Does Responsible Gold Certification Enhance Transparency?
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Fair Fashion?
Interdisciplinary Perspectives in the Context of Social, Ecological, Economic and Cultural Sustainability
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- Series
- Neue Ökonomie
- Volume
- 6
- Publisher
- transcript, Bielefeld
- Copyright Year
- 2025
- ISBN-Print
- 978-3-8376-7666-2
- ISBN-Online
- 978-3-8394-7666-6
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The Knowledge and Communication of Jewellers
Does Responsible Gold Certification Enhance Transparency?
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- 978-3-8376-7666-2
- ISBN-Online
- 978-3-8394-7666-6
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Lefoll, van der Merwe and Günther examine Swiss jewellers’ knowledge of goldsourcing, certification and responsible gold. While 79% said their jewellery wasethical or sustainable, only 13% knew the gold’s origin—limited to Fairtrade orFairmined sellers. Fewer than 10% of Responsible Jewellery Council-affiliatedjewellers stated their certification status. Almost all jewellers shared sourcingdetails only when asked, suggesting voluntary certifications may not necessarilyenhance transparency.
