17Apr Fair Luxury Conference 2025
As we look towards the upcoming Fair Luxury conference on Monday 9th June 2025, what has changed (or not) in the last decade?
Whilst the challenges in our industry remain significant, we have definitely made progress since the 2016 conference.
Whilst the challenges in our industry remain significant, we have definitely made progress since the 2016 conference.
We see the crucial topics of responsible sourcing and sustainability (and all the other buzzwords) being mentioned much more often at conferences, trade shows and in the press. We are invited to talk at these events rather than being shunned or ignored.
We've moved from responsible sourcing being a fringe idea to something that many more companies and customers are thinking about.
We have also gone beyond those fairly simplistic, initial conversations we were looking at in 2016 to more complex and broader areas like carbon emissions and the circular economy.
Of course, we now have more instances of greenwashing to contend with, but that shows in some way that we're making progress. Companies feel they have to say something and we can hope these words are ultimately backed up with some suitable actions. Undoubtedly, many more people are on the journey with us.
We have seen some interesting attempts at using technology for tracking and tracing through the supply chain. Also, there are more projects that are trying to engage with artisanal miners directly.
It's not certain that we can point at any single thing to show there has been a step change in the industry, but is it really about that? The Fair Luxury mantra has been to do whatever you can, take any small step and keep going in the right direction.
It is about evolution rather than revolution. Can we show at the conference that the jewellery trade is evolving?
The situation can seem overwhelming sometimes, but that's why we band together in our Fair Luxury community and make sure we aren't facing these issues alone.
Come along to the conference and see what a whole host of industry experts think.
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Come along to the conference and see what a whole host of industry experts think.
https://goldsmiths-centre.digitickets.co.uk/event-tickets/66067