Understanding the Need for Certification Standards

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Making a Difference

Adopting standards are a business necessity, not an option

By Andrea Hill

The world woke up on February 24 to the news that Russia had begun a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. During the week that followed, as extraordinary international sanctions were implemented and the UN Security Council and General Assembly censured Russia, jewelers began asking, “What about diamonds? What about gold?”