Category Archives: Ethical Jewellery

Blog articles on ethical jewellery, conflict free diamonds and fairtrade gold.

Fairtrade Gold vs Regular Gold – a Comparison for Jewellery

Sotrami Gold Miners, Peru, Image credit Eduardo Martino

Sotrami Gold miners, Peru. Photo credit Eduardo Martino. Today’s post is meant as a short update to increase awareness of the changes we have made to the price of Fairtrade Gold over regular 18ct Gold on our website. Earlier this month, we decided to level the price of regular 18ct Gold jewellery, to match the more Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

My name is Mark and I'm founder at Serendipity Diamonds. I have 30 years or experience in polished diamonds and jewellery. Today, I work with an expert team in our Isle of Wight jewellery showroom located in Ryde. Most of my work involves helping clients in our showroom, working on our two websites and photographing jewellery commissions.

Fairtrade Gold Engagement Rings – A Small Cost for a Better Future

Fairtrade Gold Engagement Rings - Introduced as an option for engagement rings by Serendipity Diamonds in Summer 2014

What is a Fairtrade Gold? “Fairtrade certified gold is the world’s first independent ethical certification system for gold.” “Achieving Fairtrade certification requires small-scale mining organisations to meet rigorous Fairtrade standards on working conditions, child labour, women’s rights, clean technology, health and safety, organisational management, democratic decision-making, transparency and traceability of their mining operations and responsible environmental management, Read the full article…

About Mark Johnson

My name is Mark and I'm founder at Serendipity Diamonds. I have 30 years or experience in polished diamonds and jewellery. Today, I work with an expert team in our Isle of Wight jewellery showroom located in Ryde. Most of my work involves helping clients in our showroom, working on our two websites and photographing jewellery commissions.