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Sourcing due-diligence paperwork is expanding beyond the Kimberley Process
Buyers and retailers are being asked for wider supply-chain due-diligence documentation than the Kimberley Process certificate alone traditionally covered.
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Buyers and retailers are increasingly asked for supply-chain paperwork that goes beyond the Kimberley Process certificate that has long been the baseline.
- The Kimberley Process addresses conflict financing specifically; newer due-diligence requests cover labour standards and environmental practice at the mine and cutting-house level too.
- Larger retail chains are furthest ahead on requesting this, but the paperwork expectation is filtering down to smaller buyers as a point of comparison between suppliers.
- Suppliers who can already produce this documentation are seeing it work in their favour with retail buyers doing supplier reviews.
We maintain sourcing documentation beyond the Kimberley Process baseline as a matter of course — contact us if you need it in a specific format for your own supplier review.
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