Fairtrade Gold
Fairtrade Gold is transforming the UK jewellery industry by offering a transparent, ethical option for sourcing precious metals. Certified to strict Fairtrade standards, it ensures fair wages, safe working conditions, and environmental protection for artisanal and small-scale miners. For jewellers, designers, and suppliers, Fairtrade Gold aligns with growing consumer demand for responsible luxury. Jewellery Focus provides in-depth coverage of Fairtrade Gold initiatives, certification processes, brand adoption, market trends, and the business case for ethical sourcing within the trade.
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May- 2024 -30 MayRetailers
Lebrusan Studio launches its Ethical Jewellery Movement Manifesto
Ethical jewellery studio Lebrusan Studio has published its Ethical Jewellery Movement Manifesto. Complete with its own website, the manifesto presents a detailed vision of a future jewellery industry that is “fairer, safer, more sustainable and centred more heavily on reparations”. It calls upon artists, designers, manufacturers, traders, retailers, journalists, workers,…
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Jan- 2024 -29 JanuaryRetailers
Ingle and Rhode to enter liquidation
Ethical jewellery business Ingle and Rhode has announced that the business is preparing for liquidation as a result of recent rising costs and lower turnover. The company was incorporated in 2007 and traded from premises at 14 Gees Court (just off Oxford Street) London W1 and via their website. The…
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Nov- 2023 -1 NovemberDesigners
Lebrusan Studio launches Perfectus collection
Ethical jewellery brand Lebrusan Studio has announced the launch of its latest collection Perfectus, a mini collection of stud earrings and pendant. Following a long-term exclusive commitment to engagement rings, wedding bands and bespoke commissions, it’s the independent brand’s first foray into the realm of day-to-day decorative jewels for a…
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Aug- 2023 -11 AugustDesigners
Lebrusan Studio launches new Amare Collection
Ethical jewellery brand Lebrusan Studio has launched its new Amare Collection of love rings. Amare consists of four wedding bands; the Florere, the Rosa, the Marquise and the Laurus. The firm said the collection is defined by traditional British craftsmanship and recurring features include milgrain beading, marquise shaped diamond settings…
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Dec- 2021 -8 DecemberRetailers
Prestige Valuations launches ethical ring collection
Hatton Garden-based jeweller, Prestige Valuations, has launched a new range of fully sustainable, ethical natural diamond rings, in a bid to reduce the carbon footprint of proposals. The first piece in the collection is a 0.5 carat engagement ring. The diamond engagement ring is set in Fairtrade gold and comes…
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3 DecemberNews
Maria Black becomes first luxury brand to join Fairtrade programme
Maria Black has become the first “luxury” jewellery brand to join the new Fairtrade Gold Sourcing Programme (GSP) on 3 December 2021. In 2021, which marks 10 years of Fairtrade Gold, the programme was launched to enable more jewellery brands and businesses to source from an “ethical supply chain”. Maria…
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Nov- 2021 -30 NovemberRetailers
Nightingale reopens showroom after £20k refurb
Ethical jewellery brand Nightingale has announced the reopening of its showroom after it underwent a £20,000 refurbishment. Founded by husband and wife Stephen and Diane Nightingale in 2016, the duo originally set up shop in York’s Barleycorn Yard with the help of Ryan Atkins from direct-to-consumer specialists The Embarking Group,…
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Jan- 2021 -28 JanuaryFeatures
From the Bench: HEAVEN & HELL by Arabel Lebrusan at Lebrusan Studio
Sometimes my work treads a fine line between art and jewellery design. Merging traditional craft with modern-day narratives, I create one-of-a-kind jewels that serve as social commentaries, telling the stories that tend to fall through the cracks of our capitalist society. For decades, the international media has called for attention…
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Mar- 2020 -20 MarchFeatures
Waste not, want not: the designers driving ethical change
Last month marked a watershed moment as Rosh Mahtini became the first ever jeweller to receive the Queen Elizabeth II Award for British Design. Mahtini received the esteemed award based on her commitment to sustainability and ethical practices, exemplified by her innovative jewellery brand, Alighieri. As the first jewellery designer…
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Nov- 2019 -21 NovemberDesigners
Shakti Ellenwood opens first studio-store
Ethical jewellery designer Shakti Ellenwood has announced the launch of her first ever studio-store, set to open in Devon next week. The store, set in the village of Ashburton, follows the “cult” online success that her jewellery has garnered since she first launched her designs in 2000. Ellenwood is known…
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