Marc Choyt
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Oct 15, 2020
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Ethical Outlooks
Honestly, a small-scale gold miner in Kenya or Peru could not care less about an “ethical” recycled gold wedding ring shipped to you in a recycled paper or wooden box. This ring has zero impact on their lives, and by choosing it over a Fairtrade Gold wedding ring, you are essentially supporting the status quo.
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Marc Choyt
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Sep 18, 2020
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Ethical Jewelry Expose
When a Native American Pueblo elder who I’m close to told me about how his grandmother was enslaved at a mine run by the Spanish, I recalled a report by about Rio Tinto by the London Mining network which described a mine being run under “virtual slave labor.”
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Marc Choyt
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Sep 18, 2020
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Ethical Jewelry Expose
In other words, the Council is set up to seem like the Marine and Forest Council’s inviting a wide range of parties to the table.
But ultimately, the Council is a trade organization.
This kind of specious reasoning—to emphasize one truth to hide a larger, more important truth, is a common theme in our exploration.
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Marc Choyt
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Mar 17, 2020
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Ethical Outlooks
The difference between Fairtrade Gold and dirty gold runs deep. Let this handy infographic be your guide! Each link sends you to a short article explaining the aspect in question in a bit more detail. #NoDirtyGold
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Marc Choyt
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Mar 16, 2020
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Ethical Outlooks
Many ASM miners survive on $1-2/day, and most are subject to unfair terms of trade—along with a lack of basic human rights protections...Exploited by middlemen, they rarely receive a fair price for their gold—and become ensnared in a cycle of poverty.
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