Accountable Jewelry Council appoints new requirements committee co-chairs

The Accountable Jewelry Council has appointed Sara Yood and Eduard Stefanescu as co-chairs of its requirements committee, because the organisation continues work on updating its world accountable enterprise requirements.

Yood is president and chief govt of the Jewellers Vigilance Committee, whereas Stefanescu is sustainability supervisor at treasured metals agency C.HAFNER. Each will function co-chairs in a private capability.

The requirements committee is accountable for overseeing the event and upkeep of the council’s Codes of Follow, Chain of Custody and Laboratory Grown Supplies requirements, which underpin its certification programmes throughout the jewelry and watch {industry}.

Yood has greater than three many years’ expertise in jewelry {industry} regulation, shopper safety and compliance. On the Jewellers Vigilance Committee, she leads work on authorized steering and integrity within the US market.

She stated: “I’m trying ahead to persevering with the sophisticated however rewarding work of updating and sustaining the varied RJC requirements. The nuance of the textual content is vitally necessary to the companies that depend on it, and serving as one of many layers of evaluate is a difficult but gratifying train.”

Stefanescu oversees refining, recycling and supply-chain integrity at C.HAFNER and has a background in geoscience. He additionally chairs the sustainability platform of the European Treasured Metals Federation and the sustainability working committee of the German Treasured Metals Federation.

He stated the council had “each a accountability and a possibility to deal with world challenges by requirements that promote human and labour rights, environmental safety, and transparency in provide chains”.

Alongside the brand new co-chairs, the Accountable Jewelry Council has appointed quite a lot of new members to the requirements committee, drawn from {industry}, civil society and shopper illustration.

Trade representatives becoming a member of the committee embrace Ben Ronca of Leach Garner; Donald Bray of Fura Gems; Melanie Mater of De Beers; Valerie Michel of Rosy Blue; Wafa Jaffery of DMCC; Alethea Inns of Gemological Science Worldwide; and Raluca Angel of the Pure Diamond Council.

Non-industry members embrace shopper consultant Antonino Serra Cambaceres; Chris Vandome, a senior analysis fellow at Chatham Home; and Abbi Buxton, a specialist in human rights, gender and inequality with expertise in artisanal and large-scale mining.

The council has additionally named a number of visitor members to the committee, together with Laure Williams of Richemont; Francesco Giunta of Heraeus; and Kesah Trowell of Watches of Switzerland.

The Accountable Jewelry Council is a world standards-setting physique for the jewelry and watch {industry}, with members spanning the provision chain from mining to retail.