Introductory Comment:  Last year, we worked hard to raise our opposition to ARM’s proposal to mass balance fairtrade gold.  Over 140 companies and individuals signed our petition.   We were most concerned about the fairtrade gold brand.  We wanted the fairtrade gold label when shown on a piece of jewelry to remain a real  assurance

I am writing to all the subscribers of the FJA blog to ask them to download and sign (see bottom of blog post for link) an open letter from Ethical Metalsmiths and Fair Jewellery Action in support of the purity of the Fairtrade Fairmined chain of custody on the gold from certified mines. Currently the

The Fairtrade jewellery designer Amanda Li Hope joins FJA. We are delighted to have the latest fairtrade Jeweller join the ranks of FJA supporters. Amanda is a US born, UK based jeweller working out of Craft Central Clerkenwell in London. She finds inspiration for her jewellery from the minimalist form and detail found in the