March 1, 2011: North Kivu Province, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Introduction: For the first time, people of the Congo speak out about The Dodd Frank Bill that aims to stop the sale of conflict minerals into the USA. Leaders of cooperatives representing 20,000 small scale miners and their extended community of 100,000 people, lend

Last week, Fair Trade Gold officially launched in the UK. Though only about 400 kilograms will available commercially, this event is a major turning point in the history of the jewelry world. Though this event has not widely been covered in the US press, in other parts of the world it was significant news. Here

Fair Jewellery Action (FJA) is a Human Rights and Environmental Justice Network within the jewellery sector. FJA promotes ethical and fair trade jewellery business by advocating traceability and transparency in the jewellery supply chain. FJA’s objective is to direct more of the economic impact of the jewellery sector toward the regenerating of local economies in