Sustainable Jewellery, Updated Edition: Principles and Processes for Creating an Ethical Brand

This updated and extended edition of our best-selling book on sustainable jewelry includes new case studies and revised, up-to-date texts and brand profiles. Sustainable Jewellery contains all there is to know in order to start down the path towards sustainability in the jewellery business, from the traceability of gems and metals to responsible production, the impact of the purification, smelting and polishing processes, and the greenest ways to work with certified raw materials. In the jewellery industry and beyond, consumers are demanding products that are ethical, hand-crafted, personal, and created with respect for the environment. This implies a sustainability strategy that takes into account the entire supply and sales chain, from the extraction of metals to the materials used as packaging. Updated texts and chapters include the latest developments in sustainable jewellery, with new case studies and fresh interviews with international designers and firms who are already creating ethical, responsible jewellery. With an introduction written by jeweller and activist Greg Valerio, this book is a unique and essential guide for all designers who want to ensure their products are ethical, sustainable and respectful of the environment. AUTHOR: Jose Luis Fettolini is a jewellery designer and creative director with extensive professional experience working with large firms in the jewellery and fashion industries. He also works as a consultant for jewellery brands and entrepreneurs who want to improve their value proposition. In the field of education, he collaborates with the prestigious Istituto Europeo di Design in Barcelona, Spain, and runs Workshop R2, his own training platform, from which he teaches courses and seminars on design, brand creation and sustainability in the field of jewellery. As a collaborator with the Fairmined certification organisation, he advises artisans in creativity, commercial development and sustainability, and mining communities on ecology, organisation, marketing and networking. SELLING POINTS: . This updated, revised and enlarged version includes recent developments in sustainable jewellery making . New case studies and interviews highlight international designers and brands who are already making ethical, sustainable products . All there is to know in order to start down the path towards sustainability in the jewellery business . Unique insight, given the very few existing publications on the subject 220 colour photographs