Fairtrade International will unveil its new standard and pricing for
gold, silver and platinum and new ways of working with the jewelry
industry at a roundtable discussion in London on October 9 and 10. The
organization distributed new design labels for Fairtrade gold, platinum
and silver, using a green accented tab with the name of the precious
metal set in black. The Fairtrade marks can also be applied to certified
gold, platinum and silver that must adhere to eco standards, while
''Eco Marks'' can be used for precious metals that have been extracted
without the use of chemicals, following strict ecological restoration
requirements. ....
Discussions will address how to introduce a program to eradicate mercury
within the Fairtrade gold program and protect human health and the
environment from poisonous mercury vapors. This meeting was scheduled
two days before the Minamata Convention on Mercury will be adopted and
opened for signatures at a diplomatic conference in Japan from October
10 to 11.
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