To encourage safe and environmentally responsible mining practices,
Tiffany has taken a leading role in working closely with producers
and end users of precious metals, jewelry industry groups and interested
nongovernmental organizations, including Earthworks and Oxfam.

In 2003, Tiffany was one of several organizations that convened
a conference on responsible mining, which was attended by
nongovernmental organizations, retailers, investors, insurers and
technical experts seeking to identify best practices. The resulting
dialogue led to the publication of the Framework for Responsible
Mining: A Guide to Evolving Standards, with the goal of advancing
productive debate—and, ultimately, action—by governments, retailers,
civil society, the mining industry and others.

Tiffany was the first jeweler to embrace the objectives of the
No Dirty Gold campaign, which established aspirational standards
for the extraction of gold that retail jewelers can use as they
seek responsible mining sources.