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Bario Neal Sustainability Actions

Second sustainability report in progress

Just ask the owners of Philadelphia-based jeweler Bario Neal, currently at work on their second biannual sustainability report.

Started from mission and values

“We really started by looking at our own mission and our own values and what we wanted to emphasize and kind of creating a road map not just for the sustainability report, but for where we wanted to target charitable giving as an organization,” Anna Bario, Bario Neal’s cofounder and lead designer, tells JCK.

Uses domestic and recycled materials

“It’s hard for us to be local when we’re working with materials from 40 different countries,” Bario says. “A lot of it is domestic and recycled, but we’re also doing a lot of international work.”

Supplier evaluation process

Bario Neal’s supplier evaluation process allows the company’s founders to have in-depth conversations with their partners. “It’s really relationship building,” Bario says.

Focused initial report on materials

“Our initial report really focused on materials, prioritized by volume—gold, precious metals, diamonds, sapphires—rather than trying in our first push to pull through every single material,” she says.

Offers Fairmined and reclaimed metals

Soma Opal Cabochon with Champagne Diamond Halo ring, starts at $2,380; Radial Cluster Hex Blue Sapphire ring, starts at $3,000; Bario Neal. Both rings are available in Fairmined 14k or 18k yellow gold, reclaimed 14k gold (rose, white, and yellow) or 18k gold (white or yellow), and reclaimed platinum.

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