the world’s most dangerous industries. Sadly, because of their vulnerable position in the supply chain it is not the miners who benefit most from this ‘21st century goldrush’. Fairtrade is

A quick post for everyone who is following the progress of the Fairtrade Gold Pilots projects in east Africa (see link below). An excellent article in The Guardian on a recent visit to some of the pilots projects in Tanzania. This is a living illustration of why we need the jewellery trade, industry and and