Responsible Jewellery Council Announces Chaumet as 10th Certified Member

Press release – London: The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) today announced that Chaumet, the French jewelry house, has achieved certification meeting the ethical, human rights, social and environmental standards as established by the RJC’s Member Certification System.

Chaumet is the fifth RJC retail member to be certified. Chaumet is headquartered at 12, place Vendôme, Paris, and has been part of the LVMH Group since 1999. It has expanded to 70 boutiques around the world including London, Paris, Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Moscow and Dubai.

“The RJC congratulates Chaumet on becoming RJC’s 10th certified member. The successful verification assessment of Chaumet was conducted by Ernst & Young France, one of the independent third party auditing firms accredited to the RJC’s Member Certification System,” says Michael Rae, RJC’s Chief Executive Officer.

“Chaumet is proud to have achieved this important certification. We strongly believe in setting high quality and common standards for the manufacturing supply chain, and we look forward to actively working together with the Responsible Jewellery Council and its member organizations in order to encourage responsible practices throughout the jewelry industry, on an international basis,” says Thierry Fritsch, Chaumet’s Chief Executive Officer.

For further information please contact:

Mila Bonini, Communications Manager, Responsible Jewellery Council
Telephone +39 02 48002801, Mobile +39 334 5488723, Mila.bonini@responsiblejewellery.com

About RJC

The Responsible Jewellery Council is an international not-for-profit organization bringing together more than 300 member companies committed to promoting responsible ethical, human rights, social and environmental practices in a transparent and accountable manner throughout the jewelry industry from mine to retail. Their commitment aims to reinforce consumer and stakeholder confidence in diamond, gold and platinum metals jewelry products. The Council has developed the RJC Member Certification System, a certification system – which will apply to all Members’ businesses that contribute to the diamond, gold and platinum metals jewelry supply chain. All Commercial Members of the RJC are required to be audited by accredited, third party auditors to verify their conformance with the RJC’s Code of Practices and become certified under the RJC Member Certification System. A full list of its Members can be found on the web at www.responsiblejewellery.com

About Chaumet

Since its creation in 1780, Chaumet’s history has been intimately linked with the history of France. After collaborating with the jeweler of Queen Marie-Antoinette, the founder of the House, Marie-Étienne Nitot, established his own aristocratic clientele and became the official jeweler to Emperor Napoleon the First. Both as a designer and an innovator, he fulfilled sumptuous orders for Empress Joséphine and later, Empress Marie-Louise. For 230 years, exceptional skills have been channelled through the generations, seamlessly, from one master jeweler to another, bearing witness to the tastes of Parisian of every period and attracting crowned heads as well as painters, sculptors, writers and actors. Today, the House perpetuates its jewelry and Watch expertise through symbolic collections as Joséphine, Attrape-moi si tu m’aimes (catch me if you love me) Liens or Dandy. Chaumet’s heritage is displayed 12, place Vendôme and in major international exhibitions, at the instigation of Béatrice de Plinval, Museum Curator in charge of Chaumet’s patrimony. More information on www.chaumet.com

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