What the Kimberley Process Doesn’t Want You To Know — Sharon Z Jewelry

What the Kimberley Process Doesn’t Want You To Know — Sharon Z Jewelry

When a Summer of 2021 assembly of the Kimberley Procedure (KP) turned contentious, I found hope.

This is not an try to “uncover a silver lining” in a horrible circumstance. I was nowhere in the vicinity of this meeting, have no relationships to this group and only needle them on the web on situation. But this time, for at the time, I noticed extra and more men and women accumulating on the net to admit what was going on in front of our eyes. And that what is taking place is a direct resistance to accountability or oversight.

The KP resists oversight at just about every transform and in the system, they shoot on their own and the diamond business in the foot. The Kimberley System Civil Society, an firm developed to supply accountability to the KP, could not sway KP associates to keep themselves accountable. Avoiding observers to an opaque process like the KP will not generate believe in and it turns the overall procedure into the punchline to a darkish joke. In quick, each and every time the KP refuses accountability, a lab-grown diamond will get its wings.

You might consider that I would truly feel frustrated or prepared to throw in the towel, but no. I know that I am not by yourself in this any longer. Far more than ever, jewelers, activists, shoppers, and miners close to the earth acknowledge this as a damaged process. And we are finding new strategies to operate jointly exterior of it. Designers are embracing mine-to-sector gemstones for their magnificence and their transparency. Buyers are extra willing than at any time to seek out the most moral jewellery they can discover. Corporations and activists are doing work with mining communities to obtain new ways to operate collectively. This all presents me hope for a upcoming jewelry business with fairness developed correct in.

The enthusiasm is there, the motivation for additional moral diamonds is there, but the path to buying them is full of obstructions. Clearing the route to a more ethical system demands transparency and political will. If they are not able to do it, then we will.

For far more examining:

https://www.pactworld.org/our-skills/mining

https://www.kpcivilsociety.org/press/kimberley-method-civil-culture-coalition-calls-for-urgent-sector-motion-prevent-the-ongoing-stream-of-conflict-diamonds/

https://www.kpcivilsociety.org/action/check out-webinar-conflict-diamonds-are-authentic-genuine-communicate-is-uncommon-influenced-communities-want-solutions/

From 2014, but terrific for background –

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