Since they're made synthetically, there's no involvement in
the blood diamond industry — so you're not just spending less money, you can feel good about your purchase.
Not exact matches
DiCaprio had a major role in getting the man - made
diamond industry established in the U.S. after learning about mining conditions in Africa, where
Blood Diamond was set, and the violence the gems fed.
He reveals how closely connected the
diamond industry is to so much of the conflict in modern day Africa, and how the much vaunted Kimberley process (that is meant to ensure that «
blood diamonds» don't reach the Western market) is fundamentally flawed.
(Later, an Iraqi gallery owner laid out her own spectrum of dubious wealth: arms, drugs, and
blood diamonds were very bad; pharmaceuticals were on the fence; tax evasion and corruption through contracting and procurement were unremarkable; robber barons and
industry titans were business as it's always been.)
It means Ingle & Rhode are tackling the three main problems in the jewellery
industry: human exploitation, conflict (or
blood)
diamonds and environmental damage.