Manes Diamonds is a member of the Diamantclub van Antwerpen, the well-established and esteemed diamond trading bourse in Antwerp and a Certified Member of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), the world's leading authority for sustainability standards in the jewellery supply chain, which includes the diamond industry. Our certification is based on an independent third-party audit verifying our conformance with the RJC Code of Practices, aligned with the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance and the UN Guiding Principles of Business and Human Rights. Our certified membership is seen as our commitment and dedication to responsible business practices.
Our Overarching Policy (available upon request) outlines our engagement in integrating ethical, human rights, social and environmental considerations into our day-to-day operations, business strategy and decision-making processes. As a contribution to a better and fairer world, we put people and planet first. Our Responsible Business Conduct is underpinned by our Supply Chain Policy, aligned with the Antwerp World Diamond Centre's (AWDC) Supply Chain Policy Implementation Guidance and based on the 5-step due diligence plan laid out by the OECD Guidance. Whereas the OECD promotes policies to improve the economic and social well-being of people around the word, our specific focus goes to safeguard our supply chains from CAHRA’s, conflict-affected and high-risk areas. This links directly with Human Rights, as the risk of gross human rights abuses is heightened in conflict-affected areas.
The processes in place to identify and address risks in our diamond supply chain are laid out in our Management System for Human Rights due diligence and Supply Chain due diligence which is embedded in the KYC/AML mechanism to collect and verify key information, keep it up-to-date and engage with our suppliers as to the origin of the purchased diamonds. We perform due diligence on our supply chain through an implementation of the World Diamond Council (WDC) System of Warranties (SoW), indicating our compliance with the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS), a UN-endorsed international mechanism aimed at the elimination of conflict diamonds. As a company and as moral human beings, we fully support the protection of individuals and communities living in conflict-affected areas. Through our participation in the KPCS, we support social and economic development and universally-accepted principles of human rights.
SINCE 1988, MANES DIAMONDS HAS BEEN A TRUSTFUL BUSINESS PARTNER OFFERING ETHICALLY SOURCED NATURAL DIAMONDS WHILE LEADING BY EXAMPLE TO HELP CREATE A RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Although we view our sensitivity to human rights as a global standard of expected conduct, we have defined the particular issues of discrimination, vulnerability and marginalization as issues that form the basis for our in-built human rights due diligence (HRDD) process, underpinned by two areas of focus : prevention and sensitivity.
Through a rigorous preventive selection of our business partners, we lower encountering adverse human rights amongst our pool of business partners. At all times will we be sensitive to issues of discrimination, vulnerability and marginalization. Should any such issues be experienced within our environment, we will address these in a suitable way and log them on the basis of our human rights due diligence (HRDD) process.
We support and promote human rights, as a general and moral contribution to the enjoyment of rights.
GRIEVANCE
A mechanism of grievance is viewed by us as a tool of kindness to protect people and businesses against ever so more complex systems of abuse. We welcome our business partners to come forward within a sphere of confidentiality, should any harm be caused by us. It is our deepest wish to entertain a healthy rapport with our business partners, as a reflection of basic human rights, due diligence and good international practice. In addition, we offer the possibility to whistleblowing, which entails a procedural process, investigated by a third party. To identify any harm we might be causing and would not be aware of, please contact us at info@manesdiamonds.com.
