Ethical and Fairtrade Gemstones. A quick overview. In the time that I have worked in the trade attempting to secure ethical products, perhaps the most problematic and vexing has been the question of gemstones. The reasons for this are varied, but the fact that gemstones are of less financial value than diamonds, are more readily

Editorial by Marc Choyt Survival International has called for a boycott of Botswana diamonds and they have targeted De Beers stores. Should the ethical jeweler heed this call and support this boycott, and to what extent is De Beers responsible for the human rights abuses of Bushmen in Botswana?

Published first by JCK Following the announcement of the latest Kimberley Process impasse with Zimbabwe, there was a palpable feeling of disappointment at the Plenary in Jerusalem and anxiety about the KP’s future. Even industry supporters are starting to murmur, “What do we need this for?” Seeing the KP in action—or, in this case, inaction—has