Rapaport launches Jewellery Campaign

FJA supports all industry efforts to clean up the supply chain and to tackle the systemic human rights and environmental abuses where-ever they occur. Martin Rapaport has been one of a number of leading figures in the diamond world calling for greater transparency and traceability and as such we commend his and the Rapaport teams efforts to take a positive stance in what is a very complicated and political product.

Rapaport is a proprietorial company brand and as such does not reflect a broad multi-stakeholder approach to change. As such their first party claims to fair trade status fall below the international protocols surrounding the usage of the words Fair Trade in association with a product or a chain of custody on a product. Their ethical efforts though are very welcome and reflect the growing the trend within the jewellery industry to improve its performance in these vital efforts.

Press Release:

The Rapaport Group is launching a new website: www.rapaportfairtrade.com and offering several exciting new initiatives geared toward better serving ethically minded industry members and consumers, and planning for the Rapaport Fair Trade Conference at JCK Las Vegas.

They are also beginning a Campaign for Ethical Jewelry. The Campaign for Ethical Jewelry is a global initiative to eliminate unethical activity and human rights violations from the diamond industry by raising awareness among consumers and industry members.

Visit www.ethicalpledge.com to learn about the Campaign for Ethical Jewelry.

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