Open brief aan Alliance for Responsible Mining en Fairtrade Labeling Organisation. Ondertekend door 140 Internationale juweliers.

 

 

Hieronder vindt u de open brief gestuurd naar Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) en Fairtrade Labeling Organisation (FLO) over de mogelijkheid van 'massabalansen’ (menging) of verdunning van Fairtrade goud in de sectie product samenstelling van de fairtrade Standard tat is momenteel herzien. Deze brief geeft de standpunten van Fairtrade en Fairmined vergunninghouders, RJC members and jewellers from over seven countries who want to see a fairtrade Gold product that is both traceable from source and socially empowering for small-scale mining communities. It is a clear message to ARM and FLO that we do not want to see mass-balancing or dilution labeled as Fairtrade.

 

Fair Jewellery Action and Ethical Metalsmiths wants to thank ARM and FLO for listening to the views of our supporters and also to our network of supporters for taking the time to care about this. Its an important issue. Letter, signatures and comments are below. To date we have 140 signatures.

 

You can review the proposal on pages 86 aan 88 via this link.

An Open Letter to The Alliance For Responsible Mining and Fairtrade Labeling Organisation

 

Dear Alliance For Responsible Mining and Fairtrade Labeling Organisation,

 

As jewelers and other members of civil society, we strongly oppose one aspect of the current proposed standards, which changes the product composition component to allow mass balancing or dilution to take place. These proposed changes to the standard are described in Section 6, put forth July 2012, in the Fairtrade and Fairmined Standard for Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Document.

 

The proposed standard to mix Fairtrade and Fairmined gold with other gold will severely damage the FT&FM gold brand and create confusion in the marketplace. It will also undermine the confidence in the product.

 

We are also concerned with how the mass balancing might negatively impact the FT&FM brand as it develops not only with gold, but with other mined products emerging into the market. As jewelers, who deal with customers every day of the week, we understand the market better than anyone else. At this juncture, we urge in the strongest possible terms that Fairtrade gold be kept pure.

 

We urge ARM and FLO to direct more efforts toward supporting jewelers and strengthening a consumer campaign to build on the great success in the existing market. The certified FT&FM Sotrami miners in Peru received £75,000 ($120,00 USD) of premium from gold purchases by jewelers in 2011 alone. Our greatest continued success will only be achieved if we all work united, in a concerted effort to support FT&FM small scale miners to bring pure, traceable Fairtrade and Fairmined gold to a vibrant market.

 

1 Naam: Harriet Kelsall
Company: Harriet Kelsall Jewellery Design Ltd.
Country: United Kingdom

2 Naam: Alice Rochester
Company: Harriet Kelsall Jewellery Design
Country: United Kingdom

3 Naam: Alan Frampton
Company: Cred Jewellery
Country: United Kingdom

4 Naam: Victoria Woollen-Danner
Company: VWD Jewelry
Country: United States

5 Naam: Ian Doyle
Company: Associëren, Lifeworth Consulting (artisanal mining expert)
Country: Frankrijk, DRC

6 Naam: Susan Crow
Company: Susan Crow inc./DBA East Fourth Street Jewelry
Country: United States

7 Naam: Elaine Nazzaro
Company: Artisan Industries Inc.
Country: United States

8 Name Gary Roberts
Company: Rubyfair.com Ltd
Country: United Kingdom and Tanzania

9 Naam: Gina D'Onofrio
Company: Sieraden Beoordeling Services
Country: United States

10 Naam: Jeffrey Herman, Oprichter & Executive Director
Company / Org: Society of American Silversmiths
Country: United States

11 Naam: Nanna Gronborg
Company: Nanna Gronborg
Country: Duitsland

12 Naam: Karen Feder
Company: Moonlight Beadery
Country: United States

13 Naam: Andrea Bonelli
Company: Andrea Bonelli Jewelry
Country: United States

14 Naam: Tracy Munn
Company: Animated Metals
Country: United States

15 Naam: Anna Moltke-Huitfeldt
Company: Anna Moltke-Huitfeldt
Country: Denemarken

16 Naam: Robin Halpin
Company: Rx Rox Jewelry
Country: United States
I strongly support 100% eerlijke handel / fair mined gold. Transparency is needed to allow customers to choose sourced gold they can wear with integrity and pride instead of wondering about the mines used to create the gold. It is time the small artisanal mines with safe practices become viable alternatives to open pit mining.

