Introduction: In this letter set, the steering committee of the manufacturing group sets out ground rules for the upcoming dialog which will be posted on this blog.

A Fairjewelry.org Editorial by Marc Choyt, Publisher. Now we can add Zim to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Ivory Coast. An article from The Standard, one of Zimbabwe’s leading newspapers, calls for a embargo of Zim’s diamonds, which are contaminating the world’s diamond supply chain. It states flat out that the “Kimberly

We all love beautiful sparkling diamonds and gold, but the social and environmental impacts associated with the $75 billion/year jewelry industry are devastating. Metal mining is one of the most toxic polluters in the U.S. with cyanide, mercury and arsenic contaminating nearby soil and waterways. The gem trade has also long been marked by negative