Fairtrade International announced today that Fairtrade labelling on gold is set to become more straightforward. From 22 April, the formal partnership between Fairtrade International and The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) will end, which means the dual label on gold, silver and platinum will be phased out during 2013 and replaced with the highly

By Marc Choyt, FJA USA The first feedback period for ARM and FLO’s proposed standards to mass balance or dilute the fairtrade gold content in the product composition of jewellery is over.  We are not certain what the decision will be, but clearly we are a major turning point that will determine the fate of

Our thanks to Ingle & Rhodes, the UK based ethical jeweller and fairtrade License holder and Kim Thompson a jeweller from Australia have backed the call to prevent mass balancing and dilution in the Fairtrade Gold supply chain. This brings the signatures up to 147