Tag: Lab Grown Diamonds

Pandora adds carbon footprint labelling for lab-grown diamonds

Stuart Mitchell

For decades, diamonds have been graded by the traditional 4Cs: Cut, Colour, Clarity and Carat. Now Pandora is adding the 5th C, declaring the carbon footprint of every Pandora Lab‑Grown Diamond as part of the product information on pandora.net alongside the traditional four grading criteria. The carbon footprint covers all emissions from the diamond crafting process: from producing the raw materials used to grow the diamond all the way until it is cut and polished, ready to leave the diamond facility. As an example, a one carat Pandora Lab‑Grown Diamond…

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SCS Global Services Launches Sustainability Pilot for Leading Growers and Retailers of Lab Grown Diamonds

Stuart Mitchell

SCS Global Services (SCS) announces the launch of a groundbreaking pilot to audit and analyze lab grown diamonds against a stringent set of sustainability criteria. The pilot audits follow the decision announced earlier this year by the Lab Grown Diamond Council to retain SCS, an internationally recognized third-party certifier and standards developer, to create the world’s first independent ‘product’ sustainability certification standard for diamonds. The market for lab grown diamonds is growing rapidly, creating the need to not only prevent fraud, but independently substantiate and differentiate product sustainability claims. The sustainability performance…

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