Ethical Wedding rings for men

For a lot of men, a wedding ring is the first piece of jewellery they wear and there are many choices that need to be made. Style, size and material, usually metal, being the main ones.

Men’s jewellery is the same as women’s jewellery when it comes to being ethical, as it comes down to the materials involved and the processes used to create them.

Either Fairmined or Fairtrade gold are the most ethical materials to make wedding rings from, this is because they ensure that the miners who took the gold from the ground receive a fair price for their work and made sure they protected the environment in which they live and work.

At present, there are no such schemes for platinum or palladium.

Having a wedding ring handmade locally to you is also the best choice. Not only are you helping to your local economy, it reduces the people in the supply chain which greatly aides transparency. If you live in the UK, then having a ring made in the UK is best. Pay and working conditions are high so you can be almost certain that nobody has been exploited or hurt during the making of your ring

Today there are loads of options for ethical men’s wedding rings there are over 100 jewellers in the UK who are registered to use either Fairtrade gold or Fairmined and wedding ring designs and collections including these metals are growing.