Services

Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) and Positive Luxury certification support

I help companies in the jewellery supply chain to prepare for independent audits against the RJC suite of standards and verify compliance with the Positive Luxury Butterfly Mark standard. This includes:

• Assessing your current level of performance against the standard and creating a bespoke action plan to address any identified areas of non-conformance

• Helping you to document the right policies, procedures and risk assessments to meet the requirements of the standard

• Providing hands-on support all the way through your certification journey

Having previously been responsible for standards development at the RJC, I am uniquely positioned to help my clients achieve certification against the following RJC standards:

• Code of Practices (COP) standard

• Chain of Custody (COC) standard

• Lab-Grown Materials Standard (LGMS)

See my FAQ on RJC certification to find out more.

Sustainability strategy and responsible materials sourcing

Customers, consumers and other stakeholders are increasingly holding companies to account on key issues such as human rights, labour practices and the environment. This not only includes greater scrutiny on the business practices of individual companies, but also on how these companies manage social and environmental impacts in their supply chains. I help companies, both small and large, to establish responsible business practices and implement effective due diligence systems to ensure that they can meet the growing expectations of their stakeholders. This includes helping you to:

• Develop policies and codes of conduct

• Implement robust procedures and ESG management systems

• Perform supply chain risk assessments

• Implement effective measures to address potential and actual adverse impacts in your supply chain (includes alignment of systems with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance)

• Communicate your sustainability practices to external stakeholders

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Standards development

Voluntary sustainability standards help to address many of the worlds social and environmental challenges by driving and incentivising businesses to improve their sustainability performance. I have extensive experience in the development and review of sustainability standards based on the ISEAL Alliance Codes of Good Practice. I am able to support standard setting organisations throughout the entire standard setting and revision process, which includes:

• Identifying the scope and aims of a standard

• Standard design

• Stakeholder engagement and consultation

• Development of standard guidance and supporting implementation tools

• Development of auditor training materials and tools

• Standard revision