CIBJO president meets ex-US president Clinton to discuss jewellery CSR
03 Nov 2009 | View Readers CommentsCIBJO president Gaetano Cavalieri met with former US President Bill Clinton to discusses jewellery's role in promoting sustainable development.
Dr Cavalieri met with Clinton on 28 October and described to him the World Jewellery Confederation’s active commitment to sustainable development projects in those areas of the world where the greater jewellery sector is active.
The meeting took place in Milan at a two-day gathering organised by the World Business Forum. President Clinton had delivered the keynote address. The focus of his presentation was good global citizenship. Cavalieri was attending the event as an official guest of the organisers. He said: "During my discussion with President Clinton, I described the evolution of CIBJO's strategy for proactive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), particularly from our organisation's acceptance into the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations in 2006, and our commitment on behalf the worldwide jewellery industry to the fulfilment of UN's Millennium Development Goals.”
Cavalieri said that he briefly outlined the programme being planned for the World Jewellery Confederation Education Foundation – the body that was created by CIBJO in 2008 with support of the United Nations, with the express goal of advancing knowledge in the jewellery community about CSR principles and practices.
“President Clinton was most interested in what we are doing and expressed his support," Cavalieri added.
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