Opinion & insight

Thought Leadership

Perspectives on responsible gold from Charlie Betts,SMO Gold Managing Director and leading voices across jewellery, conservation and investment. Honest views on provenance, recycled gold and why the industry must prove its claims, not just make them.

Thought Leadership

IF YOU CANNOT SHOW WHERE YOUR GOLD COMES FROM, YOU SHOULD STOP CLAIMING IT IS CLEAN

The gold industry has spent years surrounding itself with the reassuring vocabulary of responsibility. Words such as “responsible”, “ethical”, “sustainable”, and “recycled” have become so common that they risk sounding authoritative simply by repetition.

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WHEN "RESPONSIBLE SOURCING" ISN'T ENOUGH: GOLD PROVENANCE

Recent reporting around the U.S. Mint and Royal Canadian Mint should not be dismissed as an isolated embarrassment for two public institutions. It should be understood as a wider warning for the gold industry.

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LET’S TALK RECYCLED GOLD

Recycled Gold is nothing new. Gold has always been recycled and remodelled, for centuries. But that has never prevented more gold from being mined.
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GOLD: A CONSERVATIONIST’S VIEWPOINT

Hear from leading expert, IUCN Senior Expert Environmental Justice (MT) & Project Lead for ‘Amazon Rights in Focus’ on the true cost of Gold mining.
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SMO - THE GAME-CHANGER WE WERE ALL WAITING FOR!

Working within the diamond industry during the aftermath of the "Blood Diamond" movie profoundly shaped the perspective of Roxanne Rajcoomer-Hadden, on how to move forward.
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