YOUR RESPONSE: CSR will bring positive change- Bhavesh Ranpura

The time has really come for retailers, distributors and manufacturers to join up the dots on what our industry needs to be socially, financially compliant and ethically aware.

Bhavesh Ranpura
Owner
Samrat Jewellers, Rajkot

YOUR RESPONSE: CSR will bring positive change- Deepak Soni

Thank you for highlighting the CSR activities of the jewellery industry through your cover story. If all the stakeholders of the industry work closer together with common purpose through adopting the principles of CSR and therefore exerting greater demands for compliance on the supply chain, then consider how much healthier the domestic jewellery markets would be.

Deepak Soni
Proprietor
Navdeep Jewellers Pvt Ltd, New Delhi

YOUR RESPONSE: CSR will bring positive change- B. Shivakumar

It's nice to see that the gem and jewellery industry is actively taking part in CSR activities. Traditionally, CSR has been associated with the big companies and firms. The purpose of CSR is to bring the benefits to a more understandable level. Even at the grass roots of our industry we do collectively have the capacity to demand more effective standards and governance.

B. Shivakumar
Owner
NSB Jewellery, Madurai

YOUR RESPONSE: CSR will bring positive change- Anand Rao

Your cover story on "CSR in the jewellery industry" was an interesting read. The industry is currently presented with many threats, most notably in the treatment of artisans and the transparency and traceability of its supply chain. Through CSR initiatives the industry can build a new culture and a new way of conducting its businesses that will focus on long term benefits rather than short term gain.

Anand Rao
Director
Onsaz Jewellery Creations, Jaipur

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Vipul Shah, Chairman, GJEPC

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