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2021 Virtual CIBJO Congress; Laboratory-Grown Diamond Committee session

The Laboratory-Grown Diamond Committee is charged with developing a guidance document to support the incorporation of the laboratory-grown diamond sector into the greater jewellery industry.

By |2022-12-05T13:59:40+01:00November 3rd, 2021|CIBJO Videos, News & Media|Comments Off on 2021 Virtual CIBJO Congress; Laboratory-Grown Diamond Committee session

CIBJO releases Coloured Stone Special Report urging a holistic approach to ethical sourcing in sector

With the 2021 Virtual CIBJO Congress already underway, the eighth of this year’s CIBJO Special Reports has been released. Prepared by CIBJO’s Coloured Stone Commission, headed by Charles Abouchar, the report looks at issues related to ethical sourcing, and how the principles of responsible supply chain management can be implemented without disenfranchising artisanal and small-scale miners, and small and medium-sized enterprises.

By |2022-08-29T12:43:42+02:00November 3rd, 2021|CIBJO News, News & Media|Comments Off on CIBJO releases Coloured Stone Special Report urging a holistic approach to ethical sourcing in sector

The 2021 Virtual CIBJO Congress gets underway, highlighting jewellery industry’s role in society and the environment

For the first time in its 95-year history, CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, has launched its annual congress online rather than in a physical location, with an Opening Ceremony followed by a session of the CIBJO Responsible Sourcing Commission, during which a strong emphasis was placed on the jewellery industry’s obligations to society and the environment.

By |2022-09-07T13:46:04+02:00November 2nd, 2021|CIBJO News, News & Media|Comments Off on The 2021 Virtual CIBJO Congress gets underway, highlighting jewellery industry’s role in society and the environment

CIBJO releases Technology Special Report, looks at how data is transforming jewellery trade

With fewer than four weeks to go to the opening of the 2021 CIBJO Congress on November 1, 2021, the fifth of this year’s CIBJO Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO’s new Technology Committee, headed by Stephane Fischler, the report focuses on disruptive technological breakthroughs in the jewellery and gemstone industry and trade, for which in the words of the author “it is possible to talk about the way things were before the innovation and how they were afterwards.”

By |2022-08-29T12:22:49+02:00October 31st, 2021|CIBJO News, News & Media|Comments Off on CIBJO releases Technology Special Report, looks at how data is transforming jewellery trade

CIBJO’s just-released Pearl Special Report provides global perspective of impacts of COVID and climate change

With less than one week to go to the opening of the 2021 CIBJO Congress on November 1, 2021, the seventh of this year’s CIBJO Special Reports has been released. Prepared by CIBJO’s Pearl Commission, headed by Kenneth Scarratt, the report provides a broad overview of an industry that has been dealing with the dual challenges of COVID-19 and climate change for the past two years, with perspectives from Australia, Indonesia, French Polynesia, Mexico, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

By |2022-08-29T12:45:37+02:00October 27th, 2021|CIBJO News, News & Media|Comments Off on CIBJO’s just-released Pearl Special Report provides global perspective of impacts of COVID and climate change

CIBJO releases Gemmological Special Report, discusses determining criteria for gem variety names

With fewer than two weeks to go to the opening of the 2021 CIBJO Congress on November 1, 2021, the sixth of this year’s CIBJO Special Reports has been released. Prepared by CIBJO’s Gemmological Commission, headed by Hanco Zwaan, the report focuses on two issues, namely the establishment of criteria for defining gem variety names, and the creation of an international set of standards, practices and nomenclature for the mainly jade and jadeite gem materials referred to as Fei Cui.

By |2022-08-29T12:24:17+02:00October 20th, 2021|CIBJO News, News & Media|Comments Off on CIBJO releases Gemmological Special Report, discusses determining criteria for gem variety names

CIBJO President extols jewellery industry’s role as a catalyst for sustainable development, at high-level summit in Italy

CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri has described to an audience of business and industry leaders meeting in the Italian capital of Rome, as well as online, the current and potential role of the jewellery industry as a catalyst for the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

By |2022-08-30T16:52:00+02:00October 11th, 2021|CIBJO News, News & Media|Comments Off on CIBJO President extols jewellery industry’s role as a catalyst for sustainable development, at high-level summit in Italy

Trading Pearls Online: Why, How and the Consequences

The webinar examined the impact of online trading in the pearl sector, discussing the particular challenges and consider how the trade is likely to change..

By |2022-12-05T12:46:55+01:00October 7th, 2021|Jewellery Industry Voices, News & Media|Comments Off on Trading Pearls Online: Why, How and the Consequences

CIBJO releases Diamond Special Report, describes 3-part process of ISO standardisation

With fewer than five weeks to go to the opening of the 2021 CIBJO Congress on November 1, 2021, the fourth of this year’s CIBJO commissions’ Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Diamond Commission, headed by Udi Sheintal, the report focuses on a three-part process to establish comprehensive standards for diamonds through the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). This is a project in which CIBJO has been closely involved.

By |2022-08-29T12:31:50+02:00September 29th, 2021|CIBJO News, News & Media|Comments Off on CIBJO releases Diamond Special Report, describes 3-part process of ISO standardisation

Jewellery Industry Voices’ October webinar to examine the impact of online trading on the pearl sector

Entitled “Trading Pearls Online: Why, How, and the Consequences,” the Jewellery Industry Webinar on October 7, 2021, will examine the impact of online trading in the pearl sector.

By |2022-08-29T12:32:41+02:00September 28th, 2021|CIBJO News, News & Media|Comments Off on Jewellery Industry Voices’ October webinar to examine the impact of online trading on the pearl sector
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