Supply Chain
The supply chain is the backbone of the UK jewellery industry, connecting designers, manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers. For trade professionals, understanding supply chain dynamics is essential to managing costs, ensuring ethical sourcing, and maintaining resilience in the face of global challenges. Jewellery Focus provides expert coverage on supply chain developments, from material sourcing and logistics to regulatory changes and sustainability initiatives, helping businesses stay agile and informed in a competitive market.
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Nov- 2017 -22 NovemberAppointments
GIA’s Edward Johnson joins the RJC
Edward Johnson has been appointed to the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) as director of business development.He will be responsible for expanding its expertise and driving growth for the organisation, strengthening its influence and reputation across the jewellery industry. Johnson joins the team at the RJC from the Gemological Institute of…
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6 NovemberProduct Launches
Timex Group introduces FINS solutions
Watchmakers Timex Group and Montrichard have entered into an agreement to implement the web based solution, FINS. The cloud based enterprise resource planning (ERP) and turnkey supply chain tool enables micro-merchandising and micro-manufacturing best practices to optimise the supply chain for selected brands of the Timex Group. The FINS solution…
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Oct- 2017 -17 OctoberTrade Organisations
RJC and DMCC announce collaboration
The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has announced it has agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DMCC to work cooperatively on advancing its shared objectives of improving corporate social responsibility and responsible supply chain efforts in the jewellery supply chain. With this new partnership, the two organisations will work together…
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Sep- 2017 -6 SeptemberDesigners
Cred launches the ‘ultimate ethical’ engagement ring
Cred Jewellery has announced the launch of its ‘ultimate ethical’ engagement ring collection using its own lab-grown diamonds. The brand, which was one of the pioneering jewellery brands to use Fairtrade gold, insists that the use of lab grown diamonds will lead to a product that is 100% traceable and…
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Aug- 2017 -15 AugustTrade Organisations
RJC invites input to review Chain of Custody standard
The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) is reviewing its Chain of Custody (CoC) standard and is inviting input from the jewellery industry on the revised proposed changes. The CoC standard provides an assured approach for companies to source, segregate and transfer precious metals, thus creating a traceable ‘chain’ through every stage…
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2 AugustAppointments
EDITOR’S COMMENT: What now for the CMJ?
Much ink has been spilled by the trade press over the sudden and barely explicated departure of Willie Hamilton, the polarising chief executive of the Company of Master Jewellers. Apart from those at the top, it would seem nobody knew he was about to vacate his post, and those in…
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Jul- 2017 -11 JulyTrade Organisations
RJC welcomes industry input for Code of Practice review
The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has invited the industry to have its say on the body’s Code of Practice. The Code of Practice is the standard which defines responsible ethical, human rights, social, and environmental practices for companies in the diamond, gold and/or platinum metals jewellery supply chain. Certification against…
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May- 2017 -16 MayCurrent Affairs
GIA warns of ‘hybrid’ diamonds
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has warned of “hybrid” diamonds entering the supply chain after uncovering a natural diamond with a blue synthetic coating. Claiming that the stone was the first of its kind that the institute had encountered, it reported that a number of “unusual characteristics” gave away…
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Apr- 2017 -6 AprilTrade Organisations
GIA creates free gem guide for artisanal miners
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has produced a gem guide which they will give to artisanal miners free of charge. Working in association with NGO Pact and women’s mining communities in Tanzania, the guide offers basic gemmological and market knowledge in gem-producing areas. It has been launched as a…
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5 AprilEvents
UK’s ‘first responsible jewellery conference’ announces 2017 speakers
Flux Fair Luxury – the UK’s first responsible jewellery conference – has announced the speakers who will be taking part in this year’s two-day conference. The event, which takes place in three weeks, has confirmed that Lisa Levinson from Forevermark, Claus Teilmann-Petersen, vice-president of group ethics at Danish jewellery brand…
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