Environmental Web Sites

Don't let the mining industry tarnish the jewelry business. Leading retailers are urging the gold mining industry to make reforms that respect human rights and the environment.

Hoover & Strong is proud to be able to offer an alternative to dirty gold with our HARMONY brand of recycled metals. We are a supporter of the No Dirty Gold Campaign and have joined the industry’s environmental and social leaders by committing to The Golden Rules as set forth by the campaign.

Please visit the web sites listed below to learn about environmental campaigns and initiatives all over the world dedicated to ending destructive mining practices.

www.nodirtygold.org
earthworksaction.org
oxfamamerica.org 

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• Ensuring that gold or other metals were not obtained from operations using submarine or riverine tailings disposal (i.e., the dumping of mine wastes in the ocean, coastal waters, and rivers).
• Ensuring that basic human rights (as outlined in international conventions and declarations such as the UN "Universal Declaration of Human Rights," and others) are being respected by all parties involved in the mining, processing, and manufacturing of the products we sell.
• Ensuring that gold is being sourced from mines that were built and are being operated with the free, prior, and informed consent of local communities.
• Ensuring that workers’ rights and labor standards (including the eight core ILO conventions) are being respected by all parties involved in the mining,  processing, and manufacturing of the products we sell.
• Ensuring that gold is not being sourced from areas of armed or militarized conflict.
• Ensuring that gold has not been sourced from protected areas or areas of high conservation or other ecological value.
• Ensuring that gold has not been sourced from mines that have been responsible for the forced displacement of communities.
• Ensuring that gold has not been sourced from operations that will result in sulfuric acid or toxic chemical contamination into soil, surface waters, groundwater, and the environment.
• Ensuring that gold is being sourced from mines that have provided full financial guarantees to cover the costs of clean-up and mine closure.

We will seek independent, third party verification that gold and other precious metals we purchase meet these and other criteria.
 
We will immediately inform suppliers of gold and other precious metals at all our facilities worldwide that we intend to purchase these metals from sources that meet the above criteria. We will include relevant language in all contracts with suppliers.
 
We are committed to increasing our sourcing of gold from recycled and secondary sources, and we will set targets for increasing the use of these sources. We will seek independent, third-party verification of secondary content.
 
Hoover & Strong is committed to implementing policies that promote the more responsible production of gold and precious metals. We are committed to serving as a leader within our sector, not only through our purchasing behavior, but by encouraging other companies within our industry to do the same.