The Next Step in the Ethical Consumer Revolution, is a report published in late February this year and reveals that fair-trade sales across Europe, the US, Australia & New Zealand and Japan have experienced double digit growth since 2002. “Ethical consumerism will increasingly come to the fore as people shop for products they feel akin

In a study of the jewelry sector in 2007, JCOC notes how Blood Diamonds, Dirty Gold and to a lesser extent, Rubies from Burma have led many consumers to be concerned about where their jewelry comes from and how it is made.

INTRODUCTION: Michael Kowalski, CEO of Tiffany, gives us a glimpse into Tiffany’s perspective on the efforts of artisanal mining and the Association of Responsible Mining (ARM) during his interview with Robert Bates, Senior Diamond Editor of the JCK Magazine.