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  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 Intertek; Maria Fra

Alrosa continue to excursions and Activities to promote environment Alrosa, a global leader in diamond mining, will spend almost RUB 6 billion on environment in 2019. Over a five-year period (2019-2023), the company plans to spend RUB 30 billion (about US$ 466 mn) on these purposes. “Last year, Alrosa’s Integrated Environmental Protection Program (IEPP) for 2011-2018 expired. This year, the Environmental Center presented the expanded program for 2019-2023. Alrosa will strengthen measures to protect the environment and ensure environmental safety in Yakutia. This is a part of our environmental program,” Polina Anisimova, Head of Alrosa Environmental Center, said. The program envisages the protection of the environment from noise, vibration and other types of physical effects, ensuring the radiation safety of the environment, protecting the atmospheric air and reducing the negative impact on climate change. As part of water bodies’ protection, the company organiz