Attempts on expanding conflict diamond definition
WDC reasserted at the 2021 KP Plenary in order to support long-term consumer confidence Speaking to the full assembly of delegates during the Opening Session of the 2021 Kimberley Process (KP) Plenary, World Diamond Council President Edward Asscher has reasserted the need for Kimberley Process members to agree to expand the conflict diamond definition in order to support long-term consumer confidence. Asscher noted that the Plenary was taking place at a time when young consumers are increasingly expressing their demands for assurance about the social and environmental credentials of the products they buy, and highlighted that the diamond industry has the ability to deliver on these consumers’ expectations. But Kimberley Process members must act to expand the definition. The five-day KP Plenary meeting began as a hybrid event, with in-person meetings taking place in Moscow, joined in videoconfe