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Celebrates Annual Sports Day!   HK Group is famous for conducting numerous activities and has been involved in their employees' betterment. The annual sports day was more like a festival for the Hari Krishna Exports. On February 26th, 2022, Hari Krishna Exports Pvt Ltd scheduled an Annual Sports Day with grand splendor for employees and their families at Air India Ground, Mumbai.   It was one of the huge programs hosted by HK Group. The chief guests of the event were Sanjaybhai Bhatia, IAS- Upa-Lokayukta of Maharashtra, and dignitaries from the diamond industries. All the employees were very much excited after all this was the time to enjoy with colleagues and families together. They have taken part in those games, which are their strength as well as the games that they like. The major sports of the sports day were Cricket, Volleyball, Kabaddi, Tug of war, Kho-Kho, Box cricket, along with many more exciting sports activities. The highly active participation of female emplo...

  Eying on to educate and certify CSR, sustainability  and SDG officers for the jewellery industry!   CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, and Intertek Italia SpA, the Italian subsidiary of the Intertek Group, a multinational assurance, inspection, product-testing and certification company that assists companies ensure that their operating procedures and products meet quality, health, environmental, safety, and social accountability standards, have announced a joint initiative to educate, train and certify CSR, sustainability and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) compliance officers, specifically for the gemstone and jewellery industries. It will be the first dedicated programme of its sort worldwide. The announcement was made on September 12, 2020, during the opening day of the VOICE VicenzaOro trade event in Vicenza, Italy, by CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri, who was joined on the main stage by Alessandro Ferracino, Regional Director of Italy & France Inter...

Artist Reena Ahluwalia donates an original diamond painting to JFC to raise funds! Facets of Hope Dinner on June 2 at The Venetian in Las Vegas, NV Continuing her commitment to Jewelers For Children (JFC) charity, artist Reena Ahluwalia is donating an original diamond painting to JFC to raise funds. The 20-inch painting, 'Hope', features a highly nuanced, hyper-realistic round brilliant diamond. It took Reena 200-hours to complete. The painting will be auctioned at the JFC’s Facets of Hope event on June 2, at The Venetian in Las Vegas, NV. Reena is a coveted award-winning jewelry designer, painter and professor. Each year she donates her artworks to benefits Jewelers For Children (JFC). Reena said, “I am honored to be able to contribute to JFC and urge our generous industry members to continue supporting the charity with what they can. This is an impact that is measurable and one that truly matters." Facets of Hope gala will take place on Sunday, ...

MCA releases national guidelines Ministry of Corporate Affairs has revised the National Voluntary Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business, 2011 (NVGs) and formulated the National Guidelines on Responsible Business Conduct (NGRBC). These guidelines urge businesses to actualise the principles in letter and spirit. These principles are, 1.Businesses should conduct and govern themselves with integrity in a manner that is Ethical, Transparent and Accountable, 2. Businesses should provide goods and services in a manner that is sustainable and safe, 3. Businesses should respect and promote the well-being of all employees, including those in their value chains. 4. Businesses should respect the interests of and be responsive to all their stakeholders, 5. Businesses should respect and promote human rights, 6. Businesses should respect and make efforts to protect and restore the environment, 7. Businesses, when engaging in influencing public ...

RJC host an event at fireside chat on  acting on CSR Last week RJC returned to Arizona to attend and host an event at JCK Tucson 2019. RJC's Edward Johnson, Director of Business Development and Brandee Dallow, RJC's North American representative hosted a fireside chat in the JCK Tucson ballroom with guest speakers to talk about the benefits of acting on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the jewellery industry. The guest speakers represented the many facets of the jewellery supply chain and included Lisa Bridge from Ben Bridge, a major US independent retailer; Sara Graham, a prominent American jewellery designer; Mark Hanna from Richline Group, a large scale jewellery manufacturer; Laurie Watt from Mayer and Watt, a US coloured stone dealer and Emmanuel Piat from Maison Piat, an international coloured stone cutter and dealer. Approximately 40 people were in attendance including several representatives from RJC members including the Gemological Institut...

Kisna Diamond Marathon 2019 concludes Hari Krishna Exports Pvt Ltd, India’s leading manufacturer of cut and polished diamonds hosted a marathon on 6th January 2019 at BKC, Mumbai. The aim of this event was to promote the noble cause of ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’.  With its 4th edition of marathon, the company successfully registered 5,500 runners. Mr. Ajit Pal Nandal, former hockey player of India and Mr. Ashish Heliwal Add. Commissioner, Income Tax, flagged off the race flagged off the race.   The chief guests present at the marathon were Mr. Kirit Somaiya, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, North East Mumbai, Mr. Girish Agarwal, Director of Divya Bhaskar Group (D.B. Corp Ltd.)   Hari Krishna Exports is the sole company in the diamond industry to host a marathon every year in order to encourage the cause ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ and the collected amount will be utilized for this cause. The organization has already placed bins and sign boards to create awarene...

Dr Tshepo Sedibe, De Beers Group Senior Occupational Health Manager,  reports on the progress being made in the fight against HIV/AIDS We in De Beers Group are passionate about the health and wellbeing of our employees and of the communities they come from. So we are determined to keep up the fight against HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) among our people in southern Africa. Our view is that the health of our workforce and their communities is interwoven. By helping one, we help the other. Today – 1 December – is World AIDS Day, when we come together to show our support for people living with the illness, commemorate those who have lost their lives from it and rededicate ourselves to the battle against HIV/AIDS. As background, AIDS stands for ‘acquired immune deficiency syndrome’, which happens because of the damage to the immune system caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). It was first recognised in 1981 and the term AIDS emerged in 1982. Since then, th...

Coin & Stamp Set order booking from on October 1 The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the 2018 Breast Cancer Awareness Coin and Stamp Set (product code 18CL) on October 1 at noon ET. Priced at $39.95, this set includes one Breast Cancer Awareness Proof Half Dollar produced at the San Francisco Mint and one U.S. Postal Service Breast Cancer Research stamp. The obverse (heads) of the coin features two women. The older woman has her hands on her chest and a relieved expression on her face. The younger woman, with a scarf on her head, holds one hand over her chest and the other raised in a fist as if she is ready to fight. A butterfly flies above the two women. Inscriptions on the obverse are “Liberty,” “2018,” and “In God We Trust.” The coin’s reverse (tails) depicts a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly in flight, a symbol of hope. Inscriptions on the reverse are “United States Of America,” “Half Dollar,” “E Pluribus Unum,” and “Breast Cancer Awareness.” ...