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Time To Phase Out Cruel, Polluting Gem Mining Worldwide

The mining and selling of “blood diamonds” has been targeted by campaigners for decades and subject to many UN Resolutions addressing conflict diamonds mentioned in my previous article “Beyond Bloodstained Gems: New Science and Standards”. Even after the diamond cartel’s response, the Kimberly Certification of gems that are “conflict-free”, many stones escape into global trade. […]

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Slave free chocolate, global value chains and delicious ‘Chocolonely’

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Hazel Henderson makes the connection between slave labor and diamond mining! Article Slave labour is still part of some global value chains. Chocolate is an example. It can be shown and measured that in such a case but also in other cases increases in trade can actually lower production and income for countries lower in

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Diamond Industry: In the rough

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News: London-based The Economist is now covering the shift from mining diamonds now losing value to the growing market of science-created diamonds, including Leonardo DiCaprio’s Diamond Foundry! Read on. The diamond industry: In the rough Diamonds: Shine on

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BEYOND BLOODSTAINED GEMS: NEW SCIENCE AND STANDARDS

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By Hazel Henderson © 2015 The best way to ensure that your diamond is not bloodstained from conflicts is to buy an identical gem created by human science. These can be indistinguishable from diamonds mined from the Earth and avoid polluting the planet and exploiting miners, hundreds of whom die every year. The growing science-created

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BDI NEWSLETTER – MAY 2017

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Diamonds 1. Why millennials are going for experiences over diamonds? Millennials are going for experiences like destination weddings and vacations over diamonds. They are also wooed by non-conventional stones and other luxury items instead of diamonds. An analyst from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Ashley Wallace explains this by saying that the millennials have become

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Ada Diamonds becomes world’s first exclusive high-end jeweler of Lab-grown diamonds

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A Silicon Valley based company – Ada Diamonds has vowed to make the world more beautiful using only conflict free, eco-friendly Lab-grown diamonds. It believes that modern technology, art and superior craftsmanship will be the future of diamond industry. A husband-wife co-founder team Jason Payne – Lindsay Reinsmith were early adopters of Lab-grown diamonds in

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