Letter from our CEO

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2025 marked the 20th anniversary of Brilliant Earth’s founding. As I’ve reflected on the last twenty years, two profound themes emerged: the enormity of change—in our Company and our world—and the enduring consistency in who we are, who we strive to be, and our values.

We started Brilliant Earth from my one-bedroom apartment, with the dream of creating a more ethical and transparent jewelry industry and reinventing how jewelry is sourced, designed, and sold. We’ve grown to now 42 locations, including our beautiful new flagship showroom in Beverly Hills, and celebrated milestones and marriages with more than 500,000 customers all over the world. We’ve designed pieces for icons like Beyonce, collaborated with changemakers like the legendary Dr. Jane Goodall, and been featured on red carpets by stars like Selena Gomez, Sabrina Carpenter, and Justin Bieber. Today, Brilliant Earth is recognized as a global leader in ethically sourced fine jewelry.

Over the same twenty years, change around the globe has been immense. The world has seen natural disasters, geopolitical tensions, and wars; financial crises; a global pandemic; powerful protests and social movements; and the impacts of climate change. We’ve witnessed the start of the smartphone era, the inauguration of the first black U.S. president, and now the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence, to name just a few.

Throughout all of this, we’ve never wavered in who we are and what we believe in. Our core values of transparency, sustainability, compassion, and inclusion define us. They are our DNA. We established new standards for traceable sourcing, invested in reforestation, and partnered with mining communities to build supply chains that support fair prices for miners, safe working conditions, and protections for the environment. We created the Beyond Conflict Free™ diamond standard, and are now forging new opportunities for Angola and others with our Pathway to Beyond Conflict Free™ diamonds.

While we can't anticipate all the changes the world will see in the years ahead, our core values will continue to guide us as we drive meaningful impact in the jewelry industry and beyond. Our friendship with Dr. Jane Goodall—and her passing in 2025—has reinforced our sense of responsibility to these values, reminding us that our work is not only about today, but about the legacy we leave for generations to come.

It’s almost hard to believe that these were just our first 20 years. We’ve achieved so much, and we couldn’t have done it without our customers, our employees, our partners, and our friends. As we begin our third decade, I’m more energized than ever about what lies ahead. We're only just beginning.

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Beth Gerstein Co-Founder and CEO

Spotlight on 2025

2025 Jewelers for Children Facets of Hope Award Recipient

Co-Founder and CEO Beth Gerstein recognized for exceptional contributions and charitable impact

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2025 Winners

5-time winner of Built In's Best Places to Work® and 2-time winner of Great Place to Work® Certified by our employees

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Launched Pathway to Beyond Conflict Free™

As part of our ongoing initiatives to improve mining practices worldwide

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Net-Zero Targets

Disclosed Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions for the second year in a row

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Honoring a Life and Legacy of Hope

Our second collection with Dr. Jane Goodall was designed to celebrate and advance her life's work

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AIDI

Most Sustainable Jewelry Brand, 2025

Most Sustainable Engagement Ring Brand, 2025

Most Sustainable Colored Gem Mix Brand, 2025

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Next Up: Mission Goals

By 2026...

We will advance a Brilliant Earth traceability solution for our natural diamonds and continue to work towards 100% repurposed gold and silver or Fairmined.

By 2033...

On our path to net-zero, we will meet our SBTi near-term targets by reducing:

- 54.6% of greenhouse gas emissions from Scopes 1 and 2.

- 32.5% of greenhouse gas emissions from Scope 3.

By 2050...

We will reach net-zero emissions across our operations and supply chain.

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There's even more to look forward to. Take a look at our Mission Goals.

We continue to report in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) 2021 Universal Standards and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) for Consumer Goods.

Trademarks

Brilliant Earth, Beyond Conflict Free, Truly Brilliant and other Brilliant Earth marks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Brilliant Earth, LLC in the US and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Mission Report contains certain “forward-looking statements” concerning our expectations, goals, objectives, plans, projections, and targets with respect to environmental matters, corporate responsibility, sustainability, inclusion, employee relations, and procurement. The forward-looking statements are based on our current plans and involve inherent uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual outcomes to differ materially from the current or reported plan. The statistics and metrics included in this Report may be reported as estimates and may be based on assumptions or developing standards. The standards and codes of conduct for third-party suppliers are not guarantees that suppliers will follow the codes in all instances, and suppliers bear primary responsibility for meeting our standards and expectations. We believe that we have been prudent in our plans and assumptions; however, no assurance can be given that any sustainability goal or plan set forth in forward-looking statements can or will be achieved, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Except as required by applicable law we undertake no obligation to update any of the forward-looking information in this Report, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in sustainability objectives and expectations, or otherwise.

