Author’s introduction: This section of the Ethical Jewelry Exposé discussing the RJC Chain of Custody Scheme documents weak enforcement and double standards that allow member companies that have committed atrocities to be certified as “responsible.” This piece was originally published here. Wikipedia writes that a chain of custody “refers to the chronological documentation or paper trail that records

Author’s introduction: Most reading this will know that the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has become a dominant force in ethical/responsible jewelry, vooral in Noord-Amerika. Just this past week, Stuller, the largest supply house in the US, joined its over 11,000 leden. The RJC presents itself as a nonprofit standard setting organization. In werkelijkheid, as

This article is written as a supplement to the Ethical Jewelry Exposé. It’s a personal account of the ethical gold movement, its origin and history as birthed in the UK and initiated in the USA, over a timeframe of about the last ten years. To begin: these days, we have two main sponsors of ethical gold