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RJC gathers the industry in Switzerland

The cultural Swiss city of Basel played the perfect backdrop to RJC's first 2017 European CoC consultation meeting and its annual panel discussion at Baselworld 2017! On the 22 March the RJC held a workshop in Basel, Switzerland, on the proposed changes to the RJC Standards, with a focus on the Chain-of-Custody.

Hosted by Anne-Marie Fleury, the RJC Standards & Impacts Director and Peter Dawkins, the RJC's Assurance and Standards Coordinator, the workshop was attended by over 20 stakeholders who held a dynamic and an engaged discussion and provided valuable technical knowledge and industry insight on the topics raised. The RJC wishes to thank those who gave their time and made the event a great success.

Luxury watch and jewellery trade fair, Baselworld 2017 kicked off on Thursday 23 March with the RJC industry panel session on the program for the first day of the show. RJC members, industry experts and various other stakeholders gathered at the Basel Congress Centre to hear the latest update from the RJC as well as the latest developments on the EU Regulation on Conflict Minerals, presented by guest speaker, Ruth Crowell, CEO of LBMA.

A panel of industry experts took to the stage to talk about responsible gemstone sourcing best practices and shared great insights with the audience on how they approach supply chain integrity and ethical sourcing business practices. Our sincere thanks to Dr Thomas Hainschwang from GGTL Laboratories, Eleonora Rizzuto from Bulgari, Jack Cunningham from Gemfields and Jean Claude Michelou from ICA for their valued participation.

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