STR Reasonable Sourcing Categorizes Their Third Party Certification Process For The Responsible Jewellery Council As “Comercio Justo” 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. La Organización de Etiquetado Justo (FLO) also has a third party certification. But the similarities between RJC’s and fair trade end there. La RJC es no comercio justo. STR Responsible Sourcing’s categorization of their initiative as fair trade in their release on the Alambre de la RSE is inaccurate and misleading.

~ Marc Choyt, Editor, Feria de Joyería Acción

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