Gems, gold or diamonds come through fair trade associations from Canada, Namibia, Kalahari or Botswana but it’s important to have attention to some facts that could led us into a fake and not ethical fair trade. Talking to other customers we can learn from bad experiences and be more clever in the future, let’s join a community! makeityourring diamond engagement rings

Here you can find some advices that will help you to recognize if you are treating with ethical organizations or not.

1. The main criterion is the possibility of tracking the production of the jewel, from the extraction in the mine until its commercialization in the market, being witness of the whole distribution chain.
2. If you are trying to buy an ethical engagement ring you should listen carefully the way that the seller speaks, if he says that all natural diamonds are free from conflicts he is lying, most of the natural diamonds have some environmental impact but the fact is to know the conditions in which was obtained the diamond.
3. It’s a common practice among the jewelers in the last years to define their jewels as products of the fair trade but it’s uncertain because we can’t talk about fair trade in the diamonds’ market at the moment although there are many people working on it.
4. How your ring was created is also a important fact to consider, some typical rings that could be found in any jewelry have maybe been produced in a mass chain with some specific machines instead of been handmade elaborated by an artisan.
5. As all the precious gems come from the earth there is always some environmental impact in their extraction but we have always to consider and be careful with the human rights that shouldn’t be damaged by the extraction and production of jewels.

To sum up the important things to know are, how does the metal come from, how does the diamond or the gem come from and how was the ring created. Only some companies can respond to these questions in a transparent and detailed way! You can find an example here makeityourring diamond engagement rings

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