A few jewelry companies today differentiate themselves from the competition by branding themselves as producing green or fair trade jewelry. They’re taking advantage of a growing market that values socially responsible business practices.

The Ethical Metal Smiths are a group of concerned jewelers interested in the fabrication of ethically sourced jewelry. They an excellent example of the “moral minority” in the jewelry industry interested in socially responsible business practices. Here’s an article by Jennifer Horning, its founder, which we took from the Policy Innovations website with her permission.

“We have customers all the time who tell us that they would not have purchased a diamond had they not found a company with our social mission” says Eric, a entrepreneur who started a non-profit to support initiatives in Sierra Leon. Beth Gerstein and Eric Grossberg of Brilliant Earth