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CIBJO Begins Second Round of Public Consultation for ‘Blue List’ Lexicon of Supply Chain Terminology

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Key takeaways

• CIBJO has launched a second round of public consultation for The Blue List, a lexicon of harmonized supply chain and sustainability terminology for the jewelry industry.

• The new consultation period follows an initial round in 2025 and is scheduled to conclude on June 12, 2026.

• The initiative aims to create clear, accurate, and globally applicable definitions to protect consumer confidence and ensure transparency in jewelry marketing.

(MILAN, ITALY) – The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) has launched the second round of public consultation for The Blue List – The Responsible Jewellery Supply Chain Lexicon, which is being developed as a harmonised set of definitions of words and terms used to describe responsible supply chains and sustainability, especially when marketing jewellery, ensuring that they are accurate, substantiated, clear and easily understood by all stakeholders and consumers.

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The new round of public consultation follows the first round, which ran from May 5 to September 6, 2025, after which CIBJO’s Jewellery Industry Supply Chain Nomenclature Committee received several recommended amendments to the original draft. The second round of consultation will end on June 12, 2026.

“Our goal is to produce a lexicon of terms that can be practically applied and comprehended worldwide, and to do that in the most transparent and inclusive way possible,” said CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri, who co-chairs the committee with Feriel Zerouki, President of the World Diamond Council. “We had hoped that one round of public consultation would be sufficient, and, while almost all the terminology and definitions in the original draft were widely accepted, there were a number of points raised during the consultative process that we agreed should be addressed, leading to a few amendments to the proposed text. In the same spirit of openness, we are commencing the second round to ascertain public opinion about the changes.”

CIBJO will invite a wide range of industry and external experts to participate in the public review of The Blue List, but is also seeking contributions from all interested industry members.

The World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO) is the international jewelry confederation of national trade organizations. CIBJO’s purpose is to encourage harmonization, promote international cooperation in the jewelry industry, and consider issues that concern the trade worldwide. CIBJO’s chief mission is to protect consumer confidence in the industry. The World Jewellery Confederation is the sole jewelry industry organization to have Special Consultative Status with the United Nations’ Economic & Social Council (ECOSOC). It is a member of the UN Global Compact.

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