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Transparency

From the Source

Take a look around the globe to see where your diamonds, gemstones, gold, metals and finished jewelry come from.

P.S. We only work with suppliers that meet our high standards.

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Angola

  • Natural Diamond Origin

Botswana

  • Natural Diamond Origin
  • Diamond Cutters & Polishers

Namibia

  • Natural Diamond Origin
  • Diamond Cutters & Polishers

South Africa

  • Natural Diamond Origin
  • Diamond Cutters & Polishers

Canada

  • Natural Diamond Origin

Sri Lanka

  • Sapphire Origin
  • Gemstone Cutters & Polishers
  • Diamond Cutters & Polishers

Australia

  • Sapphire Origin

Zambia

  • Emerald, Aquamarine, Garnet, Tourmaline Origin
  • Gemstone Cutters & Polishers

Kenya

  • Sapphire, Aquamarine, Green Beryl, Iolite, Garnet, Tourmaline Origin
  • Gemstone Cutters & Polishers

Malawi

  • Garnet, Aquamarine, Tourmaline, Morganite Origin
  • Gemstone Cutters & Polishers

Tanzania

  • Tanzanite, Amethyst, Citrine, Garnet, Sapphires, Tourmaline, Zircon Origin
  • Gemstone Cutters & Polishers

Colombia

  • Fairmined Gold Origin
  • Emerald Origin

Peru

  • Fairmined Gold Origin

United States

  • Diamond Cutters & Polishers
  • Gemstone Cutters & Polishers
  • Jewelry Manufacturers and Setters
  • Repurposed Gold and Silver Refiner
  • Platinum Refiner
  • Montana Sapphire, Oregon Sunstone, Arizona Garnet, Arizona Peridot Origin

India

  • Lab Diamond Origin
  • Diamond Cutters & Polishers
  • Gemstone Cutters & Polishers
  • Jewelry Manufacturers and Setters

China

  • Lab Diamond Origin
  • Tantalum Origin
  • Tungsten Origin
  • Diamond Cutters & Polishers
  • Jewelry Manufacturers and Setters

Hong Kong

  • Gemstone Cutters & Polishers

Belgium

  • Diamond Cutters & Polishers

Thailand

  • Jewelry Manufacturers and Setters
  • Gemstone Cutters & Polishers

Mexico

  • Jewelry Manufacturers and Setters

Spain

  • Repurposed Gold Refiner

Italy

  • Repurposed Silver Refiner

Germany

  • Repurposed Gold and Silver Refiner
  • Platinum Refiner

Sweden

  • Meteorite Origin

Turkey

  • Jewelry Manufacturer
  • Gold Refiner

Switzerland

  • Repurposed Gold and Silver Refiner
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Natural Diamond
Leadership

From blockchain-verified to our Beyond Conflict Free Diamonds, Brilliant Earth has been a pioneer in ethical sourcing and diamond traceability from the very beginning.

Natural diamonds have been cherished for their enduring value and passed from generation to generation. They form deep within the Earth under extreme conditions of heat and pressure over billions of years. Each unique in their brilliance, their limited supply makes gemstone-quality diamonds one of the most sought-after materials found on Earth.

At Brilliant Earth, we go far beyond the industry norm (aka the Kimberley Process) to source Beyond Conflict Free Diamonds that are ethical and environmentally responsible. Diamonds that meet our Beyond Conflict Free™ criteria provide miners with fair wages and safe working conditions, never fund conflicts, and originate only from specific mine operations that demonstrate a commitment to labor, trade, and environmental standards.

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Less than 1% of the world's natural diamonds meet our Beyond Conflict Free™ standard.

In 2025, we expanded our assortment to include Pathway to Beyond Conflict Free diamonds that support the improvement of mining practices worldwide. We currently source these diamonds from Angola, where the largest mines are already participating in initiatives like social and environmental certifications.

100% of Brilliant Earth's natural diamond suppliers have been audited for safe working conditions.

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A Look Back: Natural Diamond Edition

  1. 2005

    First to sell natural diamonds with a listed origin and established our Beyond Conflict Free™ natural diamond standard.

  2. 2016
  3. 2017
  4. 2019
  5. 2022

    Stopped selling Russian diamonds the day after the invasion of Ukraine, even though they are still KP-certified as “conflict free.”

