Metals

At Oria Ethical jewellery, we are dedicated to making beautiful, fine jewellery in a socially responsible way. We take the greatest care in sourcing the most ethically produced materials available. In doing this, we support small-scale, fair-trade companies that have good working conditions, pay decent wages and do not engage in the use of child labour.

Gold
At Oria we are delighted to offer jewellery made with certified Fairtrade Gold. Gold certified to Fairtrade Standards provides small-scale miners and their communities in developing countries the opportunity for better living and working conditions.
For more information visit https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/Farmers-and-Workers/Gold


We also source gold for our ethical jewellery from small alluvial (hand panning) cooperative mines in Argentina, (Eco Andina). These mines do not use toxic substances such as cyanide and mercury.

The chain used for our pendants are currently not avaliable in fairtrade gold.

Silver
Our fairly traded silver is purchased from artisanal miners in Bolivia, who employ methods that do not involve the use of cyanide or mercury for extraction. We also use 100% recycled silver.