A good move in sustainability

[Garry H (Cut Nut)]

An Israeli grower is leading the way with a reliable audit company.
Hopefully this will be taken up by natural and grown diamond producers.
SCS Global Services have established a grading and standards methodology.
They did my RJC Audit and were very thorough. See the second news story below.

Diamonds.net - Lab-Grown Maker Lusix Gets Eco Accreditation

RAPAPORT... Lusix, a producer of lab-grown diamonds, has received sustainability accreditation for its rough goods, enabling it to participate in the synthetics sector’s push to present itself as ethically and environmentally sound.SCS Global Services carried out a third-party audit of the...

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Diamonds.net - The Business of Doing Good

Iris, you have been a strong advocate of sustainability for over 20 years. Why are the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) so important now? The 17 SDGs are the sustainability agenda for the world as agreed by 193 countries. They are about people, prosperity, planet, peace and...

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[DejaWiz]

Very nice! Hope others follow suit, and soon.

 

[Ada Diamonds CEO]

@Garry H (Cut Nut) - SCS has now certified three growers, and more are on the way.

WD in Maryland was the first certified by SCS, and Lusix is the second grower in Israel to be certified (Green Rocks was the first).

Out of curiosity, can you tell me about your RJC audit and what it entailed?

 

[Garry H (Cut Nut)]

@Garry H (Cut Nut) - SCS has now certified three growers, and more are on the way.

WD in Maryland was the first certified by SCS, and Lusix is the second grower in Israel to be certified (Green Rocks was the first).

Out of curiosity, can you tell me about your RJC audit and what it entailed?

Well for example we had to develop SOP's for all sorts of things that were not even likely to be a problem, because they may be problems in other businesses or nations.
e.g. How do you prove you are not employing under age people (youngest we ever employ in our jewel stores is about 2. So we now ask for proof of age, like a photocopy of drivers licence.
Death by 2,000 questions