The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) has launched the second round of public consultation for The Blue List – The Responsible Jewellery Supply Chain Lexicon, which is being developed as a harmonised set of definitions of words and terms used to describe responsible supply chains and sustainability, especially when marketing jewellery, ensuring that they are accurate, substantiated, clear and easily understood by all stakeholders and consumers.
The new round of public consultation follows the first round, which ran from May 5 to September 6, 2025, after which CIBJO’s Jewellery Industry Supply Chain Nomenclature Committee received a number of recommended amendments to the original draft. The second round of consulation will end on June 12, 2026.
“Our goal is to produce a lexicon of terms that can be practically applied and comprehended worldwide, and to do that in the most transparent and inclusive way possible,” said CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri, who co-chairs the committee with Feriel Zerouki, President of the World Diamond Council. “We had hoped that one round of public consultation would be sufficient, and, while almost all the terminology and definitions in the orginal draft were widely accepted, there were a number of points raised during the consultative process that we agreed should be addressed, leading to few amendments to the proposed text. In the same spirit of openness, we are commencing the second round to ascertain public opinion about the changes.”
CIBJO will invite a wide range of industry and external experts to participate in the public review of The Blue List but is also seeking contributions from all interested industry members.
The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) is the international jewellery confederation of national trade organisations. CIBJO’s purpose is to encourage harmonisation, promote international cooperation in the jewellery industry and to consider issues which concern the trade worldwide. CIBJO’s chief mission is to protect consumer confidence in the industry. The World Jewellery Confederation is the sole jewellery industry organisation to have Special Consultative Status with the United Nation’s Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC) and is a member of the UN Global Compact.
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