  6. 2023

    Expanded our blockchain-verified natural diamond assortment.

  7. 2024

    Launched the Flawless Collection, a premium curation of lab and natural diamonds hand-selected for the highest grades across the 4 Cs and ethical sourcing.

  8. 2025

    Expanded our assortment to include Pathway to Beyond Conflict Free™ diamonds from Angola.

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Lab Diamond
Innovation

As one of the first to offer lab diamonds as a mining-free option, Brilliant Earth has lab diamonds down to a science.

Chemically, optically, and physically, lab diamonds are identical to natural diamonds. Their only difference is their origins: Lab diamonds are grown in a controlled environment from carbon seeds. Only advanced equipment can identify whether a diamond is lab or natural.

Every lab diamond Brilliant Earth offers passes our strict quality protocols for cut, color, and clarity and is sourced from a supplier that meets our industry-defining standards. Because no industry standard existed for responsible lab diamond manufacturing, we created our own in 2022 using the Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit (SMETA) as members of the Supplier Ethical Data Exchange (Sedex). We pioneered the use of this audit protocol to evaluate lab diamond supplier compliance with our Supplier Code of Conduct and ensure safe working conditions.

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All new lab diamond suppliers and their manufacturers are evaluated for compliance with our Supplier Code of Conduct, and 87% of our current lab diamond manufacturers have been audited for safe working conditions. In 2025, we achieved our 2025 Goal of disclosing key metrics and risks identified in factory audit findings, as well as the remediation efforts taken.

32% of Brilliant Earth's lab diamonds were cut and polished with renewable energy, Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), or have an SCS Sustainably Rated Certification.

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Brilliant Earth's lab diamond collections are some of the most innovative on the planet:

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Grown from carbon before it's released into the atmosphere.

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Grown, cut, and polished with 100% renewable energy from wind and solar.

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Energy and emissions from growing, cutting, and polishing these lab diamonds are offset.

To celebrate 20 years of diamond leadership, Brilliant Earth launched an exclusive and proprietary lab diamond color, Pacific Greenopens in a new window, in 2025: developed by our world-class gemologists, inspired by California's coastal hues, and cut and polished with renewable energy.

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A Look Back: Lab Diamond Edition

  1. 2012

    Building on our diamond leadership, we pioneered selling lab diamonds as a mining-free option.

  2. 2021
  3. 2022

    Using the Sedex SMETA audit, we created a new standard for lab diamonds called Responsibly Manufactured because the lab diamond industry didn't have a standard for safe working conditions.

  4. 2023
  5. 2024

    Launched an exclusive limited-edition fine jewelry capsule, the Jane Goodall Collection, set with our Capture Collection lab diamonds.

  6. 2025

    Developed and launched our exclusive lab diamond color Pacific Green in celebration of our 20th anniversary.

From the Source: Gemstones

A closer look at where Brilliant Earth's gemstones come from, and their positive impact on local communities and the environment.

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Sapphires Sri Lanka

Sapphires Australia

Sapphires Montana, USA

Emeralds Zambia

Emeralds Colombia

Tanzanite Tanzania

Sunstone Oregon, USA

Peridot Arizona, USA

Garnet Arizona, USA

Moyo Gems Kenya and Tanzania

Virtu Gem Kenya, Malawi, and Zambia

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Sustainability

In 2024, Brilliant Earth's net-zero targets were validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.

What is the Science Based Targets initiative?

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) is an organization that helps companies and financial institutions set clear targets for decarbonization in line with the latest climate science.

What are science-based targets?

Science-based targets help companies reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. These targets guide emissions reduction strategies that use scientific data, think beyond the near-term, and create new opportunities by driving innovation and accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy.

So why does it matter?

These goals help us work smarter and spot opportunities to cut emissions through better products, services, and tech.

Our 2025 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

You can't reduce what you don't measure. This big picture view of our emissions helps us see where they're coming from and how we can reduce them.

Brilliant Earth's GHG emissions (Scope 1, 2, and 3) undergo 3rd party assurance. That means that an independent auditor assesses the accuracy, completeness, and reliability of our greenhouse gas inventory and reporting processes to verify that our emissions data meets established standards and can be trusted by stakeholders.

