As we enter what for many is a second month of economic lockdown and social isolation, jewellery businesses throughout the supply chain are looking for solutions. There is a growing realization that that the industry as we knew will be inexorably changed, but first it is necessary to keep one’s head above water.
With the international jewellery and gemstone industry grappling with the challenge of a worldwide economic shutdown, instituted by governments in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, CIBJO has announced that it will no longer be charging for downloads of its Blue Book series of industry standards and nomenclature.
Historically, international crises have been inflection points in the human experience, and the COVID-19 epidemic is likely to be one of the most transformative in living memory.
I write these words from my home in Milan, to which the movement of my family is now restricted, according to new government regulations meant to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Fortunately, we are all in good health.
CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, will hold its 2020 annual congress in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), from October 5 to October 7.
With responsible sourcing policies, verifiable supply chain integrity and social and environmental sustainability fast becoming requirements , small and medium-sized enterprises are feeling increasingly pressured.
Video highlights of the 2019 CIBJO Congress, which took place in Bahrain, November 18-20, hosted by DANAT, Bahrain Institute for Pearls and Gemstones.
The 2019 CIBJO Congress has concluded in Bahrain, with the World Jewellery Confederation’s Board of Directors voting to establish a series of new committees, among them one that will be dedicated to establishing operating practices that are specific to the laboratory-grown diamond trade, and another which will focus on the long-term impacts of new technologies on the jewellery, gemstone and precious metals sectors.
The CIBJO, addresses the Presidents' Meeting of the World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) in Dubai on February 24, 2022.
The 2019 CIBJO Congress has opened in Bahrain, with a call on the jewellery industry by CIBJO President Gaetano to take action on climate change, which he said was not an issue specific to the sector, but it is the “most important story of our time.”
