In February at the Tuscon Gem Show, a meeting of producers and manufactures took place. It was organized by Bill Gallagher, CEO, of Lori Bonn Design, Inc and co-facilitator: Meghan Connolly Haupt, C5 & SuLusso. The meeting was well attended, drawing a broad spectrum of jewelers, buyers from large supply houses, educators and gemstone producers.

Press Release CAFOD welcomes the news that the review of mining company AngloGold Ashanti’s contract in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been concluded after almost three years of negotiations. The Catholic agency stresses the need for the publication of the contract and its amendments and calls on AngloGold Ashanti to share it

Introduzione: This is ongoing recordings of a dialogs between members of our Manufacturing Group charged with the task of developing exceptional standards for jewelry manufacturing. Follow this link for full review of past discussions. The entire principles and standards document can be found here https://fairjewelry.org/archives/3196. Qui, I introduce the second standard. Comments from participants follow.