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Our Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Waste 1.3% Office Paper & Packaging 1.7% Business Travel 3.0% Shipping 3.1% Employee Commute 5.2% Other 12.1% Diamonds, Gemstones, Precious Metals 69.0% Scope 1 Natural Gas 0.4% Scope 2 Electricity 4.3% Scope 3 95.3%

Included in Brilliant Earth’s 2025 Mission Disclosures and Goals are our SBTi near-term, long-term, and net-zero targets, our 2023 baseline and our 2025 GHG Inventory. Progress towards our SBTi targets will be reported annually in these Disclosures.

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Optimizing Energy in Our Showrooms

We believe the Brilliant Earth experience should shine in every detail, from our jewelry to the spaces where you discover it. We love welcoming you to our 42 showrooms (and counting) across the US, each thoughtfully designed to reflect the same care and craftsmanship we put into every piece.

For us, this commitment to intentional experience and design includes our sustainability goals, from energy-efficient systems in our showrooms to minimizing our impact across all our corporate spaces. In 2022, we reevaluated the design of our new showrooms and created our green building standard to reduce energy use.

Since 2023, 10 new showrooms across the US were constructed to use 30% less energy for lighting.

Transitioning to renewable energy across our retail fleet and corporate spaces is critical to meeting our targets. As of 2025, 7 of our showrooms buy renewable energy directly from their electricity providers. Our goal is that all Brilliant Earth showrooms across the US will use renewable energy by 2050, a critical part of our comprehensive commitment to reach net zero.

While we work towards that goal, we have purchased renewable energy credits (RECs) with 3rd party assurance for all non-renewable energy use in our showrooms and corporate spaces. That means our emissions for energy use are zero.

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All In on
Packaging

Wasteful packaging has no place in our business, so we have spent serious time and energy making sure ours is responsible and recyclable. Brilliant Earth’s packaging uses recycled materials made with less energy, less water, and fewer emissions.

Our fine jewelry boxes and shipper boxes were redesigned in 2024 to be more efficient, reducing the weight of our e-commerce packaging 44%.

Our wood boxes use 100% FSC certified wood from responsibly managed forests. 90% of our paper-based packaging uses 100% FSC Recycled paper and is recyclable.

Circling back...

You can recycle your boxes with us. We made it really easy.

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Full Circle

We always start with raw materials from responsible or repurposed sources. Then, every piece of our fine jewelry is carefully crafted to last.

If it's time for something new, Brilliant Earth will recycle your old materials so they can take another turn in the jewelry lifecycle.

Closing the loop...

You can recycle your jewelry with us too. We made it really easy.

Circularity in Action

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Journey around our jewelry lifecycle.

Responsible Raw Materials

Our raw materials include our Beyond Conflict Free Diamonds, lab diamonds, ethically sourced gemstones, repurposed precious metals, Fairmined certified gold, and recycled diamonds.

Refiners

Our precious metals are sourced from responsible refiners who hold repurposing certifications from the Responsible Jewellery Council or third-party validator, Scientific Certification Systems (SCS).

Cutting and Polishing Manufacturers

50% of our natural diamonds were cut and polished with renewable energy or in certified energy-efficient facilities.

32% of our lab diamonds were cut and polished with renewable energy, Renewable Energy Credits (RECs), or have an SCS Sustainably Rated Certification.

Jewelry Manufacturers

All of our jewelry suppliers get an annual independent verification of their repurposed metal purchases.

Brilliant Earth Showrooms

Our new showrooms are built to uphold our green building standards and either purchase renewable energy or Renewable Energy Credits (RECs).

Customers

Even after our fine jewelry reaches our customers, we keep the circularity going with our free lifetime diamond upgrade and options to easily recycle your jewelry with us.

Designed to Last a Lifetime

Our focus on product quality and our lifetime warranty helps make sure our pieces are crafted to last.

Bring It Back

We repurpose your diamonds and jewelry to keep the cycle going.

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Golden Opportunity

We refuse to use "dirty gold" because we know how destructive it can be, from ongoing labor abuses to the harmful environmental effects of mining with mercury.

By choosing repurposed precious metals instead, we avoid contributing to these harmful practices while providing the same beautiful, lasting quality. Because Brilliant Earth cares about miners, their wages, their communities, and the environment, We used 99.5% repurposed gold* (a 0.5% increase) and 96.4% repurposed silver* (a 1.4% increase from last year) to craft our fine jewelry collections.

We refer to our gold and silver as “repurposed” because it's not considered a typical waste product. “Recycled gold” is only accurate when the gold is reclaimed from electronic waste.

*Chains and certain components and findings, like peg heads, posts, and clasps may not be from repurposed sources due to limited availability. Limited supply in the market poses a challenge to exclusively source repurposed platinum, so we work with our suppliers to source repurposed platinum when available.