17 Naam: Kate Bauman Mess
Company: Kate Mess Jewelry
Country: United States

18 Naam: Josh Humbert
Company: Pearl Kamoka
Country: United States

19 Naam: Andrea Antonucci
Company: Andrea Antonucci – Adelstenar
Country: Zweden

20 Naam: Christine Lawrence
Company: Caratess
Country: United Kingdom

21 Naam: Kari Rinn
Company / Organization: Haywood Community College
Country: United States

22 Naam: Jan Webber
Company: Jan Webber Contemporary Jewelry
Country: United States

23 Naam: Bobi Wilson
Company: Star Rabbit Productions
Country: United States

24 Naam: Ana M. Lopez
Company: Onafhankelijke Jewelry Artist
Country: United States

25 Naam: Tim McCreight
Company: Brynmorgen Press (uitgever van how-to- sieraden boeken)
Country: United States

26 Naam: Anna Bario
Company: Bario-Neal
Country: United States

27 Naam: Magdalena Goudie
Company: Private Citizen
Country: United States

28 Naam: Helen Chantler
Company: Reflecterende Images Inc.
Country: United States

29 Naam: Amanda M. Thon
Company: Independent Juwelier
Country: United States

30 Naam: Jörg Eggimann
Company: Jorg Eggimann meester goudsmid
Country: Zwitserland

31 Naam: Erin S. Daily
Company: Brooklyn Metal Works
Country: United States

32 Naam: Bryan Park
Bedrijf / Org: Benedictijnse College
Country: United States

33 Naam: Martha WD Bushnell, Ph.D.
Company: Private Citizen
Country: United States

34 Naam: Renee Zettle-Sterling – Associate Professor of Art and Design
Company / Org: Grand Valley State University
Country: United States

