Ethical Money Makes The World Go Round By: Indiann Davinos Whatever your resources, socially responsible investment (SRI) can help you fulfil your dreams, and make the world a better place. SRI means you can channel your money away from industries that contribute to the destruction of the environment, companies employing sweatshop and child labour, business involved in animal experimentation and corporation that support repressive and brutal regimes
Blue Ocean Strategy For Responsible Sourced Jewelry By: Marc Choyt Those in the jewelry industry interested in a fair and ethical sourcing can differentiate themselves from the industry as a whole, and create a new market category with tremendous potential. This article, based on the book, Blue Ocean Strategy, gives some initial tactics for this emerging movement within the retail sector of the jewelry industry, to capture new markets. Tags: business stategy, socially responsible, jewelry industry, fair trade, ethical, marketing
Turning Led into Gold: Ethics in the Jewelry Industry By: Marc Choyt The author, who owns a jewelry company, argues that those in the jewelry industry attempting to fend off critiques from NGOs are actually doing more harm than good. He calls for to a truthful reckoning of the atrocities of environmental and social upheaval. Everyone involved in the industry, from suppliers customer, shares responsibility and moral obligation to create a better future. Tags: socially responsible business, ethical, fair trade, diamonds, jewelry industry, leadershi
Going Zero Carbon: An Approach for Small Business By: Marc Choyt Taking environmental action is good business. Implementing a carbon offset program helps the environment and is also a publicity opportunity. Written by a jewelry manufacturer, but applicable to any small business, the article provides a step by step approach to off set carbon: from resources on line that allow you to calculate the figures, to the writing and sending off a press release. Tags: green business, socially responsible, carbon offset, small business, environment, marketin
Ask Not What The Jewelry Industry Can Do For You By: Marc Choyt Suppose that you are a passionate leader in the jewelry industry advocating fair eco trade. You go to the most important industry tradeshow with a big banner screaming "ECO FAIR TRADE JEWELRY NOW." Thousands pass by without noticing. This semi-biographical article, ranging from elk hunting to dentistry in Haitian slums, delves deeply into the human tragedy behind the industry's fragmentation. Tags: jewelry, trade show, ethics, green, socially responsible, fair trade, diamonds, conflict,
The Chicken Scratch Path: Decision Making Based On Native American Wisdom By: Marc Choyt "Chicken Scratch Path" is really a decision making process taught by the late Paula Underwood, an Iroquois history keeper. All decisions are binary decisions. Over time, even small decisions lead to either your "truth path" in who you "mainly mean to be" or not. The author, one of her facilitators in her "Learningway" conferences, discusses how this applies to his small business now. Tags: socially responsible, business, green, native, wisdom, ethical, alternative, eco
Leading from Behind: Leadership in a Circle-Based Business By: Marc Choyt The author, president of a successful small business, discusses a radical view of leadership gleaned from nearly twenty years of study with Native American Medicine people. While most CEOs lead from on top, he advocates "leading from behind," and validates his approach validated by his own hardscrabble business experience, showing how honoring the human spirit is a best business practice. Tags: socially responsible, business, green, native, wisdom, ethical, alternative, eco
The Circle Manifesto: A New Economic Model Based On Ancient Wisdom By: Marc Choyt The author, a successful business owner and a national leader in the fair trade, eco jewelry movement, has developed a radical new "circle-based" business model based on his nearly twenty years of study Native medicine people. This story traces the history of his company in context to this radical approach, using a natural system based on interconnection as a model for best business practices. Tags: socially responsible, business, green, native wisdom, ethical, alternative, eco
Blogging For Socially Responsible Business By: Marc Choyt Blogging is an effective means to build community and promote radically new approaches in niche business markets that are undergoing radical change. This article, written by the president of a company blogging for ethically sourced jewelry, discusses approaches, pitfalls and benefits to writing and developing two blogs - offering practical advice to any business person wanting to get started. Tags: blogging, socially responsible business, jewelry, manufacturing, marketing
Interview with Carmen Iezzi By: Marc Choyt There's a great deal of confusion and misleading information around fair trade jewelry. While there is no such thing as third party certified fair trade jewelry, many companies sell fair trade jewelry. This interview with Carmen Iezzi, director of the Fair Trade Federation, clarifies why fair trade jewelry is listed as a product category on their website. Tags: fair trade jewelry, eco jewelry, green jewelry, green wedding rings, socially responsible
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