By Greg Valerio, Staff Writer I recently decided to resign my directorship of CRED Jewellery, the fair trade jewellery company that I founded in 1996. It was a big decision, discussed many times over the past year by our entire CRED team. I am very proud of what we achieved. For me, the clear social

Editorial By Guest Writer, Katherine DalPra On December 18, 2009, the Responsible Jewelry Council announced the official launch of its certification system, just weeks after the 60 Minutes interview with Matt Runci of RJC revealed that “source of origin is not yet a part of the council’s framework.” Based on the information available, here is

Editorial by Marc Choyt After the interview with Michael Rae and Greg Valerio, editorial back in July of 2001, and the subsequent 60 Minutes report, the Responsible Jewelry Council’s (RJC) previously obfuscated policy of allowing dirty and conflict gold as part of its member’s supply chain, has entered the public domain. Civil society groups, that