A quick post for everyone who is following the progress of the Fairtrade Gold Pilots projects in east Africa (see link below). An excellent article in The Guardian on a recent visit to some of the pilots projects in Tanzania. This is a living illustration of why we need the jewellery trade, industry and and

Just a quick post to update everyone on progress here in Kenya and our destination Fairtrade Gold project. Since the beginning of the year I have been working with Julius Opiyo and the Migori County Artisanal (MICA) miners COOP to begin the walk towards Fairtrade Fairmined certification. MICA have mad excellent progress this year, having

The question is a simple one and goes something like this. “I want to become more ethical in my business as a jeweller. What do I need to do?” This is not an easy question to ask. In 2003 when I returned from visiting Oro Verde in Colombia I said to my colleagues at CRED