CIBJO to Hold First Consumer Confidence Meeting

The industry-wide Consumer Confidence Commission (CCC), recently set up by CIBJO, The World Jewellery Confederation, will hold its first official meeting on September 10 in London with members representing many sectors of the global diamond and jewelry industry.

The CCC’s main task is to formulate and encourage the implementation of standards for corporate and social responsibility in the jewellery and gemstone sectors.

“We hope to lay the groundwork for what will become a global strategy for consumer confidence in our business community and the products we sell,” said CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri.

In addition to Cavalieri, the CCC includes Matt Runci, President and CEO of Jewelers of America, Ernest Blom, Chairman of The Jewellery Council of South Africa, Tawfique Abdullah, President of the Dubai Metals & Commodities Centre and Peter Meeus, Managing Director of the HRD (Antwerp Diamond High Council).

In addition, the CCC also includes Motti Besser, General Manager, the Israel Diamond Manufacturers Association, Rory More O’Ferrall, Director of Corporate Affairs of the DTC, Terry Janes from BHP Billiton Diamonds, Gordon Gilchrist, Managing Director of Rio Tinto Diamonds and Peter Gross, Global Head, International Diamond & Jewellery Group, ABN AMRO Bank.

Cavalieri expressed his satisfaction that so many opinion makers had accepted CIBJO’s challenge to maintain consumer confidence in jewellery products worldwide.