By Marc Choyt Using recycled metal has become a strong selling point to jewelers and customers interested in minimizing their impact. This is particularly true in the North American Market, where certified fair trade gold is not yet available. In the UK market, fair trade gold is in such demand that what ever is produced

By Mike Angenent Zimbabwe is planning to use money received for diamonds from its controversial Marange deposits to pay the Chinese government’s Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Group (AFECC) for designing and building a defence college for top military officers.

Now I have finally settled back down to normal life I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who kindly voted for me the winner of the Global Campaigner section at this years Observer Ethical awards 2011. It was a genuine shock to win, as I assumed Avaaz and the excellent work they do