Ethics Commission discusses publication of best practices guides

May 09, 2013

CIBJO’s Ethics Commission met at the 2013 CIBJO Congress in Tel Aviv, chaired by...

CIBJO's EU Committee to take lead in talks with European Union

May 09, 2013

A committee of CIBJO representatives from the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and France met...

Voices of CIBJO

The case for adopting procedures to encourage CSR in the international jewellery industry

The international jewellery retail community is under threat. Not only do 30,000 worldwide retailers face the daily security challenges of working in a high risk, high value business and bearing the margin implications of escalating raw material prices, they are also faced with the mounting array of audit regulations and the irregularities of traceability to be found in the jewellery supply chain.

Unravelling and then defending the gold supply chain

In the past ten years, ethical initiatives across all levels and segments of the gold jewellery sector have flourished. The supply chain is a complex one with a proliferation of companies and individuals playing their part in bringing products to market.

High-strength alloys breathing new life into 24K jewellery

There exists in the market strong demand for 24K gold jewellery, because of precious metal’s beautiful warm colour and high purity.
This is especially the case in the Far East...

A CSR doctrine for the jewellery industry that is pertinent to our times

Almost every single item of fine jewellery that is produced today involves the combined efforts of hundreds and sometimes hundreds of thousands of people, located all over the world.