~ By Marc Choyt, publisher Introduction: In my previous post, I discussed how Jewelers of America wrote a letter to jewelers which deals with the quandary of selling dirty gold to people this Christmas season. Aquí, I offer my own, alternative letter.

“Jewellers should be putting pressure on their Trade Associations to make sure they are being represented in these debates.” — Sonya Maldar de la Agencia Católica para el Desarrollo (CAFOD) ~ Opinion by Marc Choyt, publisher The latest public relations crisis in the jewelry world is an upcoming segment on 60 Minutes on “conflict gold”,

Cartier’s new move for clean gold sourcing is a fine example of best practices for a large scale jewelry company. Not only is the new mine that they are partnering with chemical free, but they are also engaging small scale artisan gold miners in their sourcing efforts. There are two issues. As fairjewelry.org staff writer