35 Naam: Michèle Ratte
Company: Michèle Ratte Textiles
Country: United States

36 Naam: Kirsten Bak
Company: BAKS
Country: Denemarken

37 Naam: David Crump
Company: Vipa Designs Ltd
Country: United Kingdom

38 Naam: April Doubleday
Company: April Doubleday
Country: United Kingdom

39 Naam: Marilene Morency
Company: Joailliere / Silversmith
Country: Canada

40 Naam: Todd Pownell
Company: TAP studio INC.
Country: United States

41 Naam: Jennifer Trask
Company: Jennifer Trask Jewelry
Country: United States

42 Naam: Dianne McFarlane
Company: sieraden Academy
Country: Duitsland

43 Naam: Jean Mandeberg
Company: Jean Mandeberg, metalsmith
Country: United States

44 Naam: Lynn White
Company: Lynn White Jewelry
Country: United States

45 Naam: Elizabeth H. Portier
Company: Handgemaakt door Betsy Porter
Country: United States

46 Naam: Demos Takoulas
Company: Vukani-Ubuntu Community Development Projects
Country: Zuid-Afrika

47 Naam:Thomas Becker
Company:Thomas Becker-studio voor sieraden
Country: Duitsland

48 Naam: Ursula Bettmer
Company: Bettmer-goud
Country: Duitsland

49 Naam: Judith Lotter
Company: Sieraden workshop
Country: Duitsland

50 Naam: Agnes Lauer
Company: Crystal De magie van Schoenen
Country: Duitsland

51 Naam: Dagmar Fleck
Company: garden Laurin
Country: Duitsland

52 Naam: Herbert Scholpp
Company: Independent Juwelier
Country: Duitsland

53 Naam: Martina Eiselein
Company: Eiselein – Ontwerp
Country: Duitsland

54 Naam: Carlo Verda
Company: studio Alex May
Country: United Kingdom

55 Naam: Rahel Dotzel
Company: Dotzel Unilatschmuck
Country: Duitsland

56 Naam: Jennifer Gilbert
Company: Jenny GIlbert Jewellery
Country: United Kingdom

57 Naam: Kathrin Zara Stein
Company: Independent Juwelier
Country: Zwitserland

58 Naam: Sass Brown
Company: Eco Fashion
Country: United Kingdom

59 Naam: Max Gilgenmann
Company: Consultant
Country: Duitsland

60 Naam: Birgitte Rasmussen
Company: Svinninge Motionscenter
Country: Denemarken

61 Naam: Allan Scharff
Company: Allan Scharff
Country: Denemarken

62 Naam: Amanda Li Hope
Company: Amanda Li Hope
Country: United Kingdom

63 Naam: M’lou Brubaker
Company: M’lou Brubaker, Jeweler
Country: United States

64 Naam: Niels Bjørn-Andersen
Company: Copenhagen Business School
Country: Denemarken

65 Naam: Camilla Frank
Company: CF 1701 (Private Citizen)
Country: Denemarken

66 Naam: Jane Kearns
Company: The Crystal’d Lily
Country: United Kingdom

67 Naam: Stephanie Petro
Company: Hearts.com
Country: United States

68 Naam: Linda Darty
Company / Organization: East Carolina University
Country: United States

69 Naam: Helle Ørskov
Company: Missing Ink
Country: Denemarken

70 Naam: Ulrich Neuhaus
Company: schmuck und skulptur
Country: Duitsland

71 Naam: Birgitte de Neergaard
Company: deNeergaardTheillEriksen
Country: Denemarken

72 Naam: Nadine Kieft
Company: Nadine Kieft Edelsmeden
Country: Nederland

73 Naam: Tanya Bowd
Company: Candescent
Company: United Kingdom

74 Naam: Beth Gerstein
Company: Brilliant Earth
Country: United States

75 Naam: Brandon Cata
Company: Independent Juwelier
Country: United States

76 Naam: Cheryl Arviso
Company: Independent Juwelier
Country: United States

77 Naam: Lori Hesuse
Company: Independent Juwelier
Country: United States

78 Naam: Elyse Demaray
Company: Demaray Designs Jewelry
Country: United States
Please do not jeopardize the integrity of FT & FM gold by mixing it with other gold. This is very important to our trade and our own ability to maintain the quality of gold we want to offer our customers.

79 Naam: Noel Aronov
Company: Independent Juwelier
Country: United States
Let’s have accountability.

80 Naam: Anthony Romero
Company: Private Citizen
Country: United States

81 Naam: Anastasia Azure
Company: Azure Designs
Country: United States

82 Naam: Fritz Casuse
Company: Independent Juwelier
Country: United States

83 Naam: Carol Windsor
Company: Carol Windsor Ontwerp
Country: United States

84 Naam: Susie ganch
Bedrijf / Organisatie: Virginia Commonwealth University
Country: United States
Voor wie het aangaat,
As a jeweler, Ik wil weten waar mijn materialen vandaan komen om weloverwogen keuzes te maken over het goud ik gebruiken om mijn werk te maken. Het handhaven 100% traceerbaarheid terug naar gecertificeerde Fairtrade Fairmined sites is de enige manier om keuzes te maken die mijn waarden weerspiegelen te maken en die van mijn klanten. Door het creëren van een “massa-evenwichtige” product, en goud, dat bevat alleen 50% materiaal van gecertificeerde mijnen, of het aanbieden van goud, dat is “ten minste” 10% gecertificeerde goudgehalte, ARM en FLO zijn verdunnen onze doelstellingen om een ​​echt transparante chain of custody creëren, terwijl de ondersteuning van kleine mijnbouwgemeenschappen. I am joining with others to urge ARM and FLO to reconsider the standards put forth thus far that offer a mixed product.

Oprecht,

Susie ganch
Director Radical Jewelry Makeover
Associate Professor/Head of Metal Program
Department of Craft/Material Studies
School of the Arts
Virginia Commonwealth University

85 Naam: Colleen Baran
Company: Colleen Baran Jewellery
Country: CA

86 Naam: Abby Mattison
Company: A silver Girl
Country: United States

87 Naam: De. Eugene Nelson
Company: De. Eugene Nelson
Country: United States

88 Naam: Wendy Walsh
Company: W Walsh Design
Country: United States

89 Naam: Fran Grinels
Company: Grinels Design
Country: United States

90 Naam: Dan Morris
Company: Independent Juwelier
Country: United States

91 Rachelle Thiewes
Company: Rachelle Thiewes
Country: United States

92 Naam: Kara Aubin
Company: kara | daniel Jewelry
Country: United States

93 Naam: Daniel Juzwiak
Company: kara | daniel Jewelry
Country: United States

94 Naam: Charlene Modena
Company / Organization: Academy of Art University, San Francisco
Country: United States

95 Naam: Jim Bove
Company / Organization: California University of Pennsylvania
Country: United States

96 Naam: Naomi Maslon
Company: Naomi Maslon Jewelry
Country: United States

97 Naam: Catherine Sutherland
Company: Catherine Sutherland Art And Design
Country: CA

98 Naam: Rick & Beth Elkin
Company: Elkin Studio Jewelers
Country: United States

99 Naam: Kathleen Browne
Company: Kent State University – Educator and independent artist
Country: United States

100 Naam: Ream Diwani
Company / Organization: Tanzania Women Miners Association and Gemstyles Company
Country: Tanzania

101: Naam: Hattie Rickards
Company: Hattie Rickards Jewellery
Country: United Kingdom

102: Naam: Sarabeth Carnat
Company: Sarabeth Carnat
Country: Canada
True verantwoording is de enige echte standaard. Verdunning of balanceren minimaliseert verantwoording. Werknemers in onze industrie hebben het recht om een ​​zo veilig mogelijke wijzen van extractie. Laten we niet “doen alsof” verantwoording af te leggen. Rook & spiegels zijn precies dat.

