Under strict embargo: 17 March 2010 Fairtrade and Fairmined Gold Standards Launched Alleviating poverty faced by artisanal and small-scale gold miners Minimising environmental impacts of gold mining Traceable gold Fairtrade Labelling Organisations International (FLO) and the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) launches the first ever third party independent certification for gold, opening up market opportunities

So, you’ve decided to get married and now you are considering a wedding and engagement ring set. This may be the first time in your life that you’re looking to invest in an expensive piece of jewelry. Hearing news about blood diamonds and dirty gold, you are somewhat suspicious of the jewelry sector. You want

Introduction: 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. In this post, I introduce the first proposed principle and standard: Community Consent. ~ Marc Choyt, Publisher, fairjewelry.org.