Fairmined Gold
Alliance for Responsible Mining
We are delighted to be working with Fairmined as part of our ongoing mission to improve our environmental and social responsibility within our business and the wider jewellery industry.Fairmined is an accredited assurance label that certifies gold from small-scale mining organisations in line with the UN standards for responsible environmental, social and economic mining practices. Their mission is to transform mining into an active force for good and provide the world with a source of gold to be proud of.
About Fairmined Gold
The Fairmined initiative was first developed between 2006 and 2008 by the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM): a non profit organisation globally recognized as a leader and pioneer of responsible artisanal and small-scale mining. The Fairmined accreditation has been recognised by global miners, the gold industry and national governments as a robust and credible standard, ensuring responsibility, transparency, safety, and empowerment in a historically dangerous and damaging industry.
Fairmined is an assurance label that certifies gold from small-scale mining organisations who are essentially going against the grain and embracing responsible practices.
Raising Awareness
Approximately 20 million people worldwide are engaged in artisanal and small-scale gold mining with over 150 million people, miners, and their families, depending on this activity to make a living.
However, irresponsible practices in the past have created a negative reputation for small-scale miners. Gold mining in particular tends to be associated with unsafe working conditions, gender inequality, unfair labour practices, organised crime, and environmental damage.
Fairmined are working tirelessly to raise awareness of the vital need to regulate the artisanal and small-scale mining sector to mitigate against these issues - and highlight to the global gold industry how their support of this important accreditation can generate a positive reverberation spanning continents and benefit the lives of millions.
Our Mission
Since September 2021 every piece of Gold-plated Alex Monroe jewellery made, is done so with licensed Fairmined Gold. Fairmined’s strict accreditation process and absolute transparency, means that we can trace the gold used on our pieces all the way back to its original source - the Iquira Mine in the Huila region of Colombia.
Our original aim was that over time, every piece of plated jewellery we sell will use Fairmined Gold - ensuring that we are sourcing from empowered, small-scale mining organisations with responsible social, economic and environmental practices.
Our Metals
Alex Monroe was established as a business in 1987 - with the intention of creating originally designed jewellery, which was made by hand and well priced. Jewellery made to be worn, loved and treasured. All of these values remain unchanged to this day.
Alongside this, we are committed to working ethically and sourcing materials with as little impact on the environment as possible. To us, sustainability is taking a genuinely proactive approach to responsible business practices, working ethically and sourcing materials with as little impact on the environment as possible - encouraging others to follow suit and establishing positive change.
