STR Reasonable Sourcing Categorizes Their Third Party Certification Process For The Responsible Jewellery Council As “Fair Trade” In A Press Release

In a press release on CSR Wire, STR Responsible Sourcing announced a partnership with the Responsible Jewellery Council. They will be auditing RJC’s supply chain. STR Responsible Sourcing categorized their initiative with the RJC in the press release as “fair trade.”

The STR Responsible Sourcing initiative with the RJC is similar to fair trade only by the virtue of it being a third party certification system. The Fair Labeling Organization (FLO) also has a third party certification. But the similarities between RJC’s and fair trade end there. The RJC is not fair trade. STR Responsible Sourcing’s categorization of their initiative as fair trade in their release on the CSR wire is inaccurate and misleading.

~ Marc Choyt, Publisher, Fair Jewelry Action

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