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The lab-grown diamond report: All that glitters
Three years on from the ‘watershed’ year of 2018, when natural diamond juggernaut De Beers introduced Lightbox Jewelry, the lab-created diamond category has gone from strength to strength.
“Over the past few years, lab-grown diamonds have…
IGI Offers $5K Prize In Jewelry Store Sustainability Contest
The International Gemological Institute (IGI) is launching a new campaign focused on carbon neutrality for retail jewelry stores. “Jewelers On A Mission” invites eligible stores to complete a brief application describing why sustainability…
TELLING INDUSTRIES, LLC Announces Inclusion in the Industry-Wide Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for Cold-Formed Steel Framing
TELLING INDUSTRIES, LLC announces that their cold-formed metal framing products now carry the SFIA Environmental Product Declaration (EPD).
Telling is now recognized in the Industry-Wide EPD for the Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA…
Podcast: From Tech Mogul to Lab-Grown Advocate
Lusix, an Israel-based lab-grown diamond company, is expanding its production capabilities amid rising demand for the category, founder Benny Landa told the Rapaport Diamond Podcast.
The company currently synthesizes diamonds at its sole…
IGI To Award Prize Toward Sustainability
IGI, the first gemological laboratory to commit to carbon neutrality, is working to unite the industry with a new campaign focused on sustainability. IGI’s “Jewelers on a Mission” initiative invites eligible stores to complete a brief application…
Figure Eight Reimagines the Retail Experience, Opens First Sustainable Luxury Multi-Brand Pop-up in SoHo
Today, Figure Eight, the first multi-brand experiential boutique curated with a 360-degree approach to sustainability, opens at 63 Greene Street in New York’s storied SoHo neighborhood. The thoughtfully curated pop-up will showcase a…
Nearly 5000 Independent Smallholders Certified in Sierra Leone
Palm oil holds a significant place in the African region. Oil palm is indigenous to Africa — its use as a basic food crop has been vital to the inhabitants of the equatorial regions in Africa as far back as 3000 BC in Egypt. Presently, the…
AirCarbon x Nike: Newlight and Nike Partner to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Newlight Technologies (www.newlight.com) announced today a partnership with Nike to explore the use of AirCarbon, a carbon-negative biomaterial produced by microorganisms from the ocean. AirCarbon is currently used in fashion applications as a…
Global Certification Leader SCS Global Services Brings Sustainability Solutions To Las Vegas
SCS Global Services (SCS), a leader in third-party environmental and sustainability certification, auditing, testing, and standards, will launch its certification program for the newly released SCS-007 Sustainability Rated Diamonds Standard…
Green Rocks Earns 3-Party Sustainability Rated Diamond Certification
Green Rocks Diamonds, a producer of high-quality created diamonds sold under the Green Rocks brand, has been accredited under the SCS 007 Sustainability Rated Diamond Standard for Trial Use. This achievement grants Green Rocks the authorization…