Editor’s Note
**Editor’s Note:** This article highlights the Kering Generation Award x Jewelry, which honors GeoGems and Yang Yuchang for advancing transparency, circular economy practices, and technological innovation in luxury jewelry. Winners gain mentorship and internships to support sustainable industry integration.
- The Kering Generation Award x Jewelry highlights innovations in luxury jewelry, rewarding GeoGems and Yang Yuchang.
- GeoGems specializes in scientific gemstone traceability, addressing growing demands for transparency and compliance.
- The award underscores the importance of the circular economy and new technologies, while fostering a sustainable innovation ecosystem.
- Winners will benefit from mentorship programs and internships to facilitate their integration into the luxury industry.
- Kering aims to transform the jewelry value chain by integrating environmental responsibility and technological innovation.
The second edition of the Kering Generation Award x Jewelry illustrates the evolution of strategic priorities in luxury jewelry. By rewarding the French startup GeoGems for its scientific gemstone traceability technology and young designer Yang Yuchang for a creation rooted in the circular economy, Kering highlights innovations poised to redefine industry standards. Between science, craftsmanship, artificial intelligence, and environmental responsibility, the group confirms its commitment to making sustainable innovation a lever for competitiveness and transformation across the entire jewelry sector.
As luxury jewelry faces growing demands for transparency, environmental responsibility, and technological innovation, international groups are now seeking to identify solutions capable of sustainably transforming their entire value chain. It is within this logic that the second edition of the award takes place.
GeoGems, a French startup, has developed a technology that provides scientific traceability for gemstones, addressing the critical need for transparency and compliance in the luxury jewelry supply chain. Yang Yuchang, a young designer, was recognized for a creation that exemplifies circular economy principles, showcasing how design can contribute to sustainability.
The winners will receive mentorship programs and internships to help them integrate into the luxury industry, furthering Kering’s goal of fostering a sustainable innovation ecosystem.