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And if our gold isn’t repurposed, it’s Fairmined.

Fairmined turns gold into good. It empowers small-scale miners and encourages responsible mining to minimize environmental impact.

Brilliant Earth has been Fairmined certified since 2015. Every year, we not only increase our Fairmined gold jewelry purchases but also provide grants through the Brilliant Earth Foundation to support artisanal, small-scale miners in Peru's Madre de Dios region.

By expanding our Fairmined Collection to include engagement and wedding ring styles, we have been able to increase our Fairmined gold purchases. In 2025, our Fairmined gold jewelry sales were up 86% year-over-year and we achieved our 5-year goal to increase purchases of Fairmined gold year over year.

Since 2024, we have participated in the Amazon Gold Alliance with Indigenous communities, NGOs, government officials and others across the industry to look at intersectional issues within Amazon gold mining.

Together, we are beginning to create lasting, positive change in the Amazon basin.

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A Look Back: Precious Metals Edition

  1. 2006
  2. 2015

    Began sourcing Fairmined certified gold as an authorized Fairmined retailer.

  3. 2017
  4. 2020

    Established rigorous independent auditing of our jewelry manufacturers to ensure accurate reporting of repurposed metal percentages.

  5. 2021
  6. 2023

    Supported the Fairmined certification of the first four gold mines in the Amazon through a Brilliant Earth Foundation grant.

  7. 2024

    Joined the Amazon Gold Alliance and expanded our Fairmined Collection to include engagement and wedding rings.

  8. 2025

    Became members of the Alliance for Responsible Mining the first year offered to create a positive impact on artisanal and small-scale mining communities.

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Compassion

The Brilliant Earth Foundation

In 2021, we started the Brilliant Earth Foundation* to expand our positive impact. Since then, we've donated $2 million to causes and communities we care about.

Here's a snapshot of some of our achievements from 2025, with the help of our amazing partners.

In 2025, we donated over $355,000 to our global partners.

*The Brilliant Earth Foundation is a corporate advised fund with Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

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Gem Legacy Campus

We are in the second year of our three-year, $300K pledge to the Gem Legacy Campus. This grant creates opportunities for students from gem mining families across Tanzania by funding the construction of a gem faceting school, college dormitories, a dining hall, and staff housing to provide a safe, dedicated campus where they can live and study.

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Gem Legacy Meal Program

Our grant to Gem Legacy's Meal Program at Kitarini Primary School serves breakfast and lunch to over 900 children in Tanzania every school day for the entire year. That's over 370,000 meals.

Our funding has also contributed to a 90% increase in attendance with over 90% of students passing their final exams, up from a passing rate of less than 10% before the meal program.

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Pure Earth & The Women's Mining Network

We expanded our positive impact with our long-time partner Pure Earth by sponsoring the Women's Mining Network of Madre de Dios.

Mining with mercury poses serious threats to both ecosystems and the health of miners and their communities. Through our partnership with Pure Earth, we train small-scale gold miners to adopt mercury-free extraction methods while rehabilitating damaged rainforests.

The Women's Mining Network project brings together a diverse group of women miners from mining zones across Madre de Dios, each with different operational scales but with the same eagerness to improve their practices. Our grant launch focused on establishing technical training programs centered on clean gold extraction methods such as shaking tables, developing reforestation plans for mine closure, and showcasing the project's progress at national and international forums.

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Pure Earth & AMATAF

In 2025, our 4-year grant to Pure Earth, Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), and AMATAF (La Asociación Minera Tauro Fátima) in Madre de Dios came to an end. We are proud to say that over 4 years, Brilliant Earth's grant helped the first (and only) four gold mines in the Amazon become Fairmined certified, plant 7,580 new native saplings, and reforest 4.75 hectares in the Peruvian Amazon.

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Jewelers for Children Facets of Hope Award

“To me, it has always been about doing business differently, and in doing so, inspiring others to do the same. I invite you to join us in this higher purpose: to do business differently, challenge the status quo, be deliberate about how we give back, and inspire positive impact across our entire industry.”

-Beth Gerstein, Co-Founder & CEO

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Honoring a Life and
Legacy of Hope

Our continued partnership with the iconic conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall was designed to celebrate and advance Dr. Goodall's legacy.

Inspired by the symbolism of the olive branch, each piece in our second limited-edition collection is crafted in repurposed gold with lab diamonds from our Capture Collection and pays tribute to Dr. Goodall's lifelong mission of environmental stewardship and harmony with nature.

