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Alice Rochester
13th March 2009 19:45

Ethical Jewellery talk at the Stevenage Fair Trade Steering Group

 

A little while ago I was asked to speak about ethics in jewellery at one of the meetings of the Stevenage Fairtrade Steering Group, and it finally happened last night. What a lovely group of people! The Steering Group was convened to promote Fairtrade products in the area, bringing them to wider public attention and encouraging local businesses to buy and sell them. Stevenage has been working towards Fairtrade Town status; in fact the application went in yesterday and is expected to be granted in the near future.

I've got to admit I was terrified (as I've not had to give a formal presentation to a group in a very long time) but the response to what I had to say was really lovely - people really seemed interested in the state of the jewellery industry at the moment and what we as a company and organizations like the Responsible Jewellery Council are trying to do to improve matters. It was so exciting to be talking to people already involved in Fairtrade issues about exactly what it is we’re doing.

Anyway, I’ve had two lovely e-mails this morning from people who were there including the following, which makes me rather proud:

'What a pleasure to see a company sincerely considering and acting to promote the creation of Fair Trade jewellery materials. Harriet Kelsall Jewellery Design are working at the cutting edge of Fair Trade design and we applaud their exciting ethical policy development' - Jasmin Julia Gupta - Stevenage Fair Trade Steering Group.

More information about the Steering Group can be found through the Stevenage Borough Council's website.

By the way - one of the things that came up in the meeting was that Cadbury's Dairy Milk is going to be Fairtrade as of autumn this year. How exciting!! A main stream chocolate brand that everyone knows and loves is going Fairtrade!! I know the girls here will be delighted… see their press release.

If you want to know more about ethical jewellery, take a look at our website's ethical jewellery section.

Hand making a yellow gold engagement ring
Alice Rochester
 

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