As part of our membership with the Swiss Better Gold Association (SBG), we are committed to supporting a more responsible source of gold by improving the working and living conditions of small scale artisan gold mining communities. In 2022, we launched a multi-year collaboration to expand the mission of SBG to support artisan smallholder communities as they adopt better social, operational and environmental practices.

We launched pilot recycling takeback programs across multiple regions, collaborating with local organizations and leveraging existing retailer initiatives. A highlight was the expansion of our partnership with A Plastic Ocean Foundation in Hong Kong which strengthened client loyalty while also reducing waste.

Preserving beauty means preserving biodiversity. We are collaborating with the IUCN, WWF, and the University of Vienna to protect wild sturgeon and their habitat, preserve the DNA of this threatened species, and utilize sonar technology to secure wild spawning sites.