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FAIRTRADE & FAIRMINED GOLD
All my gold is Fairtrade and Fairmined Certified from the Choco region of Colombia. Gold Certified to Fairtrade and Fairmined standards provides small-scale miners and their communities in developing countries the opportunity for better living and working conditions.

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The Corporación Oro Verde is a collective community, they are organisations from the Choco region which work in a sustainable and environmental manner.. Together they work with 12 Afro-Colombian communities to support small-scale alluvial mining operations. Oro Verde™ have pioneered an environmentally sustainable, socially responsible form of artisanal mining that seeks to preserve the unique and vital virgin rainforest ecosystems while providing a fair, regular source of income to miners, their families and their communities.

RUBYFAIR
Rubyfair is a partnership between British Jewellers and Tanzanian Miners in which both the miners’ welfare and the ecology of the land are considered. Rubyfair takes the welfare of its workers seriously and safety equipment and procedures are strictly adhered to. Improvements to roads have led to better access to remote villages. Rubyfair is proud to support the local community by sponsoring the Ukwama Children's Home and Orphanage. For more information go to www.rubyfair.com

JEWELTREE FOUNDATION
The Jeweltree Foundation guarantees supply chain transparency, social responsibility and ecological sustainability. They support small scale mining and jewellery related initiatives in third world countries.

LINKS
www.greengold-oroverde.org
www.communitymining.org (Alliance for Responsible Mining)
www.madisondialogue.org
www.rubyfair.com
www.jeweltreefoundation.org
www.fairtrade.org.uk
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