Following Dr. Goodall's passing in October 2025, Brilliant Earth honored her enduring message of hope by donating 100% of the net proceeds from Jane Goodall Collection sales to the Jane Goodall Legacy Foundation Fund for a limited time, helping advance the conservation, research, and education initiatives she championed throughout her life. We now continue our support with 10% of ongoing net proceeds from the sales of the Collection.* We have helped raise over $598K to support the Fund's critical work.**

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*10% of net purchase of Jane Goodall Collection items will be donated to the Jane Goodall Legacy Foundation Fund. The Jane Goodall Legacy Foundation (JGLF) Fund is a designated fund of Communities Foundation of Texas, a 501(c)(3). JGLF supports conservation, research, and educational programs of the Jane Goodall Institute. Donation amounts apply only to purchases of qualifying items, net of shipping charges paid by Brilliant Earth, taxes, and returns.

**This amount includes direct donations, contributions from product sales, and other fundraising activities.

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A Look Back: Giving Back Edition

  1. 2008

    Supported the Diamond Development Initiative (DDI), a project to eliminate child labor in diamond mining fields.

  2. 2010

    Funded the Center for Research and Development in Zimbabwe, advocating for responsible mining and the protection of residents from forced relocation in Marange diamond fields.

  3. 2015

    Established the Brilliant Earth Mobile School in a rural diamond mining community in the Democratic Republic of Congo, bringing educational access to children.

  4. 2016

    Began our partnership with Pure Earth, training artisanal gold miners in Peru in mercury-free gold mining techniques.

  5. 2017

    Funded training programs for artisanal diamond miners in diamond valuation in Koidu, Kono District of Sierra Leone.

  6. 2021

    Established the Brilliant Earth Foundation.

  7. 2022

    Began a 4-year grant to Pact to expand the Moyo Gems program into Kenya from Tanzania.

  8. 2023

    Funded the Fairmined certification of the first four gold mines in the Amazon.

  9. 2024

    Began a 3-year grant to Gem Legacy for the construction of a gem faceting school and college dormitories.

  10. 2025

    Delivered a grant to the Women's Mining Network of Madre de Dios to expand our positive impact on small-scale miners in the Peruvian Amazon.

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Inclusion

When it comes to creativity and innovation, unique backgrounds and perspectives are essential. We know that our diverse team helps drive our success, both as a brand and as a culture.

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Female-Founded 
 and Led 4 of 7 Board Members identify as women 72% of employees identify as women 73% of people managers identify as women 58% of directors and above identify as women 51% of employees identify as BIPOC 35% of people managers identify as BIPOC 30% of directors and above identify as BIPOC

We are a 5-time winner of Built In's Best Places to Work®.
We've won this award every year since 2021.

We are a 2-time winner of Great Place to Work® Certified by our employees.

We also added a Lifestyle Spending Stipend to our wellness benefits to support employee well-being. Our team used this stipend for gym memberships, massages, counseling, nutrition support, and more.

We have been supporters of Open to All, a coalition of nonprofits and businesses committed to sending a message that everyone is welcome, valued, and respected, since 2023.

In 2025, 100% of our corporate offices, showrooms, and distribution center participated in a volunteer event, achieving one of our 2025 goals.

In 2025, 92% of our employees participated in our Employee Engagement Survey, and our overall Employee Engagement score was 82.

92% of our employees expressed that diversity is important in their workplace, 90% reported feeling part of a team, and 84% said our Mission inspires their work.

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Award-Winning Culture

The Muse

VIBE Best Medium-Sized Company for Financial and Retirement Benefits - 2022

VIBE Best Medium-Sized Company for Professional Development Benefits - 2022

Reuters

Sustainability Trailblazer Award

CEO Beth Gerstein, 2024

Jewelers for Children

Facets of Hope Award

CEO Beth Gerstein, 2025

Asian American Business Development Center

Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business

CFO Jeff Kuo, 2025

AIDI

Most Sustainable Jewelry Brand, 2025

Most Sustainable Engagement Ring Brand, 2025

Most Sustainable Colored Gem Mix Brand, 2025

iNova Design Awards

2024 Mission Report

Gold for Sustainability Report Design

Top Workplaces

Top Workplaces for Employee Recognition - 2025

Top Workplaces for Professional Development - 2025

Top Female-Led Workplaces - 2025

Built In

Best Places to Work 2021-2025

Great Place to Work®

Great Place to Work Certified™ - 2024-2026