Lanes policy on 'confilct' diamonds
Lanes diamonds are purchased from legitimate sources not involved in funding conflict and in compliance with United Nations resolutions. To the best of our knowledge all Lanes diamonds are conflict free, based on our personal knowledge and/or written guarantees provided by all suppliers of our diamonds.
For Diamonds mined prior to the formal operation of the Kimberley Process on 1st January 2003, our suppliers warrant they have not knowingly supplied us with Conflict Diamonds and have taken reasonable precautionary measures to ensure this.
The Kimberley Process is an international certification scheme that regulates the trade in rough diamonds. Its aim is to prevent the trade in conflict diamonds, while helping to protect the legitimate trade in rough diamonds. A Kimberley Process certificate, guaranteeing diamonds as conflict-free, accompanies all official shipments of rough diamonds to and from participating countries.
To support this, the international diamond industry agreed to a voluntary system of warranties to ensure diamonds continued to be tracked right up to the point of sale. All invoices for the sale of rough diamonds should now include a written guarantee that states they are conflict-free.