This is an ongoing documentation of a series of dialogs between members of our Manufacturing Group, charged with the task of developing exceptional standards for jewelry manufacturing. Follow this link, https://fairjewelry.org/madison-dialogue-manufacturing-committee for full review of past discussions, including two posts on transparency: https://fairjewelry.org/archives/3976 and https://fairjewelry.org/archives/3974 The entire principles and standards document can be in our

Several recent posts on this site have referenced the situation in Zimbabwe, where blood diamonds mined in massive quantities end up on diamond engagement rings in your local jewelry store. Yet of all the shocking articles I’ve read about diamonds coming from Zimbabwe, a piece just published by the Daily Mail out of the UK

Watching the recent media scrum surrounding the Charles Taylor war crimes proceedings in The Hague has made me realise how fragile the public image of the jewellery industry is. Naomi Campbell, Mia Farrow, huge dirty-looking rocks, midnight visits to supermodels bedrooms, disgruntled ex agents, African dictators, civil wars, poverty and exploitation, made an intoxicating news