Big thank you’s are always due at moments like this. Receiving an MBE from HRH Prince Charles is an honour. An honour extended to everyone who has stood up for fair trade ethical principles in our wonderful profession. However it is an honour that I dedicate to the majority in the jewellery supply chain. The dirt poor, forgotten, marginalised, exploited and vilified artisanal miner. The artisanal miner who anoints and dignifies our gold with the sweat of their hard labour. The artisanal miner who is on the receiving end of jewelleries unjust scales. Scales weighted in favour of a tiny minority of privileged elite brands, invisible middle-men who dishonour us all by exploiting the most vulnerable and stock market listed mining companies. I confess, I am not a fan of the social and environmental aberration called large-scale gold mining.
https://blog.gregvalerio.com/2016/06/13/stranger-than-fiction-larger-than-life/
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