What we stand for
Council Mission Statement
"Our objective is to promote responsible ethical, social and environmental practices throughout the diamond1 and gold2 jewellery supply chain, from mine to retail."
The Council for Responsible Jewellery Practices is a not-for-profit organisation. It will endeavour to implement its Mission Statement and in turn will seek to reinforce confidence in the diamond and gold supply chain by:
- - Developing a “Responsible Practices Framework”, in consultation
with key stakeholder groups, that will define the ethical, social and
environmental standardsaccording to which all Members commit to conduct
their business
- - Making it a condition of membership that Members apply the “Responsible
Practices Framework” through an implementation model that will
include self assessments and is evidenced through a system of independent
third party monitoring.
- - Working with industry participants to advise on business responsibility
issues as they arise and by offering guidance on the use of the “Responsible
Practices Framework” to implement responsible business practices.
- - Promoting awareness and understanding of key ethical, social andenvironmental
business responsibility issues by working with all stakeholders including
(but not limited to) industry participants, trade organizations, governments,
civil society representatives.
- - Acting as an advocate for business responsibility within the industry
and developing initiatives to address ethical, social and environmental
challenges through publicly and privately financed projects.
- - Working with stakeholders and industry participants to continuously
improve conformance with the standards and processes set out above
and ensuring that theyare relevant and achievable, while addressing
key ethical, social, environmental challenges with due regard to the
business objectives of the industry.
- - Encouraging Members to promote the adoption of the “Responsible
Practices Framework” amongst their business partners.
- -Seeking to be inclusive and extending the membership opportunity throughout the industry.
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