CIBJO to present new Blue Book
Responsible
Sourcing Blue Book at
OECD's
Forum On April 23, 2019
CIBJO
President Gaetano Cavalieri will present the World Jewellery Confederations'
recently approved Responsible Sourcing Blue Book next Tuesday, April 23, 2019,
to the full plenary of the 2019 Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains,
organised by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
at its headquarters in Paris.
The
OECD forum, which this year will welcome about 1,200 delegates, will feature
sessions on measuring impact and driving change, opportunities and challenges
related to specific minerals such as diamonds, base metals, cobalt, the 3Ts and
gold, and regulatory and policy updates related to responsible sourcing. In
particular, the forum will focus on the OECD's highly-regarded due diligence
guidance framework for minerals from high-risk areas.
The
CIBJO president will be speaking during a late afternoon session on the first
day of the forum, at which selected OECD stakeholders will provide overviews of
current and upcoming projects, with a focus on toolkits and data sources meant
to facilitate the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Mineral Supply
Chains.
The
first edition of the Responsible Sourcing Book was approved by the CIBJO Board
of Directors in January of this year. While not a definitive code of practice,
it recommends guidelines and procedures by which all participants in the
jewellery supply chain may undertake supply-chain due diligence to support
responsible sourcing, irrespective of their size or financial capacity, to
identify, assess and mitigate any identifiable risks related to human rights,
labour practices, money laundering, financing of confict and corruption.
It
becomes the latest in CIBJO's Blue Book series of industry guides for standards
and nomenclature. It specifically references the OECD's five-step Due Diligence
Guidance for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, and supports the United Nations
Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
During
his presentation, Dr. Cavalieri will also outline a complementary programme,
currently being created to support members of the jewelry industry implement
the recommended due diligence measures in their own businesses.
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