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  • Ethical Making
  • Materials
    • Materials
    • Precious Metals
      • Metal Sourcing
      • Fairtrade Metals
      • Fairmined Metals
      • Recycled Metals
    • Precious Stones
      • Stone Sourcing
      • Diamonds
      • Gemstones
    • Pearls
  • Studio
    • Studio Practices
    • Chemical Alternatives
    • Print & Packaging
    • Resource Use
    • Metal Reclamation
  • Resources
    • Key Organisations
    • Research
    • Terms
    • Opportunities
  • Consumers
  • Blog

Research

CADOD, Unearth Justice: Counting the Cost of Gold

Dr Peter Oakley from the Royal College of Art has written a series of

Introducing Ethical Gold So What’s Wrong with Gold Mining Anyway? 

Industrial Mining and Anti-Mining Campaigns Why is ASM Different? Fairtrade and Fairmined Gold

Reflections on Ethical Gold   

articles on ethical issues in gold sourcing.

Foreign Policy, Rough Cut : Nearly all the world’s diamonds — legal or not — pass through this one Indian city. 

Macleans, Blood Stones: The dangerous world of Pakistan’s gem trade. 

National Geographic, The Real Price of Gold 

The Economist, In praise of small miners: a boom in artisanal mining offers lessons in development

The Goldsmith, The Great Debate – Working Together to Deliver an Ethical Supply Chain

The Jewellery Editor, Canadian Diamonds: a definitive guide 

Time, Blood Diamonds

Further reading

Gemological Institute of America, articles on ethical sourcing cases

Informative Websites & Blogs

bario-neal.com/blog

brilliantearth.com/our-movement

edwardflemingjewellery.com/blog

ethicalmetalsmiths.org

fashionrevolution.org 

gregvalerio.com

jeweltreefoundation.org/blog

reflectivejewelry.com

ethicalconsumer.org

greenachiever.co.uk

utedecker.com

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