The Viltier diamond

The Kimberley Process

During many years, the illegal traffic of diamonds served the purpose of financing armed conflicts that resulted in a lot of violence. In order to counter this phenomenon, the Kimberley process was created in 2003. By signing this chart, member state ensure that the purchased diamonds are not used to finance rebel movement nor conflicts.

The rough diamonds are transported and exported in secured containers. They come with certificates that are verified and validated by the local government with a reference number allowing tracability/ in addition, diamonds that are under the Kimberley regulation can only be bought between member states.

Viltier exclusively selects diamonds from suppliers that respect the Kimberley process. All Viltier diamonds are certified conflict-free.

The responsible Jewelry Council, created in 2005, is an international organisation that promotes a code of conduct for social and environmental practices to all the actors of the value chain. To be labelled RJC entails that you exclusively work with actors from the RJC and that you are audited by an external organisation to ensure the respect of the good practices. Hence, the RJC offers consumers a guarantee on the conditions of extractions of the stones and their tracability. This allow to promote better practices throughout the entire value chain. Viltier exclsuively work with partners that are labelled RJC and is currently in the process of becoming a member of the RJC label.