Let’s talk about conflict
The discussion surrounding conflict diamonds has evolved. Frustrated by the failure of the Kimberley Process (KP) to address today’s broader ethical challenges, the trade has developed several programs to compensate.
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De Beers Group on how it will achieve gender parity by 2030
De Beers Group has extended its partnership with UN Women for five more years as it works to achieve gender parity across its workforce by 2030.
Sustainability: a 2021 perspective rebuilding trust in the decade of action
An open letter to business leaders in the jewellery industry. The past year has been a year of reckoning, reflection and reassessing how we relate to one another and to the planet.
WDC urges enhanced due diligence when handling rough diamond exports believed to have originated from the Central African Republic
Press release – 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 […]
What history says about the current diamond battle
When Dan Scott, the founder and brand architect of Luxe Licensing, hears natural and lab-grown diamond sellers take shots at each other, it pains him. Because he has seen this movie before.
De Beers Group collaborates with graduates from Central Saint Martins in ReSet Forever Love
Press release – The second collaboration in the ReSet series celebrates love and sustainability through the lens of the next generation, in an original jewellery collection incorporating diamonds from De Beers Group.
The origin of diamonds can be fingerprinted, study shows
Ever since the blood diamond issue burst into public consciousness more than two decades ago, the industry has searched for a scientific method to determine the origin of diamonds.
Natural Diamond Council and Lorraine Schwartz Announce Initiative for BIPOC Designers
The Natural Diamond Council (NDC) and fine jewelry designer Lorraine Schwartz are addressing a little-known inequity in the jewelry business: access to diamonds.
Check out the 10 designer engagement rings in De Beers’ Ten/Ten project
Last year, diamond producer De Beers Group handpicked 10 of-the-moment fine jewelry designers, then challenged them to create a “reimagined” engagement ring using a sustainably sourced, natural diamond from Botswana.
Russia to chair Kimberley Process in 2021
Russia has begun its chairmanship of the Kimberley Process (KP) after the organization deferred the role by a year due to disruption stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Podcast: human rights, diamonds and Covid-19
Juliane Kippenberg of Human Rights Watch discusses the impact the pandemic has had on the jewelry trade’s responsible sourcing practices.
De Beers Asks 10 indie designers to reimagine the engagement ring
When it comes to engagement rings, it can feel like the same few forms and flourishes cycle in and out of style eternally—think half-pavé shanks and diamond halos.
