11 Novembre 2013 Fairtrade International is delighted to announce the publication of its new Standards and Premiums for gold, silver and precious metals http://www.fairtrade.net/our-standards.html to help grow the market for small-scale miners around the world and deliver an ethical and responsible source of gold for the jewellery trade. Greg Valerio, gold programme co-ordinator at Fairtrade

Un post rapide pour tous ceux qui suivent l'évolution de la Fairtrade projets pilotes de l'or en Afrique de l'Est (voir lien ci-dessous). Un excellent article dans le Guardian d'une récente visite à quelques-uns des projets pilotes en Tanzanie. C'est une illustration vivante de pourquoi nous avons besoin du commerce de bijoux, industry and and

We welcome the opportunity to comment on RJC‘s latest documents. We recognise the challenges and see the logic in the initial steps taken to assure chain of custody. Fair Jewellery Action is a new network being established by Marc Choyt of Reflective Images (USA) and Greg Valerio (founder of CRED Jewellery and a founding board member