We provide the support and guidance needed no matter where your company is on your responsible sourcing and sustainability journey
Empowering Jewelry Designers & Retailers
Advising independent jewelers and small shops to start their sustainability journey by deciding on values, taking stock of their processes & suppliers and easing into continual improvement.
We provide the support and guidance needed no matter where your company is on your responsible sourcing and sustainability journeys. This is how we go about helping you:
Easy to use framework to evaluate your suppliers and their sustainability claims
Do-it-yourself system to track and systematize materials and supplies
Simple method to craft claims and engage with consumers
If You're a Jewelry Designer:
No matter what you are working through, we are here to help, at your pace. After we work together, you will:
Feel confident about the materials you use and claims you make.
Comfortably talk with your customers about your materials.
Authentically market your efforts to show customers your hard work.
Increase the positive impact of your business to the greater jewelry supply chain.
Increase connections with your suppliers and manufacturers.
Make your product more meaningful and attractive.
Make your business’ impact a positive one.
Encouraging Wholesale Jewelers & Suppliers
Christina T. Miller Consulting leads meaningful, change-driven dialogue between communities affected by the sourcing of materials used to make jewelry and the jewelry industry (as well as diamond and gold industries) in order to raise awareness and improve industry responses to problems its practices contribute to.
The goal is to create engagements that move toward meaningful change that industry can implement and it works for affected communities.
Supply chains that work for everyone
We work to create responsible, sustainable, and equitable supply chains within the jewelry industry through providing education, strategy, and guidance on key issues, risks, and opportunities to a broad range of stakeholders, including small-medium sized businesses, independent designers, and nongovernmental organizations.
If You're a Wholesale Jeweler or Supplier:
You are at the middle of the supply chain with an evolving and challenging landscape, give us a call to understand your unique circumstances and how our services can help.
We act as a facilitator across and connecting sectors that interact with jewelry supply chains to create market channels for responsibly produced material, strengthening transparency, traceability, and benefit to source countries.
We also create opportunities for education and networking between jewelry industry supply chain and civil society actors.
Central to our approach is establishing trust, ensuring stakeholders participate, and identifying market opportunities to increase positive impact for all.
Boosting the Impact of NGO's & Non-Profits
We work with a broad range of stakeholders, our approach seeks to address pervasive and systemic challenges in the jewelry sector, while working in partnerships with the third sector and collaborating with social agencies to advance their impact and deepen their legacy.
After 20 years, we have developed a deep knowledge of the jewelry market, and we are capable of assisting you in navigating issues on gold supply chains with an emphasis on artisanal and small-scale gold mining.
Connecting markets with suppliers
We act as a facilitator across and connecting sectors that interact with the jewelry supply chains to create market channels for responsible produced materials while strengthening transparency, traceability, and benefiting the source countries.
If You're an NGO or Non-Profit:
We understand the nature of philanthropy and the nuances of altruistic work. There's no one-size-fits-all approach to this type of work, so we suggest we talk about your specific goals and how our team can help.
We know how to assess the level of appetite of the jewelry market towards sustainable supplies.
We can identify the jewelry companies that would most likely source sustainably and under which supply chain model.
We can also help investigate the attitudes, challenges and requirements regarding responsible sources for jewelers.
Advancing a jewelry industry that benefits everyone
Key to our approach is establishing trust, ensuring clarity in our communications, and identifying opportunities to leverage positive impacts through collaboration.
We specialize in:
Strategy implementation of gold supply chains to meet market engagement
Advising on market engagement and stakeholder participation in market analysis interviews
Cultivating jewelry networks and deepening the understanding of responsible gold supply chains
Creating networking initiatives between jewelry industry supply chain and civil society actors
Development of a diverse network of jewelry supply chain actors
Build responsible sourcing programs for jewelry businesses
Bridging non-profit initiatives with private sector actors across regions
Client-centered research and supply chain evaluation processes
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The jewelry industry’s most committed people for sustainable and responsible practices
No matter where your company is on your responsible sourcing and sustainability journey, you can contact us any time, we'd really like to hear from you.