What is “Ethical Gold”?
During Basel world 2019, a concept called ethical gold has been put forward and has attracted much attention. Then what is ethical gold? According to Chopard ’ s official website, “ethical gold”are defined as gold acquired from responsible sources, verified as having met international best practice environmental and social standards. Then why “ ethical gold ” is related to environment and society? We collected some information and the answer are as follows. You may have heard one country named Gahna. It is famous for the production of gold and is thus named “ Gold Coast ” . It alone accounts for 3% of gold production of the whole world and its annual output value is about 1.5 billion dollars. However, because their mining equipment and techniques lag behind, the vegetation there are heavily damaged during the mining process. At the same time, people their can hardly make their living even though they are working with one of the world ’ s most precious material. ...