We are your easy access to ethical gold
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More and more consumers desire to buy ethical products, reduce their negative impacts on the environment and support social change.
Contact our Fairmined Account Manager
Read the guidelines that we will send you and meet with our account manager to answer all your questions and define your goals.
Choose your suppliers and a sourcing model that fits your business.
Sign the license agreement and comply with audits or self-assessments and reports.
Online searches for ethical jewelry have been increasing by 75% year-on-year and
“ethical gold” has seen a 73% rise in interest since January 2020.
Almost 50% of U.S. consumers between the ages of 25 and 35 would choose certified responsible gold from artisanal and small-scale mining.**
Consumers are likely to spend more on products made with responsibly mined gold (up to 8% more) when they learn about artisanal and small-scale mining.**
*Statistics from the 2020 conscious jewelry trends report by ExJewel.com ** Artisanal and gold consumer’s study by The MVEye 2020
Full physical traceability from mine to market. Allows hallmarking or stamping the Fairmined label on finished consumer products.
Incorporate Fairmined gold in your supply chain without separating it from non-Fairmined sources.
Allows sustainability claims on a corporate level.
For those who want to support responsible mining organizations through the payment of the Fairmined Premium without physically buying the gold. Allows sustainability claims at a corporate level.
Fairmined certified mining organizations receive a fair price for their gold. Furthermore, with every gram of Fairmined gold purchased, you provide the miners with a premium that they can invest in their continuous development.
The certified mining organizations use this premium in projects to further improve their productivity, mining sites, working conditions, environmental impact and to promote community development.
Sotrami mining organization. Left: before / right: after
You also support the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM, non-profit organization that created the Fairmined Standard) through a development fee to assure that more miners can implement responsible mining practices.
FAIR GOLD PRICE
At least 95% of the international gold price
FAIRMINED PREMIUM*
USD $4 per gram of Fairmined gold
USD $6 per gram of Fairmined ecological gold (chemical free extraction)
ARM FEE
License Fee: USD $60/year
Development Fee: USD $0,70/gram*
Any doubt about costs please contact us: info@fairmined.org
*The premium and development fee is paid by the traders and refineries buying directly from the mines (First authorized buyers)
*Paid by the traders and refineries buying directly from the mines (First authorized buyers)
When you don’t know where your gold comes from, you run a risk. With Fairmined you buy from certified mining organizations that are audited annually by independent auditing bodies. Furthermore, all the actors in the supply chain are frequently monitored to assure that they also comply with the Fairmined standard requirements.
Get in touch with the Fairmined authorized suppliers that can offer you a variety of products and services with Fairmined metals ( gold, silver, ecological gold, casting grain, wire, sheet, chains, casting and plating services etc).
“We support the Alliance for Responsible Mining and Fairmined because they give the industry hope for the future. They make it possible for artisanal miners to have access to better markets and prices and to achieve an environmentally sustainable production. We are thrilled to help make this happen”.
“You are a changemaker, because when you understand the power of your choices everything aligns. By choosing Fairmined ecological gold for your jewelry you are also choosing the planet, small-scale miners, and yourself!”
If you want to know more about Fairmined, how to engage or become a licensed brand or authorized provider, fill in this form:
Alliance for Responsible Mining
www.responsiblemines.org/
Calle 32 B SUR # 44 A 61
Envigado - Colombia
Phone: +57 (4) 332 47 11