Emerging challenges for responsible jewellery business<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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<\/a>The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) will host its first corporate social responsibility (CSR) conference for the jewellery and watch supply chain.<\/strong><\/span> The CSR meeting will take place on May 15 at Arundel House in London<\/strong>. It is scheduled to take place following the RJC’s annual general meeting, held the same day. The conference will be open to all interested stakeholders. The event will feature three panel sessions focused on current supply chain issues. <\/span><\/p>\nThe first panel discussion will be broken down into three areas: EU responsible trading strategy for minerals from conflict zones<\/strong>; the Indian diamond sector and its challenges<\/strong>; and SMEs and consumer perspective<\/strong>. Among its guest speakers are Anoop Mehta, president of the Bharat Diamond Bourse and Professor Marylyn Carrigan, co-director at the Centre for Trust and Ethical Behaviour (CETEB), Coventry University Business School. <\/span><\/p>\nThe second panel will focus on human rights and responsible supply chains,<\/strong> with an in-depth discussion surrounding the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights<\/span><\/a>, the risks of forced labour and human trafficking<\/strong> in the jewellery supply chain, artisanal and small-scale mining and human rights in jewellery manufacturing. Speakers will include Adam Greene, the principal officer for the Bureau for Employers\u2019 Activities at the International Labour Office and Claus Teilmann Petersen, vice-president of Group CSR at Pandora. <\/span><\/p>\n
<\/a>The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) will host its first corporate social responsibility (CSR) conference for the jewellery and watch supply chain.<\/strong><\/span> The CSR meeting will take place on May 15 at Arundel House in London<\/strong>. It is scheduled to take place following the RJC’s annual general meeting, held the same day. The conference will be open to all interested stakeholders. The event will feature three panel sessions focused on current supply chain issues. <\/span><\/p>\nThe first panel discussion will be broken down into three areas: EU responsible trading strategy for minerals from conflict zones<\/strong>; the Indian diamond sector and its challenges<\/strong>; and SMEs and consumer perspective<\/strong>. Among its guest speakers are Anoop Mehta, president of the Bharat Diamond Bourse and Professor Marylyn Carrigan, co-director at the Centre for Trust and Ethical Behaviour (CETEB), Coventry University Business School. <\/span><\/p>\n The second panel will focus on human rights and responsible supply chains,<\/strong> with an in-depth discussion surrounding the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights<\/span><\/a>, the risks of forced labour and human trafficking<\/strong> in the jewellery supply chain, artisanal and small-scale mining and human rights in jewellery manufacturing. Speakers will include Adam Greene, the principal officer for the Bureau for Employers\u2019 Activities at the International Labour Office and Claus Teilmann Petersen, vice-president of Group CSR at Pandora. <\/span><\/p>\n