By Martin Rapaport This presentation by Martin Rapaport was given in Mumbai, India on August 25th. Rapaport has been the leading voice of conscience in the diamond sector. He outlines the “Rapaport Minimum Standard” for ethical diamond trading, his position on diamonds from the Marange field in Zimbabwe, which still remain Kimberley Process Certified, despite

Over the past few years, numerous human rights atrocities have been documented in the Marange diamond field in Zimbabwe. Yet these same Marange diamonds continue to find their way to the jewelry case, certified by the now highly politicized, morally bankrupt Kimberley Certification Process. Meanwhile, jewelers continue to rely upon Kimberley instead of a mine

Press release from CAFOD. August 16th, 2010 Authorities in Honduras last week filed criminal charges against senior officials of Entremares – a wholly-owned subsidiary of mining giant Goldcorp – based on evidence from aid agency CAFOD of severe water contamination. The data gathered at the San Martin gold mine in the Siria Valley area of