A newly designed WDC website
Upgrades
online support and information
The
World Diamond Council (WDC) has announced the launch of a newly designed
website, upgrading the level of support provided both to its own members and
the diamond and jewelry industries in general. It also reports on the
organization's ongoing work within the Kimberley Process (KP), and its mission
to protect the integrity of the diamond value chain. The new website is at the
WDC's long time Internet address, www.worlddiamondcouncil.org.
More
reactive and news-oriented, the new website opens a window into the functioning
and approach of the WDC, which for 19 years has represented the diamond and
jewelry industries in the tripartite KP forum, alongside government and civil
society, in the prevention and eradication of the trade in conflict diamonds.
A
key function of the new website is to support ongoing programs and projects
being carried out by the WDC, including its Annual Meetings and participation
in key KP events and programs. A newly added section focuses on the revised WDC
System of Warranties, which was approved toward the end of 2018 and shortly
will be augmented by online self assessment tools.
The
website also includes an extensive Resource Library, containing documents,
reports and presentations relating to the WDC's own work, as well as that of
the KP and other international bodies in the campaign against conflict
diamonds.
A
section of the new website is designed to assist industry members interested in
joining the WDC complete the membership application process, supplying
information about conditions of membership, and providing downloadable forms,
declarations and other instructions.
"The
WDC operates in a dynamic environment, and we wanted the new website to
properly reflect this and the essential work that is being done on behalf of
the industry and its stakeholders, often without them even realizing it,"
said David Bouffard, Chair of the WDC Communications Committee, which has
overseen the project. "Functionality was also a key goal, particularly as
we now prepare to expand the self assessment aspect of the WDC System of
Warranties."
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