CIBJO releases pre-Congress 2025 Pearl Report
Science supports pearl to be the first nature-positive gem With fewer than three weeks to go to the opening of the 2025 CIBJO Congress in Paris, France, on October 27, 2025, the eighth of the pre-congress Special Reports has been released . Prepared by the CIBJO Pearl Commission, headed by Kenneth Scarratt, the report concentrates largely on how scientific research is being used to promote the confidence of both consumers and the trade in pearl products and the pearl industry, including the promotion of the pearl as the first nature-positive gem. The pearl industry is “today supported by an expanding body of scientific expertise, which seeks to assist in and ensure that it is not only one of the most responsible jewellery sectors, but also is among its most operationally transparent,” writes Scarratt in the opening to the extensive report. A number of key pearl industry experts contributed to the preparation of the report, including Pe...