HRW, Tiffany and the Ethical Cost of Jewellery
I worked my way through the Human Rights Watch report this afternoon: “The Hidden Cost of Jewellery Human Rights in Supply Chains and the Responsibility of Jewelry Companies.” The following article is intended as a response to the report’s findings. By way of background, I’ve spent the past 12 years photographing artisinal and small scale mines around […]
Cobalt Controversies: Delving into the How, What and Why
At the beginning of May 2018, Core Consultants will release a major cobalt market study that has been underway for almost two months. The study utilises Core’s connections to sub-Saharan Africa to reveal current production in great detail, particularly that of the DRC. 1. Introduction Cobalt has come into the limelight over the last eighteen […]