RJC Reaches 400 Member Mark

(IDEX Online News) – The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has passed the 400 member mark. Of the member companies and trade associations, more than 200 are certified according to RJC’s accreditation system.

All Commercial Members of the RJC have committed to be audited by accredited, third party auditors to verify their conformance with the RJC’s Code of Practices and become certified within two years of joining the Council.

“RJC’s healthy membership numbers in all parts of the supply chain reflect the growing awareness of the importance of ethical, human rights, social and environmental performance in the jewelry industry,” said CEO Michael Rae. “RJC’s members have demonstrated they are willing to achieve RJC Certification with great dispatch. This demonstrated commitment has helped support Membership growth.”

Rae announced that with membership spanning 30 countries, the organization is translating the RJC Code of Practices and supporting documents into a number of different languages.

French, Italian, Spanish, Gujarati, Chinese (simplified) and Portuguese translations have just been released and are already available on the RJC website.

“We hope this will further support membership growth and uptake of the Code of Practices in important regions in Europe, India and China,” said Rae.