About
Fair Trade certification that you see for chocolate, coffee, clothing and bananas has been extended to gold and related precious metals. It offers the promise of jewelry that is ethically sourced and produced with no mercury or cyanide. Fair Trade requires investment in local communities, good wages and environmental restoration, too, something that has often [...]
Mission
Green Leaf Gold is dedicated to bringing Fair Trade certified, ecologically mined gold to the growing ethical jewelry market. Investors, employees, customers and the environment will all benefit from clean and ethical practices that focus on the triple bottom line – people, profit and the planet.
Contact
EMAIL: contactus (at) greenleafgold.com – PHONE: +1-410-807-0213 – ADDRESS: P.O. Box 10682 Baltimore, MD 21285 U.S.A. – FACEBOOK: www.Facebook.com/GreenLeafGold
Projects
"Partnering with people and the planet." Green Leaf Gold has entered a joint venture with a partner in South America. The principles guiding the partnership are in writing and include: The parties share mutual goals of: 1) economic fairness toward employees, owners, investors, and the local community where mining takes place; 2) health and welfare of employees and the local community; 3) respect for the environment; 4) best mining practices that are profitable, fair, and environmentally sound. The parties agree that any future mining venture will: 1) use efficient technologies; 2) employ fair trade techniques that will meet and exceed the new Fair Trade green gold standard established by Fair Trade Labeling Organizations International (FLO) and the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM); 3) minimize environmental damage, use mercury recovery systems or no mercury, use no cyanide, and provide restoration of lands that are mined, embracing sustainability and respect for the rights...
Updates
Visit to a well-run mine in Bolivia
Our team recently had a great visit with a mine operator in the east of Bolivia. The group is using mercury reduction techniques, sediment collection and water recycling. For a look, see our photos on Facebook. worker loads gold concentrate into amalgamator Read More
Jewelers to Broadly Introduce Fairtrade & Fairmined Gold to US Market in 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 9, 2011 Jewelers to Broadly Introduce Fairtrade & Fairmined Gold to US Market in 2012 Santa Fe, NM – A diverse, international group of jewelry, environmental, and mining stakeholders convened in Santa Fe, October 29-30, 2011, and agreed on a common vision of a world in which jewelry, from mine to market, benefits the environment and everyone that touches it. Participants identified an initial goal to broadly introduce certified Fairtrade and Fairmined...
