Responsible Jewellery CouncilThe Responsible Jewellery Council (‘RJC’) was established in 2005 to promote responsible ethical, human rights, social and environmental practices in the gold and diamond supply chains. The Council was built on the belief that these issues can be best addressed as a collaborative effort.Richemont plays an active role in the RJC. Cartier was one of the 13 founding members and today RJC has grown to include some 230 members from mine to retail, including other Richemont Maisons - Van Cleef & Arpels, Piaget, Montblanc, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Baume & Mercier. Vacheron Constantin has also applied for membership of the RJC this year. Code of Practice The RJC has developed a Code of Practices, based on established international principles, which sets out requirements against which members will have to be certified no later than December 2011. The scope of the Code of Practices captures:
The RJC system  The Council has developed the RJC System, a certification system which will apply to all members’ businesses that contribute to the diamond and gold jewellery supply chain. Certification will help to strengthen the reputation of members as well as the reputations of members’ suppliers, customers and business partners. Under the RJC system, all commercial members of the RJC must be audited by accredited, third party auditors to verify compliance with the RJC’s Code of Practices. As a first step, members will perform initial self-assessments against the Code. Following this, members will be required to conduct third party audits by December 2011. Further information on the Responsible Jewellery Council can be obtained at www.responsiblejewellery.com. |
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