This metric is asking puts in extra effort to ensure that beyond mining, the gems it uses are well protected.

You should only answer this question with a “Yes” for a company if you find evidence the company's sourcing covers areas of "Fair Trade", Environmental Protection, Health and Safety Standard. Non-Synthectic Introduction into the supply chain.

If you find this kind of evidence and enter a “Yes” value please leave a comment with some details of what you found as a comment.

The only way to make this judgment is to read in detail the material the company produces about its responsible sourcing policies and practices.

You may be able to make this judgment faster by searching those materials for terms such as "fair trade" or "fair labor".

You can find relevant materials through Conflict Mineral Reports of the company.

If you don’t find any evidence that the company's responsible sourcing policy covers these areas – set the company’s value to “No” and include the document(s) you read as source(s).