March 1, 2011: North Kivu Province, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Introduction: For the first time, people of the Congo speak out about The Dodd Frank Bill that aims to stop the sale of conflict minerals into the USA. Leaders of cooperatives representing 20,000 small scale miners and their extended community of 100,000 people, lend

By Patrick Schein Introduction: Patrick Schein directs a refining company in Paris, and recently launched an excellent new website (in French and English) which outlines his services. He is a board member of the Alliance of Responsible Mining, and an activist working on behelf of small scale miners. He is a frequent contributor and member

Posted by CRED Jewellery on Monday, February 28, 2011   When we started CRED jewellery we had the aim of creating Fairtrade gold and the dream that one day it would be worn on the red carpet, roll on ten years and mission accomplished. CRED is delighted that Livia Firth wore the first ever Fairtrade