The fashion and design industries are taking important steps towards sustainable production strategies. Still, there is not much information available on the complex topic of sustainability in the jewelry industry.

In particular, the luxury jewelry industry faces several challenges to report their efforts in identifying, preventing, mitigating and being accountable for their impact on the environment throughout the supply chain.

In order to get a broader understanding of the available alternatives for sustainable processes along the supply chain of the jewelry industry, it is important to first have a diagnosis of the quality and quantity of publicly available information.

This data set  includes metric questions regarding major companies practices around gold and diamonds sourcing and manufacturing. To collect data that help answer those questions, metrics were created based on Human Rights Watch's (HRW) Report “The Hidden Cost of Jewelry”. The project is part of Danielle Keller Aviram's M.A thesis, a broader research on the topic of sustainability and transparency in the luxury jewelry's supply-chain.