CIBJO is an international confederation of national

jewellery trade organizations and commercial bodies.

Its purpose is to encourage harmonisation, promote

international cooperation in the jewellery industry,

and to consider issues which concern the trade

worldwide.

Foremost among these is to protect consumer

confidence in the industry, and to promote Corporate

Social Responsibility.

GLOBAL COOPERATION, HARMONISATION

& CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

CIBJO was founded in Paris in 1926 as BIBOA, an

organization whose mission was to represent and

advance the interests of the jewellery trade in

Europe.

It was restructured as CIBJO (Confédération

International de la Bijouterie, Joaillerie,

Orfèvrerie des Diamants, Perles et Pierres) in

1961, with a global rather than a continental

focus.

THE OLDEST INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION

IN THE JEWELLERY INDUSTRY AND TRADE

Membership in CIBJO is open to all national jewellery and gemstone

organisations, regardless of the country in which they are located. In

the event of that several associations exist, they may all be equally

represented. International companies, trade shows, laboratories and

other entities that are not suitably

MEMBERSHIP IN CIBJO

represented by national associations may become commercial

members of CIBJO.

STRUCTURE OF CIBJO

President & Office Holders President’s Council

Executive Committee

ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATESNational Associations & Commercial Members

Board of Directors

SECTOR CManufacturing/Technology/

Precious Metals

SECTOR BJewellery Distribution

SECTOR AGem Materials/Trade/

Laboratories

PEARLCOMMISSION

DIAMONDCOMMISSION

COLORED STONECOMMISSION

GEMMOLOGICALCOMMISSION

MARKETING & EDUCATIONCOMMISSION

ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVES NETWORKING COMMISSION

PRECIOUS METALS COMMISSION

CIBJO Commissions are created

to focus on specific areas of

interest in the jewellery industry

and trade. Commission members

are industry professionals

possessing expert knowledge in

their specific fields.

CIBJO COMMISSIONS

Current commissions include:

The Diamond Commission

The Coloured Stone Commission

The Pearl Commission

The Precious Metals Commission

The Gemmological Commission

The Marketing & Education Commission CIBJO Association Executives Networking Commission (CAENCOM)

The CIBJO Blue Books are definitive set of standards for grading,

nomenclature and grading-methodology. Blue Books have been

compiled for diamonds, coloured gemstones, pearls and precious

metals, and for the operation of gemmological laboratories. The Blue

Books were produced and are consistently updated by the respective

CIBJO commissions and represent a consensus of opinion within the

jewellery industry.

CIBJO BLUE BOOKS

In the absence of ISO-approved terminology, the CIBJO Blue Books are

commonly referred to in official forums. In 2006 the CIBJO Blue Book

was relied upon by a panel of three judges in a district court in Munich,

Germany, which issued a restraining order to the German distributor of

gem-quality synthetic diamonds to cease using the term ‘cultured

diamonds’ when marketing its products to the public. Legal

commentators suggest that the verdict has legal authority

in other European Union countries.

DE FACTO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BEARER

As part of its mission,

CIBJO has

consistently sought to

raise the level of

knowledge and

professional

expertise of members

of the international

jewellery industry.

A SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION

To further this goal, CIBJO has released a

series of publications, including the highly

regarded Retailer’s Reference Guide.

In 2006, CIBJO became the only

organisation in the international

diamond, gemstone and

jewellery sectors ever to receive

official consultative status with

the Economic and Social Council

(ECOSOC) of the United

Nations.

UNITED NATIONS RECOGNITION OF CIBJO

The status enables CIBJO, on behalf of the international gemstone and

jewellery industries, to advance the programmes and goals of the

United Nations by serving as a technical expert, adviser and consultant

to governments and the UN Secretariat.

THE CAPE TOWN DECLARATION

In 2007 CIBJO held its congress on the African continent for the

first time. During the event, the organisation issued the Cape

Town Declaration, which recognised that the jewellery industry,

as a member of the international business community, shares a

responsibility toward the greater society. It so doing, CIBJO

committed the jewellery industry to advancing the fulfillment of

the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals.

In December 2008, CIBJO established the World Jewellery

Confederation Education Foundation, or WJCEF. It goal is to

educate members of the jewellery, diamond and gemstone

industries, from all over the world and in all sectors of the

business, about the principles of Corporate Social Responsibility

and sustainability, and how they may implement these principles

in their operations. The WJCEF program was designed together

with the United Nations, which assigned a team of experts to

work together with CIBJO.

UNITAR WEEK AT SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO 2010

In September 2010, CIBJO and WJCEF were invited by the United

Nations Institute for Training and Research to help organise a two-day

workshop in Corporate Social Responsibility in the United Nations

Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo. The workshop examined the

incorporation of CSR in the work environment, and the jewellery sector

was selected to serve

as a primary case study of an industry that has done just that.

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR CSR TRAINING

which was officially opened in Antwerp, Belgium, in March 2010.

The Centre of Excellence, which is housed in a dedicated building

provided by the City of Antwerp, is operated by the United Nations

International Training Centre for Corporate Opportunities (ITCCO), and

aims to stimulate businesses around the world to embrace the

principles of Corporate

Social Responsibility.

Together with UNITAR, CIBJO

and WJCEF were the prime

movers behind the

establishment of a Centre of

Excellence for CSR training in

the international jewellery and

gemstone sector,

Trust and integrity are principles upon which the

jewellery and gemstone business have

traditionally rested. The stories about deal worth

millions of dollars being sealed without written

contracts, but by a handshake, are not legends

but actual fact.

What happened over the past 10 years is that we

have become more appreciative of how our

business impacts upon others, both negatively

and positively, and we have used this knowledge

to change the way in which we operate.

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”Dr. Gaetano CavalieriCIBJO PresidentShanghai, September 21, 2010