Jewelers Vigilance Committee - Home

Jewelers Vigilance Committee (JVC), the legal compliance expert in the jewelry industry is a not-for-profit trade association since 1917 whose mission is to maintain the jewelry industry's highest ethical standards.

http://www.jvclegal.org/

online rules and reg pages.indd

Web  |  www.jckonline.com

Eligibility: Open to businesses engaged in the design and manufacture of jewelry for retail distribution. Persons submitting entries on behalf of a participant business must be 18 years of age or older, and properly authorized to enter on behalf of such business.

http://www.jckonline.com/contents/pdf/JCArulesandentrypages.pdf

HRD: Kimberley Process Chair-Designate visits AWDC

Antwerp, Thursday, February 15, 2007 Karel Kovanda, deputy director-general of DG Relex of the European Commission, and Kimberley Process chair-designate has paid a visit to AWDC (Antwerp World Diamond Centre, formerly the HRD).

http://www.hrd.be/index.php?id=896

Venezuela at risk of being expelled from Kimberley Process - Diamond Home - JCK India

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Venezuela at risk of being expelled from Kimberley Process - Blatant non compliance of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme may result in Venezuela being expelled from KP. - JCK India

http://www.jckindia.com/Diamond/Home/Venezuela_at_risk_of_being_expelled_from_Kimberley_Process/2/2/1/290.aspx

Kimberley Process

For the first time, Kimberley Process publishes trade and production statistics. See under Transparency in KP Production and Trade Data on http://www.kimberleyprocess.com:8080/site/?name=documents.

http://www.kimberleyprocess.com:8080/site

July/August 2007 - Laura Gibson – Adding Color to American Design

“At JQ, we are in the business of tapping into your senses— tactile, intellectual and visual—and helping you tap into our worldwide network of jewelry business resources.”

http://www.jqintl.com/Uploads/features/cover_story_0708.asp

The Blue Nile Position on Conflict Diamonds

At Blue Nile, we only purchase diamonds through the largest and most respected suppliers who, like us, proudly adhere to and enforce the standards established by the Kimberley Process. All Blue Nile diamonds are warrantied to be conflict free.

http://www.bluenile.com/conflict_diamonds.asp

No Dirty Gold

London and Washington, DC: Today, Oxfam America, EARTHWORKS, and Global Witness are calling on jewelers to provide consumers with meaningful guarantees that the jewelry they buy is not tarnished with human rights abuses, environmental destruction, or conflict.

http://www.nodirtygold.org/CIBJO2005.cfm

WORLD DIAMOND COUNCIL - ADDRESS BY NICKY OPPENHEIMER

This, the third full meeting of the World Diamond Council, is of the greatest importance for our industry and resonates far beyond our immediate commercial interests and concerns.

http://www.worlddiamondcouncil.org/address%20by%20nicky%20oppenheimer.shtml

Waldman Diamond Company

As it is envisaged, the Kimberley Process system will involve rough diamonds being certified by recognized government agencies, in the country's where they are mined.

http://www.wdcgroup.com/press_room_2002_10.html