Responsible Sourcing
Our Responsible
Sourcing Journey

2001–
2005
  • WDC founded
  • KPCS Formed
  • Clean Diamond Act Passed (US)
  • Became a Founding and Certified RJC Member
  • Supported the founding of the Diamond Development Initiative
  • First RJC Annual General Meeting convened
  • Diamond Empowerment Fund created
  • RJC published first Code of Practices
2006–
2010
2011
  • Named to the OECD Conflict Minerals Working Group
  • Focused on including requirements for protecting human rights per the UN Guiding Principles on Business & Human Rights
  • Formed the Signet Global Jewelry Supply Chain Integrity Committee
2012
2013
  • Published SRSPs for tungsten, tantalum, tin and gold (3TG)
  • Joined the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC), the first jeweler to do so, to help develop the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI) program
  • Filed our first conflict-free report with the SEC
  • Formed a subcommittee to focus on the risk of Undisclosed Lab-Grown Diamonds (ULGD)
2014
2015
  • Launched a global event series hosted on the ULGD risk
  • Published SRSP for Diamonds (D-SRSP), requesting all diamond suppliers “work toward compliance”
  • Required all Signet suppliers to become Certified RJC Members over time
  • Supported the Partnership Africa Canada Initiative
2016
2017
  • Made D-SRSP compulsory for all Signet diamond suppliers
  • Published SRSPs for Silver and Platinum Group Metals and requested all silver and platinum group metals suppliers to “work toward compliance”
  • Published inaugural Signet CSR report
  • Consolidated SRSPs and updated Supplier Code of Conduct
  • Made SRSPs for Silver and Platinum Group Metals compulsory for all Signet suppliers
  • Announced blockchain pilot for diamond traceability with De Beers
  • Along with De Beers and the Diamond Producers Association Signet launched Project Assure, a Standard for diamond detection technology developed in association with Underwriters Laboratories (UL)
2018
2019
  • Will publish SRSP for Colored Gemstones requesting Signet natural colored gemstone suppliers to “work toward compliance”
  • Will make SRSP for Colored Gemstones compulsory for all Signet suppliers
2020