103: Naam: Rebecca Crawford
Company: Spacefruit
Country: United Kingdom

104 Naam: Molly Perrin
Company: Molly Perrin
Country: United Kingdom

105 Naam: Bush kaart
Company: medische Sieraden
Country: United Kingdom

106 Naam: Viola Bergmann
Company: G, Bergmann workshop 999/- fine GmbH
Country: Duitsland

107 Naam: Jo Taylor
Company: Tootsievalentine® Ethische hedendaagse sieraden
Country: United Kingdom

108 Naam: Januari Play
Company: Januari Play – Jewelry * Atleier
Country: Duitsland

109 Naam: Caz Guiney
Company: Northcity4
Country: Australië

110 Naam: Crider's Who
Company: Bennie / Cridler Studio
Country: United States

111 Naam: Jorge Arrieta
Company: Niccolo Bella, LLC
Country: United States

112 Naam: Jamie Cassavoy
Company: Cassavoy & Co.
Country: United States

113 Naam: Michael Pollak
Company: Hyde Park Jewelers
Country: United States

114 Naam: Linnie McLarty
Company: Linnie McLarty Sieraden
Country: United Kingdom

115 Naam: Claire Malet
Company: Independent Metalsmith
Country: United Kingdom

116 Naam: Sheena Thomas, Melanie Parks, Marta Jones-Couch
Company: Communie, Ltd.
Country: United States

117 Naam: Kris Nations
Company: Jewelry Kris Nations
Country: United States

118 Naam: Jessica Magella Worthington
Company: Independent metaalkunstenaar
Country: United States

119 Naam: Matthew Moerman
Company: Baxter Moerman Jewelry
Country: United States

120 Naam: Stefanie Knörnschild
Company: Goldsmiths Knörnschild
Country: Duitsland

121 Naam: Molly Dingledine
Company: Molly Dingledine Jewelry
Country: United States

122 Naam: Edward H Lay
Company / Org: hoofdinstructeur, Metals Studio, Richmond Art Center
Country: United States

123 Naam: Martin Taber
Company: Taber Studios
Country: United States

124 Naam: Lindsay Minihan
Company: Metalwerx Inc.
Country: United States
As we are committed to the best education for metalsmithing students at our nonprofit school, we wholeheartedly support ethical practices of bringing fairtraded and fairmined gold to the market.

125 Naam: Jennifer Cross Gans
Bedrijf / Org: Independent writer, metalsmith
Country: United States
Complete accountability is particularly important for jewelers who work in gold and their publics.

126 Naam: Ana Aguilar
Company: Independent Juwelier
Country: United States

127 Naam: Marianne Jager
Company: Marianne Jager – Studio art-jeweler/ enamelist
Country: United States

128 Naam: Woodrow W. Carpenter
Company: Thompson Enamel, Inc.
Country: United States

129 Naam: Christine Dhein
Company: Independent Juwelier
Country: United States

130 Naam: Samantha Rose
Company: September Rose Ethical Jewellery
Country: United Kingdom

131 Naam: Ebke Bühring
Company: Independent Goldsmith
Country: Duitsland

132 Naam: Jennifer Trude
Company: Trudesign Metalsmithing
Country: United States

133 Naam: Eric Finley
Company: The Sovereign Corporation (non-jeweler)
Country: United States

134 Naam: Rebecca Klemm
Company: Private citizen with gold jewelry
Country: United States

135 Naam: Rachel Lunn
Company: Rachel Helen Designs
Country: United Kingdom

136 Naam: Samantha Salmons
Company: Sam Salmons Designs Ltd
Country: United Kingdom

137 Naam: Belinda Norrington
Company: Wild Acre Designs
Country: United Kingdom

138: Naam: Sally Rycroft
Company: Good as Gold Ltd
Country: United Kingdom

139 Naam: Tania Kowalski
Company: ORIA JEWELLERY LTD
Country: United Kingdom

140 Naam: Stephen Jones
Company: Kaanaanmaa
Country: United Kingdom

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