DPA Launches New Set of Complimentary Educational Assets About Natural Diamonds for Retailers

The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) launched its new and expanded offering of educational assets available to the jewellery trade at JCK Las Vegas show on Saturday. The package includes videos, photos, infographics and in-store signage.

These educational tools will be useful in communicating to consumers how natural diamonds impact the lives of people and the planet, as well as in answering essential questions about the key differences between natural diamonds and laboratory-grown diamonds, DPA said.

These are in addition to the already robust set of materials available on the DPA trade portal, the association added.

DPA stated that the new package includes a free social media asset library that will be expanded regularly to help retailers feed their digital channels with fresh, insightful and compelling content for consumers.  The social media asset mix includes both static images as well as video assets which drive to the recently released Total Clarity platform.

Further, the DPA said it is also providing a new customizable byline highlighting key data from Total Clarity, a report on how diamonds impact people and the planet. Retailers can easily adapt it for use in local markets.

Among the other additional materials that the trade body has made available are several new informational ‘one-sheeters’ answering essential questions about the key differences between natural diamonds and laboratory-grown diamonds, including questions relating to product value and environmental claims.

A newly released video, the Essential Diamond Truths, shows fundamental facts about diamonds – and what makes them real and rare is also available for use by the retail trade on their own channels, DPA announced.

“Deepening our support to the trade has been a key focus of ours in 2019,” said Kristina Buckley Kayel, Managing Director of North America for the DPA. “We aim to create assets that are both visually compelling and informational, as well as turn-key, allowing for seamless integration by our retail partners. The Total Clarity assets will be especially valuable in helping retailers communicate the benefits of the diamond sector’s global reach and its importance to the livelihood of millions of people.” 

Total Clarity is a year-long advocacy platform anchored in new, independent data from Trucost ESG Analysis, part of S&P Global, DPA explained.  The Trucost report, titled The Socioeconomic and Environmental Impact of Large-Scale Diamond Mining, is the world’s first comprehensive analysis of the contributions of DPA Members, examining socioeconomic and environmental benefits and impacts.  It finds that DPA Members, which together account for 75% of global rough diamond production, generate more than US$16 billion in net socioeconomic and environmental benefits annually through their diamond mining operations. The report challenges many outdated myths and misconceptions about the large scale diamond mining industry.

At the show, the DPA also provided an update on ‘For Me, From Me’, their latest Real is Rare, Real is a Diamond campaign launched earlier this year focused on women self-purchase.  Retailer assets including print and digital creatives, visual merchandising support and POS materials are available at shop.diamondproducers.com.

Similarly, the DPA also revealed three new Project ASSURE partners – Gemometrics (GemPen), Massive Tech Lab (GCertain and J-Certain) and SATTGEMS (ASDI). In addition, the DPA published the results from two nonASSURE partners: Gemlogis (Leo) and SMARTPRO (Screen-I). Project ASSURE is an independent assurance program for Diamond Verification Instruments – a collaboration by the DPA and Signet Jewelers. Through the ASSURE Directory trade participants can access objective and third party verified information on the relative performance of Diamond Verification Instruments and guidance on how to ensure that their business is protected from undisclosed laboratory grown diamonds.

Courtesy: GJEPC