CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation

CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation is rated 3 out of 5 in the category public policy. Read and write reviews about CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation. Describing itself as the “United Nations of the jewellery business,” CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, represents the interests of all individuals, organisations and companies earning their livelihoods from jewellery, gemstones and precious metals. It is the oldest international organization in jewellery sector, having originally been established in 1926. With its membership made up largely by national jewellery trade organizations from more than 40 countries around the world, CIBJO covers the jewellery, gemstone and precious metals sectors vertically, from mine to marketplace, and horizontally within each of the component sectors in the various production, manufacturing and trading centres. many of the jewellery sector’s leading corporations and service providers are also affiliated to CIBJO through commercial membership. In 2006, CIBJO became the only organisation in the diamond, gemstone and jewellery sectors ever to receive official consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. The status enables CIBJO, on behalf of the international gemstone and jewellery industries, to advance the programmes and goals of the UN by serving as a technical expert, adviser and consultant to governments and the UN Secretariat. CIBJO acts to uphold consumer confidence by supporting initiatives and programmes that address threats such as conflict diamonds and coloured gemstones; money laundering; questionable gemmological and assaying standards, and fraudulent hallmarks; health issues; damage to the environment; and employment practices. The harmonisation of industry standards has been a critical element of CIBJO’s mission,. To advance the goal of universal standards and terminology in jewellery, CIBJO developed its Blue Book system, which involves definitive set of standards for the grading, methodology and nomenclature of diamonds, coloured gemstones, pearls, coral, precious metals and gemmological laboratories.