Press Center
Category: Ethical Standards
- EISEL - Search Engine on International Law
- OECD - Ethical principles on global business
- World Legal Information Institute
Category: Human Rights
- Business and Human Rights - Jewellery
- United Nations - Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
- 2008 Report of the Special United Nations Representative on the issue of Human Rights & Business, John Ruggie
Category: Child Labour & Young Persons
- Business for Social Responsibility - Child Labour Issue Brief
- International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC)
- ILO Convention 138 on Minimum Age (1976)
- ILO Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour (1999)
- ILO Recommendation 146 on Minimum Age (1976)
- SA 8000 Social Accountibility International Standard (2001)
- UNICEF UK's Child Labour Resource Guide
- United Nations Global Compact - Principle 5 on Child Labour
Category: Community Development
- Business for Social Responsible Issue Brief - Community Economic Development
- Community driven Development
- Community Engagement & Development - Mining
- Diamond Area Community Development Fund - Sierra Leone
- Diamond Development Initiative
- ICMM Community Development Toolkit
Category: Discipline & Grievance Procedures
- ACAS - Advisory Handbook on Discipline & Grievance at work (UK)
- CIPD - Discipline & Grievance at Work (UK)
- Smart Manager - Workplace discipline
Category: Discrimination
- Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
- Business for Social Responsibility - Discrimination Issue Brief
- ILO - Database on Conditions of Work and Employment Laws
- International finance Corporation - Good Practice Note on non-discrimination &equal opportunity (2006)
- International Labour Organisation (ILO) - Equality & Discrimination
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Art. 2, 7 & 23
- United Nations Global Compact Principle 6 - Discrimination
Category: Forced Labour
- Business for Social Responsibility - Forced Labour Issue Brief
- ILO Convention 29 on Forced & Compulsory labour (1930)
- ILO Convention 105 concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour (1957)
- ILO Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour - information resources
- SA 8000 Social Accountibilty International Standard (2001)
- United Nations Global Compact - Principle 4 on Forced & Compulsory Labour
Category: Use of Security Personnel
- BHP Billiton - human rights training course case study
- International Committee of the Red Cross - training resources for armed police and security forces
- Voluntary Principles on Security & Human Rights
Category: Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
- Business & Human Rights Resources Centre
- Business for Social Responsibility - Freedom of Association Issue Brief
- Ethical Training Initiative - Base Code
- ILO Convention 87 - Freedom of Association & the Right to Organise (1948)
- ILO Convention 98 - Right to Organise and Colllective Bargaining (1949)
- ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles & Rights at work
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Articles 20
- UN Global Compact Principle 3 - Freedem of Association & Collective Bargaining
Category: General Employment Terms
- ILO - Contracts of Employment
- ILO - Employment relationship
- ILO - The Employment Relationship: An Annotated Guide to Recommendation 198
Category: Health & Safety
- Business for Social Responsibility - Health and Wellness Issue Brief
- Equator Principles
- ICMM Sustainable Development framework - Health & Safety Principle 5
- ILO Convention 176 Safety & Health in Mines (1995)
- ILO SafeWork Programme - information and resources
- International labour Law (ILO) - list of health & safety conventions
- Material Safety Data Sheet - Gold
- Material Safety Data Sheets - Information
- National Skin Centre - Nickel Allergy
- Programme on H&S at work and environment
- UN - Internal Labour Organization
- United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission - FAct Sheet on Irradiated Gemstones
- World Bank/International Finance Corporation - Environment, Health & Safety Guidelines
Category: Working Hours
- Business Social Responsibility - Work Life Quality Issue Brief
- Employers & Work-Life Balance (UK)
- ILO - Database on Conditions of Work & Employment Laws (info on working time legislation in more than 100 countries)
- ILO - Working Time around the World Report (2007)
- Links to text of ILO Conventions 1, 14, 30, 132 and 183
Category: Environment
- American Society - International Environmental Law
- Centre for International Environmental Law
- United Nations - Environmental Convention
- UN - The Rio Declaration on Environment and Development
- World Conservation Union
Category: Hazardous Substances
- International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC)
- International Cyanide Management Code for the gold mining industry
Category: Use of Energy & Natural Resources
- BSR - Climat Change Issue Brief
- BSR - Energy Efficiency Issue Brief
- BSR- Water Issue Brief
- Carbon Catalogue - Carbon Offset Directory
- Carbon Footprint - Reducing your Impact
- Environmental Protection Agency, USA - Watersense
- Environmental Protection Agency, Victoria - Conserving Energy
- Environmental Protection Agency, Victoria - Conserving Water
- Friends of the Earth Scotland - Green travel Plan
- Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative - Corporate Standard
- International emissions Trading Association
- United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - Essential Background
Category: Waste & Emissions
- Bamako Convention
- Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes & their Disposal
- Business for Social Responsibility - Waste Reduction & Resource Productivity Issue Brief
Category: Environmental - Protection
- Business for Social Responsibility - Overview of Business and the Environment
- Environment Canada Publications
- Global Reporting Initiative
- International Finance Corporation Performance Standards & EHS Guidelines
- International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 14000
- UK Environment Protection Agency Publications
- United Nations Division for Sustainable Development
- United Nations Global Compact
- United Nations Global State of the Environment Report
- US EPA Publications
- US EPA Small Business Gateway
Category: Anti Money Laundering
- AML practice notes
- Basel Committee on Banking Supervision
- FATF - 40 Recommendations on AML
- Financial Action Task Force
- Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
- International Money Laundering Information Network (IMOLIN)
- Jeweler's Vigilance Committee (USA) - guidance on compliance and anti-money laundering issues
- United Nations AML Info
- UN Global Programme against Money Laundering
- UN - The United Nations Convention Against Corruption
- World Bank Group - Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
Category: Bribery & Facilitation Payments
- Business for Social Responsibility - Corruption & Bribery Issue Brief
- OECD Convention on Combatting Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions(1997)
- Publish What You Pay - aimed at natural resource extraction companies
- Transparency International
- UN Convention against Corruption (2003)
- UN Global Compact - Principles 10 on Anti-Corruption (2004)
- World Economic Forum - Partnering against Corruption
Category: Diamond General Information
- Antwerp Facets
- Diamond Facts
- Diamond Intelligence Briefs
- Idex Online
- Mineweb
- Mining Life
- Rapaport Net
Category: Kimberley Process
- Info by the World Diamond Council on KPCS and SOW
- Jewelers of America, information for retail jewelers
- Kimberley Process
Category: Disclosure & Product Integrity
- Federal Trade Commission 2008
- Jewelers Vigilance Committee
- US Government - Federal Trade Commission Guidelines for Jewellery
- World Diamond Council
- World Gold Council
- World Jewellery Confederation CIBJO
Category: Product & Materials Security
- Crime Prevention Network for the Jewellery and Watch Trade in Europe
- Jewelers' Security Alliance (US) - Crime Prevention Bulletin
- JM University - Jewelry industry educ about safety, security and insurance
- Stolen Jewellery Tracking System (US)
- Action Aid
- Africa Now
- Amnesty international UK business group
- Business and Human Rights
- Business in the Community UK
- Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
- Clinton Global Initiative
- Conservation International
- Christian Aid
- Diamond Development Initiative
- Earthworks
- European Coalition for Corporate Justice
- Ethical Tea Partnership
- Fair Pensions
- Fair Trade Labor Association
- Global Witness
- Human Rights Watch
- Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility
- Mallen Baker
- Oxfam
- Partnership Africa Canada
- Rights and Accountability in Development (RAID)
- The Eden Project
- Transparency International
- World Resources Institute
- WWF (several national organizations)