Christine Miller of Ethical Metalmiths and I have been corresponding lately about a number of issues. She co-directs Ethical Metalsmiths and has been traveling around the world with her Radical Jewelry Makeover. The question of sustainability in context to small scale mining was addressed to both Greg Valerio and myself. As Greg is away at

In a press release on CSR Wire, STR Responsible Sourcing announced a partnership with the Responsible Jewellery Council. They will be auditing RJC’s supply chain. STR Responsible Sourcing categorized their initiative with the RJC in the press release as “fair trade.” The STR Responsible Sourcing initiative with the RJC is similar to fair trade only

Présentation: Il s'agit d'une documentation en cours d'une série de dialogues entre les membres de notre groupe de fabrication, chargé de la tâche d'élaborer des normes exceptionnelles pour la fabrication de bijoux. Suivez ce lien, https://fairjewelry.org/madison-dialogue-manufacturing-committee for full review of past discussions, including the entire principles and standards document that we are reviewing. On several occasions, our dialogs have