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  The 2030 Agenda, we all need to scale up: CIBJO President   Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri recently expressed the commitment of the international jewellery, gemstone and precious metals industries to the fulfillment of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, noting that “Our world faces unprecedented challenges, but together we still have the opportunity to construct a better future for all, building resilience and leaving no one behind.”   The CIBJO President was among a handful of NGO leaders selected to address the 79th sitting of the UNGA, with only one NGO delegate being provided the opportunity to speak each half-day session to the gathering of world leaders. CIBJO has served as the global jewellery sector’s sole representative in the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) since 2006, when it was granted Special Consultative Status in the organisation.   “We are fully committed to reinforce the 2030

Provides guidance on how ESG compliance be achieved!   With fewer than 10 weeks to go to the opening of the 2024 CIBJO Congress in Shanghai, China, on November 2, 2024, the second of the pre-congress Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Sustainable Development Commission, headed by John Mulligan, it examines ways in which jewellery companies can meet the growing demand to become compliant with responsible environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.   If the jewellery industry as a whole is to build and sustain consumer trust, it needs to avoid fragmented and potentially contradictory responses, writes Mulligan. “How then do we strive to encourage and support the global jewellery sector so that it might move in a relatively consistent or broadly convergent manner towards a set of common sustainability objectives?” he asks.   The CIBJO Sustainable Development Commission has been developing solutions, Mulligan reveals in the report, seeking to define a secto