Archive for March, 2010
Fair Trade Gold Takes a Leap Forward
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010A hugely important milestone has been reached in the effort to create a supply of fair trade certified gold. Thanks to a promising new initiative announced recently, thousands of artisanal gold miners in developing countries will soon be able to sell their gold under a new, fair trade labeling system, a partnership between the Alliance [...]
Mugabe to Kimberley Process: Don’t Try to Stop Us
Thursday, March 25th, 2010As a South African monitor arrives in Zimbabwe to assess the human rights situation, a decisive moment looms for the Kimberley Process (KP), the international diamond certification scheme whose supposed purpose is to combat the problem of conflict diamonds. The options for the KP are becoming starker: either bow down to Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s corrupt [...]
