CIBJO is an international confederation of national jewellery

trade organizations and commercial bodies.

Its purpose is to encourage harmonisation, promote

international cooperation in the jewellery industry, and to

consider issues which concern the trade worldwide.

Foremost among these is to protect consumer confidence in

the industry, and to promote Corporate Social Responsibility.

GLOBAL COOPERATION, HARMONISATION

& CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

CIBJO was founded in Paris in 1926 as BIBOA, an

organization whose mission was to represent and

advance the interests of the jewellery trade in Europe.

It was restructured as CIBJO (Confédération

International de la Bijouterie, Joaillerie, Orfèvrerie des

Diamants, Perles et Pierres) in 1961, with a global rather

than a continental focus.

THE OLDEST INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION

IN THE JEWELLERY INDUSTRY AND TRADE

Membership in CIBJO is open to all national jewellery and gemstone

organisations, regardless of the country in which they are located. In the event of

that several associations exist, they may all be equally represented. International

companies, trade shows, laboratories and other entities that are not suitably

MEMBERSHIP IN CIBJO

represented by national associations may become commercial members

of CIBJO.

STRUCTURE OF CIBJO

President & Office Holders

President’s Council

Executive Committee

ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATESNational Associations & Commercial Members

Board of Directors

SECTOR CManufacturing/Technology/

Precious Metals

SECTOR BJewellery Distribution

SECTOR AGem Materials/Trade/

Laboratories

PEARLCOMMISSION

DIAMONDCOMMISSION

COLORED STONECOMMISSION

GEMMOLOGICALCOMMISSION

MARKETING & EDUCATIONCOMMISSION

ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES NETWORKING COMMISSION

PRECIOUS METALS COMMISSION

CIBJO Commissions are created to

focus on specific areas of interest in

the jewellery industry and trade.

Commission members are industry

professionals possessing expert

knowledge in their specific fields.

CIBJO COMMISSIONS

Current commissions include:

The Diamond Commission

The Coloured Stone Commission

The Pearl Commission

The Precious Metals Commission

The Gemmological Commission

The Marketing & EducationCommission

CIBJO Association Executives NetworkingCommission (CAENCOM)

The CIBJO Blue Books are definitive set of standards for grading, nomenclature

and grading-methodology. Blue Books have been compiled for diamonds,

coloured gemstones, pearls and precious metals, and for the operation of

gemmological laboratories. The Blue Books were produced and are consistently

updated by the respective CIBJO commissions and represent a consensus of

opinion within the jewellery industry.

CIBJO BLUE BOOKS

In the absence of ISO-approved terminology, the CIBJO Blue Books are commonly

referred to in official forums. In 2006 the CIBJO Blue Book was relied upon by a

panel of three judges in a district court in Munich, Germany, which issued a

restraining order to the German distributor of gem-quality synthetic diamonds to

cease using the term ‘cultured diamonds’ when marketing its products to the

public. Legal commentators suggest that the verdict has legal authority

in other European Union countries.

DE FACTO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BEARER

As part of its mission,

CIBJO has consistently

sought to raise the level

of knowledge and

professional expertise of

members of the

international jewellery

industry.

A SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION

To further this goal, CIBJO has released a series of

publications, including the highly regarded

Retailer’s Reference Guide.

In 2006, CIBJO became the only

organisation in the international

diamond, gemstone and jewellery

sectors ever to receive official

consultative status with the Economic

and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the

United Nations.

UNITED NATIONS RECOGNITION OF CIBJO

The status enables CIBJO, on behalf of the international gemstone and jewellery

industries, to advance the programmes and goals of the United Nations by serving

as a technical expert, adviser and consultant to governments and the UN

Secretariat.

THE CAPE TOWN DECLARATION

In 2007 CIBJO held its congress on the African continent for the first time.

During the event, the organisation issued the Cape Town Declaration, which

recognised that the jewellery industry, as a member of the international

business community, shares a responsibility toward the greater society. It so

doing, CIBJO committed the jewellery industry to advancing the fulfillment

of the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals.

In December 2008, CIBJO established the World Jewellery Confederation

Education Foundation, or WJCEF. It goal is to educate members of the

jewellery, diamond and gemstone industries, from all over the world and in

all sectors of the business, about the principles of Corporate Social

Responsibility and sustainability, and how they may implement these

principles in their operations. The WJCEF program was designed together

with the United Nations, which assigned a team of experts to work together

with CIBJO.

UNITAR WEEK AT SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO 2010

In September 2010, CIBJO and WJCEF were invited by the United Nations

Institute for Training and Research to help organise a two-day workshop in

Corporate Social Responsibility in the United Nations Pavilion at the Shanghai

World Expo. The workshop examined the incorporation of CSR in the work

environment, and the jewellery sector was selected to serve

as a primary case study of an industry that has done just that.

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CSR TRAINING

which was officially opened in Antwerp, Belgium, in March 2010.

The Centre of Excellence, which is housed in a dedicated building provided by the

City of Antwerp, is operated by the United Nations International Training Centre

for Corporate Opportunities (ITCCO), and aims to stimulate businesses around the

world to embrace the principles of Corporate

Social Responsibility.

Together with UNITAR, CIBJO and

WJCEF were the prime movers

behind the establishment of a

Centre of Excellence for CSR

training in the international

jewellery and gemstone sector,

Trust and integrity are principles upon which the

jewellery and gemstone business have traditionally

rested. The stories about deal worth millions of dollars

being sealed without written contracts, but by a

handshake, are not legends but actual fact.

What happened over the past 10 years is that we have

become more appreciative of how our business impacts

upon others, both negatively and positively, and we have

used this knowledge to change the way in which we

operate.

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”Dr. Gaetano CavalieriCIBJO PresidentShanghai, September 21, 2010