Following the completion of a complete sustainability audit, laboratory-grown diamond producer LUSIX has been accredited, and its tough diamonds have been licensed, underneath the SCS 007 Sustainability Rated Diamond Commonplace for Trial Use. This pilot accreditation confirms that LUSIX’s manufacturing operation positioned in Rehovot, Israel has met the related necessities of this system masking 5 main areas: origin assurance, moral stewardship, local weather neutrality, sustainable manufacturing practices and strategic sustainability investments.
Benny Landa, Chairman of the Landa Group and LUSIX founder, mentioned after listening to the information, “We imagine shoppers at the moment wish to know the origin of the merchandise they buy, the influence these merchandise have on the surroundings and neighborhood, and to have faith within the claims made by their producers. LUSIX is proud to work along with SCS and companions to assist implement this trade customary all through the entire worth chain.”
The usual was developed underneath a global, multi-stakeholder course of managed by non-profit SCS Requirements Growth, with the involvement of diamond producers, retailers, know-how specialists, environmental and social accountability civil society representatives and academia. Certification professional SCS World Providers carried out the third-party audit evaluation.
“Assembly the necessities of the SCS 007 customary so as to obtain accreditation as a producer, and certification of the diamonds coming from LUSIX’s manufacturing operation, is not any small accomplishment,” mentioned Stanley Mathuram, SCS World Providers Government Vice President. “LUSIX accreditation is a crucial milestone in serving to to carry sustainability-rated diamonds to market.”
LUSIX signed on early as a pilot participant whereas the usual was underneath growth so as to assist advance the uptake of a full sustainability customary by the trade. The corporate centered solely on the tough diamond manufacturing stage, and as such, is certified for making business-to-business claims for its diamonds. As soon as the chain-of-custody provisions are in place, and the remaining handlers within the chain of custody are accredited, then LUSIX diamonds will likely be eligible to be bought to finish shoppers as Licensed Sustainability Rated Diamonds.
LUSIX has the best degree of dedication to the method and perception within the contribution this can make to the corporate and trade. It’s presently constructing an extra facility with a whole lot of latest proprietary reactors to increase the manufacturing of licensed sustainable lab-grown tough diamonds.
LUSIX CEO, Dr. Silviu Reinhorn added, “We’re more than happy that we meet and, in some respects, exceed the SCS Commonplace. This certification retains us in line with the rising want for validated and licensed sustainability claims and the retailer’s must guarantee origin claims. LUSIX is the origin, subsequently it’s in our curiosity to work carefully with our clients to develop a monitoring course of to make sure traceability from origin to retail.”
“As a scientist, I discovered the SCS sustainability validation course of very organized and detailed”, mentioned Dr. Yossi Yayon, LUSIX CTO. “The outcomes of the audit confirmed that the LUSIX propriety development course of is certainly as environmentally and socially accountable as we’ve claimed. Consistent with the necessities of the usual, we intend to proceed engaged on additional decreasing web CO2 emission to change into absolutely local weather impartial by 2024.”
