Diamonds ain’t diamonds
Advice The rise and rise of laboratory grown diamonds has ramped up competition in the jewellery industry. It has launched a war of words where each side of the natural vs man-made debate is using Climate Change as a club to...
What’s the carbon cost of your jewellery? (You might be surprised by how big it is!)
Diamonds and Other Gemstones In the lead up to the Australian Federal election one of the big topics is climate change.And whether the two main parties want to acknowledge it or not, the global scientific community agrees that human activity is a...
#Not all diamonds
Diamonds and Other Gemstones The marketing ‘war’ going on right now between mine-origin and lab-grown diamonds is fascinating to watch and a lesson for anyone wanting to break into a well-established, old school marketplace – or defend it.If...
When it comes to diamonds and ethics, is there a best choice?
Advice Twenty-something years ago, if I’d posed the question: “Can one diamond be more ethical than another?”, I’m confident I would’ve received a lot of blank stares as my answer.Back then few consumers would have put the...