Earlier this year, this blog reported protests in the US at Lev Leviev’s store.
Now, an article on Africa.com reports how, Lev Leviev, one of the kings of the diamond sector, fires 148 striking diamond polishers, represented by the Mine Workers Union of Namibia. [Read more →]
New U.S. regulations governing the import and export of rough diamonds were published on May 21 in the Federal Register http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/.
The new regulations enhance U.S. Government oversight of the rough diamond trade in an effort to strengthen the international Kimberley Process Certification Scheme. [Read more →]
About ten days ago, our blog was sabotaged Google marked the site as unsafe. We pretty much stopped posting many articles.
We have been working hard to rectify the problem and have taken steps to increase the level of security to the site. We are also working on a number of new posts that will go up once all this is sorted out – Marc.
Wal-Mart has introduced a line of gold and silver jewelry called Love, Earth, which can be traced from the mine to the store shelf. Shoppers can go online and find out where their pieces were mined and read about the suppliers’ environmental programs. The new line is part of a larger effort by Wal-Mart to support sustainable practices.
Please visit here for the full story. Source Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSN1435036120080715
Notes On The Rapaport Fair Trade Conference: June 2, 2008
Introduction: I posted an earlier report on this conference by Deidra Woolard. Now, these are my observations on the Rapaport Conference that took place in June. Marc
In what has now become an annual event, the Rapaport Fair Trade Conference took place at the JCK Trade Show on June 2nd, 2008. I have been to each of Martin Rapaport’s meetings. [Read more →]
Introduction: Over the past six weeks, the Manufacturing Group has been on hold. We have developed a set of principles, but the next step involves setting standards. This is a letter that went out to the entire group in early July, 2008.
Dear Manufacturing Group: [Read more →]
In what has now become an annual event, the Rapaport Fair Trade Conference took place at the JCK Trade Show on June 2nd , 2008. I have been to each of Martin Rapaport’s meetings.
I felt a strong sense of community, camaraderie and mutual support among the participants and the audiences. Usually in fair trade movements within industries, it is the NGOs that develop principals and standards. In this case, it is activists in the jewelry sector that are spearheading this change while the fair trade labeling organizations remain in the background. [Read more →]
Posted Jun 11th 2008 9:02AM by Deidre Woollard
Filed under: Jewelry
In this article, Deidre Woolard posts her report of the fair trade conference sponsored by Rapaport at the JCK Show. The conference took place in early June. Special thanks to Deidre for permission to post. Marc
The Fair Trade Jewelry Conference at the JCK Jewelry Show in Las Vegas last Monday was so profound for me that it honestly has taken me over a week to process it. [Read more →]
Introduction:
“Part of me likes to believe that CSR is not only a rhetorical or theoretical exercise, but really is changing the way to do business,” writes Dr. Barreto in an open letter on the Madison Dialogue list server. Here, she discusses her overview of CSR in the mining sector, as an expert in sustainability and mining.
Special thanks to Dr. Barreto for permission to reprint her comments.
I am very interested in the debate about sustainability in the mining sector and the role/contribution of CSR. [Read more →]
Introduction:
Here is a press release illustrating the power of share holders to demand Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from Gold Corp Inc. ~ Marc
In an unprecedented move Canadian mining firm Goldcorp Inc. has agreed to conduct an independent Human Rights Impact Assessment in Guatemala at the request of Canadian and Swedish shareholders. [Read more →]
