Marc Choyt, Director of Fair Jewelry Action USA, muses on current events and responds to letters from ARM and RJC.   In June and July over a hundred and fifty jewelers and civil society members signed the Fair Jewelry Action (FJA) and Ethical Metalsmiths (EM) letter to the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) and

Press On The Sourcing Of Jewelry Strengthening Our Cause – Editorial Comment By Marc Choyt Brian William December 5th feature on “The Price of Gold” showed footage of children from Mali digging for gold and breathing in mercury vapors. Greg Valerio, visiting Santa Fe as part of the Ethical Jewelry Summit, was interviewed in my

Just a quick post to let people know I am off to the states tomorrow for a week. Fair Jewellery Action in the USA and Ethical Metalsmiths are hosting a behind closed doors dialogue with key players from within the US Jewellery sector. Our aim is to discuss, plan and hopefully execute a strategy within