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HOK-DIA-TERM-311 · Provenance and compliance
Responsible sourcing
A sourcing process that defines and manages relevant environmental, social, human-rights, legal, and governance risks in the supply chain.
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- Discouraged
- ethical sourcing without methodology
- Editorial note
- Requires defined criteria and evidence; it is not a self-proving marketing label.
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International nomenclature and grading framework.
Open official source ↗Consumer-facing distinction among diamond, laboratory-grown/synthetic diamond and simulants.
Open official source ↗Disclosure and business terminology for laboratory-grown diamonds.
Open official source ↗Permitted descriptors and definitions for diamond-industry consumer terminology.
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