Green Carpet Fashion Awards is Bringing Luxury Brands Together in Sustainable Purpose

The Green Carpet Fashion Awards, Italia 2017 are founded on sustainable values and represent the handprint of fashion. The Green Carpet Fashion Awards are unique because they are putting sustainability – arguably the most important movement for humankind – at the heart of fashion. Revealed for the very first time at the lunch, the award … Read more

A sneak-peak at the meticulous fabrication of the Palme d’or trophy

18 films will compete for the prestigious Palme D’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in France. The Palme d’Or, one of the world’s most coveted trophies, is made in Geneva in the ateliers of the Chopard’s luxury Maisons. By combining “Fairmined” gold and the world of cinema, Chopard introduces sustainable luxury and highlights the … Read more

Ethical jewels just for oneself: Chopard’s first jewellery line in Fairmined gold

Chopard Palme Verte symbolises a quintessential object of desire, marrying ethics and aesthetics.

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Chopard’s journey to Sustainable Luxury continues. Inspired by the design of the Cannes Palme d’Or, which has been manufactured in Chopard workshops since 1998, French jewellery house unveiled Palme Verte Collection, its first jewellery line in Fairmined gold. The Fairmined label guarantees that gold is produced with due respect for social, environmental and ethical standards.

The gold used to craft the Palme Verte collection is extracted by artisanal and small-scale miners certified under the Fairmined standard created by the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM).

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Earrings, a pendant, a ring and a bracelet are part of this refined collection. Palme Verte matches every style including that which is daring.

The world’s first watch created from Fairmined gold was a Chopard presented last year at BASELWORLD – the World Watch and Jewellery Show. Chopard L.U.C Tourbillon QF Fairmined is an elegant tourbillon model with a nine-day power reserve. The main parts of this watch (case-back, case and bezel) were entirely made of ‘Fairmined’ gold.

Since 2013, Chopard began supporting the development of the Coodmilla cooperative, located in the Nariño region of Colombia. They began the process to achieve ‘Fairmined’ certification thereby enabling it to provide training, source materials and deliver best practice procedures.

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Fairtrade and Fairmined gold, world’s first independent ethical certification system for gold, celebrates its first birthday

What’s more valuable than gold? First Fairtrade and Fairmined gold is celebrating its first anniversary. The Fairtrade Foundation, which certifies the gold, has announced that 350kg per year of gold will soon be available to jewellers, with more to follow. In the first year of trading, four gold mining organisations have become certified and an … Read more