Association Member commitments
- promote Council membership amongst smaller industry participants;
- promote compliance with the Principles and Code of Practices within your own membership;
- educate your members about the issues and risks within the industry and about how they may apply the Council implementation processes within their activities;
- assist the Council in its consulting widely throughout the industry;
- comply with the Anti-trust Compliance Rules adopted by the Council in its dealings with the Council and other Council members;
- comply with the rules laid down by the Council as to the use of its logo and intellectual property submit an annual report on progress made against the above commitments to the Council.
Association Member role
Association members play an important role of outreach and disseminating information about the Council and its activities to their respective memberships. Outreach activity will include educating their members as to the ethical, social and environmental challenges that are faced by the diamond and gold jewellery industry and communicating the messages and processes of the Council.
Association members will have the opportunity to be elected to the Board of the Council and Board committees. Whilst Association members must support the Council mission, they will not be required to apply implementation processes within the organisations.
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Association member Benefits
The following benefits will apply to Association member Subscriptions:
- Access to materials to use in educational activities within the membership.
- Ability to demonstrate leadership in consumer confidence issues to your membership.
- A means to enhance your reputation in relation to business responsibility issues and to support the interests and reputation of your own membership.
- Access to information on emerging issues and challenges the industry is facing.
- A vehicle for developing practical solutions in consultation with industry, civil society and government.
- A communications and engagement platform, supporting you in communicating with media, your suppliers, NGOs and any others who may contact you.
Note: Individual trade association members do not join the Council by Proxy through membership of their associations to the Council. Membership of a trade association which is an associate of the Council will not confer the right to use the Council logo.
Application Process
To become an Association Member please download an application form. Organisations wishing to obtain a MSword version of the application form should contact: info@responsiblejewellery.com
On receipt of the completed application form, the Council Secretariat will contact you in writing to confirm the steps to complete Council Membership. Once this process is complete, your company will be listed on the Council's website as such.