Diamonds and gold are mined across the world, primarily in Africa, Australia, Russia and Canada, and the mining industry is an important source of income and employment in these countries – particularly in Africa. Unfortunately, military conflicts in Africa between rebel armies and governments led to the exploitation of unofficial diamond mining for the purpose of raising funds to finance these wars. The diamond industry acted to end this intolerable situation by establishing the Kimberly Process in April 2003. This system tracks and certifies diamonds, ensuring that they were obtained only through legitimate channels.

Diamond jewelry is a gift of love, and we believe that every consumer deserves to be certain that the jewelry they purchase was created through a legitimate process untouched by conflict. Kama Jewellery is committed to the Kimberley Process, which prevents the purchase of diamonds from illegitimate producers, and we go even further than that by refusing to buy diamonds from legitimate governments who use diamonds to finance their military conflicts. Kama only buys diamonds from the world's major respected producers and we have binding contracts with all our diamond suppliers guaranteeing that our diamonds are conflict-free. For our consumers and for ourselves, we insist on nothing less.

Kama Schachter's conflict-free policy applies to our gold sourcing as well. A worldwide campaign to prevent harmful gold mining practices, called No Dirty Gold, has established a list of Golden Rules for mining companies. Kama Jewellery is a signatory to this campaign and buys gold only from sources that adhere to the Golden Rules – ensuring that our products are not produced in a way that is harmful to human rights or the environment.

Since its founding, Kama Jewellery has been committed to the highest standards of ethical values, both within our own company and in our industry. We welcome any questions or input from our customers that can help further this cause.