Conflict Free Diamonds

We understand your concerns and appreciate your sense of social responsibility. We demonstrate this by sourcing our diamonds through ethically sound sources. If your concern is about conflict diamonds, you should know Bee’s Diamonds has a zero tolerance policy towards conflict diamonds and takes vigorous steps to ensure that these stones do not enter our inventory. We adhere to the standards established by the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS). We only source diamondsfrom reliable suppliers who are respectable for their strict adherence to the KPCS.

The Kimberley Process (KP) is a joint governments, industry and civil society initiative to stem the flow of conflict diamonds – rough diamonds used by rebel movements to finance wars against legitimate governments. The Kimberley process started when Southern African diamond-producing states met in Kimberley, South Africa, in May 2000, to discuss ways to stop the trade in ‘conflict diamonds’ and ensure that diamond purchases were not funding violence.

The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) imposes extensive requirements on its members to enable them to certify shipments of rough diamonds as ‘conflict-free’ and prevent conflict diamonds from entering the legitimate trade. Under the terms of the KPCS, participating states must meet ‘minimum requirements’ and must put in place national legislation and institutions; export, import andinternal controls; and also commit to transparency and the exchange of statistical data. Participants can only legally trade with other participants who have also met the minimum requirements of the scheme,and international shipments of rough diamonds must be accompanied by a KP certificate guaranteeing that they are conflict-free. Implementationis monitored through ‘review visits’ and annual reports as well as by regular exchange and analysis of statistical data.