Six Antwerp jewellers obtain quality label ‘Antwerp’s most brilliant’
On Wednesday, the ‘Antwerp’s most brilliant’ quality label for jewellers was officially launched at Antwerp City Hall. Antwerp’s Most Brilliant collects Antwerp's most qualitative and reliable jewellers under one label. To obtain the label, each of these jewellers has to meet 32 strict quality requirements, indicating they live up to Antwerp’s reputation as a diamond centre of excellence.
The requirements control the jewelers’ compliance with standards in terms of sustainability, safety, ethics, transparency, service and company stability. Naturally they also have to comply with Belgian economic, social and tax legislation. An Antwerp jeweller can only obtain certification after an independent audit by Kiwa, an accredited audit and inspection organization, which visits every jeweller annually to check for compliance with all criteria.
Once the audit is completed, Kiwa issues a binding report. The City of Antwerp and the Antwerp World Diamond Centre will only grant the certificate if the jeweler obtains an excellent score for each of the criteria. Moreover the label is controlled by the professional jewellers’ federation Ars Nobilis and the Federal Public Service Economy.
Today, six Antwerp jewellers obtained the quality label:
- Juwelen L&A
- Juwelenhuis Ruys
- Slaets NV
- Juwelen Orogem
- Van der Veken
- Diamani Jewels bvba
We are organizing an information session on Wednesday February 5th at 6 pm at the AWDC offices, Hoveniersstraat 22, 2018, Antwerp.
You can find more information on www.antwerpsmostbrilliant.be
