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Just before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, diamond miner Alrosa—which is 33% owned by the Russian government—released its latest sustainability report, which talks about helping communities, respecting the environment, and prioritizing social responsibility.
Artificial intelligence (AI) influences how we think, work and play, with algorithms guiding our behaviors online and in real life. Now AI is injecting scientific precision and computerized analysis into the traditionally subjective and manual diamond-grading process.
Sarine Technologies and French jeweler Boucheron have created a co-branded diamond report featuring grading information and provenance details.
In her three years as executive director of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), Iris Van der Veken has worked to align the organization — and the industry — with global efforts to tackle sustainability issues. While she admits that this is a daunting task, Van der Veken stresses it is a vital one for companies […]
Officially dated January 17, 2022, Rubel & Ménasché has just validated its 5th certification with the Responsible Jewellery Council, for its 2019 Code of Practices. This certification follows an audit which was successfully completed on September 16, 2021. Here, we explain Rubel & Ménasché’s motivations.
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has appointed Anna Martin as senior vice president for institute and industry relations.
Pomellato will trace its jewelry’s path from origin to purchase through a newly created app it called “the first of its kind” in the industry.
While the recent Kimberley Process (KP) plenary didn’t make progress on one long-sought-after goal—widening the KP’s definition of conflict diamonds—it did pass a nonbinding declaration pushed by host country Russia that spells out the basics of “responsible diamond sourcing.”
The untitled marketing campaign tells consumers GIA has graded some of the most important diamonds in the world, including theirs.
The recent Kimberley Process Plenary in Moscow featured—as expected—mostly familiar squabbles and an all-too-familiar lack of progress. But the famously fractious certification scheme greeted the most surprising announcement—Zimbabwe’s bid to be named vice chair, the traditional stepping stone to becoming chair—with an also-surprising lack of dissent.
The digital drive influencing the diamond industry is only going to intensify, stressed Neil Ventura, the company’s vice president of strategy and innovation, urging the trade to embrace these developments or risk being left behind.
The Kimberley Process [ended its virtual plenary the week of November 12], and it [looked like that would follow] an all-too-familiar pattern.
