Responsible Craftsmanship

 

 

At Jewellers Workshop we're a family business specialising in bespoke jewellery. We believe is minimising waste by crafting pieces to-order, as well as offering a repair and remodeling service which allows broken and worn-out jewellery to be restored and worn again. We also recycle lemel and scrap, ensuring that precious metals are repurposed effectively.

We use and alloy precious metals, primarily gold and platinum, on site, allowing these materials to be treasured, maintained, and passed down through generations. Around 80% of the gold we use is recycled, and any metal not alloyed in our workshop is sourced from locally owned New Zealand businesses. All Jewellers Workshop jewellery is meticulously made on site in our High Street workshop in Auckland, New Zealand.

As diamond specialists we have a priority and responsibility to ethically source diamonds. Measures such as the Kimberley Process, in partnership with the United Nations, have gone a long way to ensure the ethical sourcing of natural diamonds. Now, few other industries are so rigorously overseen as the diamond industry. However, we like to go a step further. The majority of our diamonds come from Australia, Botswana, Canada, South Africa and Namibia, where the industry represents a significant portion of the GDP, and mining is preformed in a safe manner. We particularly prefer sourcing from Botswana, Namibia, and Canada, where the revenue is reinvested back into grassroots community initiatives.

 

 

 

 

Ethical Production 

 

ETHICALLY PRODUCED - By manufacturing jewellery in our Auckland workshop, we ensure that it is produced under safe and ethical labour conditions, with fair pay for our artisans. This approach also supports our local industry and craftsmen.

  

RECYCLE - We aim to reduce wastage by recycling, repairing, refurbishing and re-purposing wherever possible.

 

SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES - We focus on reducing our environmental impact by recycling precious metals through a refining process, allowing them to be repurposed into new jewellery. Additionally, our jewellery is produced using solid precious metals, allowing all of the jewellery we create to be recycled or repurposed. By creating jewellery on a largely made-to-order basis in our workshop, we additionally reduce excess inventory and waste.

 

 

Jewellers Workshop are proud to have signed the The Rapaport Pledge for Ethical Jewelry; a global campaign to eliminate unethical activity and human rights violations in the trade supply chain.