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

Introduction: 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 the entire principles and standards document that we are reviewing. On several occasions, our dialogs have