Editor’s Note
This article introduces the INOVA COLLECTION’s new Sustainability Area, a dedicated thematic platform focused on Fair Trade, transparency, and sustainable production. It highlights the initiative’s goal of creating visible industry platforms to advance these critical developments.
For the first time, the INOVA COLLECTION is presenting its own thematic area with the Sustainability Area, dedicated to the growing importance of Fair Trade, transparency, and sustainable production.
explains Ralf G. Schröder, an expert and business consultant for the jewelry and gemstone industry, with a focus on fair and sustainable markets.
Selected labels such as AURHEN ecofair, Fair Trade Minerals & Gems e.V., MIADANA, and SFG StayFair Gems provide insights into transparent supply chains and fair production processes. Another focus of the area is on stronger integration with the German-speaking social media scene, to create new access channels for responsibly produced jewelry and better stimulate discourse on supply chain transparency.
In this context, Ralf G. Schröder will expand the trade fair concept together with Sophie Koschnick by adding another community component. With her label Diamond Secrets GmbH, she has been organizing a regulars’ table together with a colleague for years, which is enjoying growing popularity within the Facebook forum “Schmuckdesign und Goldschmiedekunst” (Jewelry Design and Goldsmithing Art). Over 4,000 members regularly exchange ideas on design trends and artisanal innovations here.
explains Sophie Koschnick.
This year, for the first time, the community decided on the theme for the young talent competition DIE GOLDENE NOVA: Until June 29, 2025, young talents can submit their ideas on the theme “Fascination Tourmaline – a Gemstone at the Heart of Creation” via an online application portal. The official award ceremony will take place during the INOVA COLLECTION on August 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM at the GOLDENE NOVA award area.