Conflict free diamonds are guaranteed to originate from ethical and environmentally responsible sources. Conflict free diamonds are free from violence and other human rights abuses, and are produced with minimal environmental impact.

Conflict diamonds have funded devastating civil wars in Africa, ending millions of lives. These conflict diamonds, also known as "blood diamonds", are associated with human rights abuses including violence and worker exploitation, as well as environmental damage.

At Brilliant Earth, we carefully track all of our diamonds from mine to market to ensure they are mined, cut, and polished in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. While many of our diamonds are verified to be responsibly harvested originate from Canada, we also offer ethical origin African diamonds from Namibia. These diamonds are carefully tracked to ensure they originate from ethical and environmentally responsible sources, while also benefiting local economic development.

 
Other retailers may claim they offer conflict free diamonds or that conflict diamonds are a small problem. These retailers generally are relying upon Kimberley Process data that addresses only nations in an official state of civil conflict. Environmental and labor-related concerns are wholly ignored, as is violence perpetuated by a "recognized" government. 
 

Our Canadian diamonds are carefully tracked from two mines in Canada through cutting, polishing, and transport. This ensures that our Canadian diamonds enter an uninterrupted chain of custody, and our supply is not corrupted by illicit or conflict diamonds. Many other retailers make vague claims that their diamonds are conflict free but have no such certification process to guarantee the ethical source of their diamonds. Because each of our Canadian diamonds is tracked from mine to customer, we can be confident no diamond treatments or alterations have been used.

All of our Canadian diamonds have certification policies compliant with one of the leading bodies for Canadian diamonds, including Canadian Diamond Code of Conduct, CanadaMark, and the Government of the Northwest Territories. These policies provide independent validation to give you the peace of mind to know your diamond is conflict free.
 

Brilliant Earth offers Canadian diamonds from the Ekati and the Diavik mine. Canadian diamonds are mined according to Canada's strict environmental laws - which are among the most rigorous in the world. These high standards protect caribou and other wildlife, water, and fish habitats. Canadian mines have demonstrated a strong commitment to the local Aboriginal people. The Diavik and the Ekati mine are both independently monitored to be ISO 14001 compliant.
 

Read our conflict free buying guide for more information on how to guarantee a conflict free diamond.