Top 5 Sustainable Jewelry Brands
Like apparel, there is a growing movement towards the sustainable sourcing and production of jewelry. We've put together a list of our favourite jewelry brands that build ethics into the aesthetic, as their products are both sustainable and guarantee that people in the production process have fair working conditions.
Here are some of our favorites:
When it comes to ethical jewelry, FUTURA is the brand that checks all the boxes: sustainable, ecological, ethical, and traceable. Futura is the only jewelry brand in the world that uses exclusively Certified Fairmined Ecological gold, which is mined without the use of toxic chemicals, such as mercury or cyanide. This protects humanity and the environment, including water sources, and prevents the irreversible effects of mercury vapors going into the atmosphere. The company empowers miners with healthy and safe living and working conditions, stability, gender equality, no child labor, along with creation of wellbeing in the community and support for workers rights.
Emma Aitchison is a designer who uses jewelry as a medium to raise awareness of climate change and the changing weather patterns. Emma Aitchison’s jewelry is a micro-business that is learning fast, and making changes through thorough research to ensure the business is sourcing the most ethical materials and using the most sustainable production methods as possible. The brand’s aim is to become 100% sustainable business and in order to achieve that Emma is in continuous improvement of her working methods. Emma is also a certified member of the Fairtrade Foundation which allows her to use Fairtrade certified gold & silver.
MiaDonna is your place for the world's most ethical engagement rings and lab-grown diamond jewelry, handcrafted in the U.S.A. using recycled precious metals, lab-grown gemstones, and lab-grown diamonds. Their fine jewelry is guaranteed conflict-free, crafted without negatively impacting native communities or our environment. MiaDonna is a foundation-first company and proudly gives back at least 10% of their net profits from every purchase to their charity foundation, The Greener Diamond. These funds help to build educational, mentorship, agricultural, and urgent relief programs in diamond mining communities in countries such as Liberia, Togo and Sierra Leone, Africa. Whether you’re searching for your perfect engagement ring, wedding band, men's wedding band or jewelry for any special occasion, MiaDonna has you covered!
SACET crafts all their products using 100% recycled metals and ethically lab-grown diamonds. Every piece of jewelry is hand-finished by trained craftspeople, using years of knowledge and skills that have often been passed down from generation to generation. The brand’s aim is to become the first 100% carbon neutral jewellery-making workshop and they have already taken significant steps towards it by installing solar panels to power a large portion of their workshop with solar energy.
WALD BERLIN is a fair trade jewelry brand that uses a mix of fine and natural materials to craft its pieces. Their travel-inspired collections incorporates seashells, freshwater pearls and Swarovski crystals and are made by the Fairtrade Mothers and Grandmothers collective. Since their launch in 2018 they have been in a number of top tier publications and have become a favourite amongst celebrities and influencers such as Pandora Sykes, Camille Charriere and Marion Cotillard.