Each and every KP country – or “KP Participant” in KP-speak – issues certificates that look and feel different to those of its neighbors. Over the years, diamond traders, forwarders, customs agents and law enforcement professionals have complained about the lack of standardization, and how it impacts on them doing their job. For one thing, they say, it makes looking out for counterfeits more complicated than it should be.
The journey I have traveled as a jewelry influencer has not been easy, not least because people would often struggle to understand the role that I play, which is producing original content about jewelry from a personal perspective, which my followers may use to make a purchasing decision.
The act of associating itself with ECOSOC and the Millennium Development Goals, and since 2015 the Sustainable Development Goals, has meant a great deal more than just responding to criticism from human rights groups. What CIBJO essentially did was to publicly commit the international jewelry industry, to work towards the fulfilment of the United Nations’ development agenda.
A. Gul KG is a leading diamond wholesaler in Germany and the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) is the leading standards organization of the global jewelry and watch industry.
The World Diamond Council (WDC) and Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) have entered into a cross-membership partnership and signed mutual codes of conduct. The two leading diamond and jewelry industry organizations are dedicated to the adoption of responsible business practices across the supply chain.
In light of recent reports by the international media, observers on the ground and NGOs about political unrest in the Central African Republic (CAR), the World Diamond Council (WDC) reiterates its call to members of the diamond industry to carry out enhanced due diligence when considering the purchase of goods that are known to have originated or are suspected of having originated in the country.
I believe that the tough environment we were forced to cope with in 2020 will remain with us for some time into 2021. But COVID vaccinations are coming, and it is reasonable to believe that the virus will recede during the second half of the year. Confidence in general will resurge.
The World Diamond Council’s new System of Warranties (SoW) has entered the beta-testing phase, comprising a soft launch of the process, with the participation of a representative sample of companies from across the diamond supply chain.
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