Organised in collaboration with the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 (WJI 2030), the seminar that took place on January 20, 2024, at the Italian Exhibition Group’s VICENZAORO show in Vicenza, Italy, looked at the impact of raw materials extraction by the greater jewellery industry on the natural environment and the role companies all along the value chain can play in minimising and reducing their effect on nature and biodiversity.

Moderated by Iris Van der Veken, Executive Director and Secretary General of WJI 2030, panellists included Noora Jamsheer, CEO at the Bahrain Institute for Pearls & Gemstones (DANAT); Madeline Heun, Nature Strategies Consultant at The Biodiversity Consultancy; Liza Murphy, Head of the Conservation Management Assurance Team at IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature; Francesca Manfredi, Head of Sustainable Innovation Watches and Jewellery at Kering, the luxury brand group; and Matan Tsabari, CSR Manager at Taché Diamonds.