STATE’S 2009 CHRISTMAS TREE DELIVERY LIGHTS WAY TO CAPITOL

Dec 7th

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The California Department of General Services issued the following press release:

WHAT: Cutting & Delivery of the State’s Official Christmas tiffany jewellery Tree

WHEN: 9:30 a.m. November 16, 2009 and 10:00 a.m. November 17, 2009

WHERE: U.S. Forest Service Placerville Ranger Station Camino, California -11/16/09

California State Capitol Building West Lawn 1400 Tenth St., Sacramento, CA, 95814 11/17/09

SUMMARY: Monday November 16, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. marks the beginning of the holiday season when the states’ official Christmas tree is cut from its home on U.S. Forest Service property in Camino and prepared for transport. Adorning the west lawn of the Capital this year is a majestic, 55-foot white fir tree donated by the U.S. Forest Service Institute of Genetics.

Department of General Services’ employees will raise the frank gehry jewelry festive fir at 10:00 a.m. November 17, 2009, following its delivery by CAL FIRE.

Once set up is complete, the tree will be trimmed and bedecked with 1,500 hand-crafted ornaments donated from the Department of Developmental Services. The ornaments are created by children and adults with developmental disabilities who receive services and support from the state’s development centers and 21 nonprofit regional centers.

This richly celebrated tradition began 27 years ago and is part of the Governor and First Lady’s annual tree lighting ceremony which is expected to take place on December 10, 2009.

Continuing Gov. Schwarzenegger’s energy efficiency and conservation initiatives, 14,000 ultra-low-paloma picasso jewelry wattage, light-emitting diode bulbs will illuminate the tree, resulting in a 95 percent energy savings compared to incandescent bulbs.For more information please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar, Email:- htsyndication@hindustantimes.com.

Eric Lamoureux, 916/376-5038.

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Council to CERTIFY Responsible Jewelry Practices

Oct 29th

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Jewelers will now be able to be certified as ethically, socially, and environmentalIy responsible. The Council for Responsible tiffany jewellery Practices, which is changing its name to the Responsible Jewelry Council, announced a program to audit its members to make sure that they are complying with its standards. Members who have been independently verified as conforming to the code of practices will become “Certified Members of the Responsible Jewellery Council.”

“By providing a common, widely recognized set of standards that will be familiar to a large pool of competitive, accredited auditors, the system will drive continuous improvement and allow companies now operating their own social responsibility auditing programs to avoid duplication and expense,” says Robert Headley, co-chair of the standards committee of the RJC and vice president of technical services, Tiffany & Co necklaces.

The councils code of practices and guidelines on conducting self assessments are available at www.responsiblejewellery.com.

The certification system will launch in the second quarter of 2009, once independent auditors have been trained and auditing firms have been accredited. All members will be required to undergo the verification process by December 2010. New members will need to be audited within two years of joining.

The council will soon publish additional standards for its members engaged in mining. “The council has succeeded in creating a unique certification system for responsible business practices based on third party auditing that applies throughout the supply chain, from mine to retail. No other industry has achieved this,” says John Hall, chair of the communications committee frank gehry jewelry of the RJC and general manager of external relations for Rio Tinto Diamonds.

Matthew Runci, chairman of the coun- cil and president and CEO of Jewelers of America, says that despite the economy, the 80 members of the council, who in- elude retailers, manufacturers, and min- ers, remain committed to reinforcing consumer confidence in the supply chain. “Now more than ever, the industry must demonstrate responsible practices and protect its reputation,” Runci says.