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Choyt Wins Sustainable Leadership Summit Award.

Rapnet, a leading jewelry magazine, reports on Marc Choyt,
our owner’s winning a New Mexico state wide sustainability award for his leadership in ethical jewelry. August 2012.

Jewelry designers aim to keep products ethical ‘from mine to market’

The Santa Fe New Mexican, Northern New Mexico’s leading newspaper, writes a feature article on Reflective Images on Valentine’s Day in February, 2012.

Rock Center features Reflective Images.

Brian Williams’ segment about activist jewelers. Part of the
piece was filmed in our Santa Fe studio with Greg Valerio, Marc’s partner at Fair Jewelry Action. December, 2011.

Easing Into Green.

The National Jewelry Network, a major trade publication, features Reflective Images as Easing into green in May 2008.

Ethical Jewelry Makes Love Shine.

The Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe’s leading weekly, features Reflective Images as a leader in the Ethical Jewelry Movement in an article entitled "Love and Sex: Inner Shine", February, 2008.

IDEX calls Marc Choyt a "Vanguard of Responsibility."

Early on in the Ethical Jewelry movement, a leading trade magazine, IDEX, calls Marc Choyt a "Vanguard of Responsibility." Sept, 2007

Jewelry Design Firm Switches to Fair Trade Suppliers

JCK Magazine, the jewelry sector’s leading trade magazine, features Reflective Images on its fair trade commitment. March, 2007

Paying Employees Well Pays Off.

The New Mexico Business Weekly features Reflective Images as a company that demonstrates how paying employees well pays off , Jan 7, 2005.

Articles by Marc Choyt, President of Reflective Images

Corporate Social Responsibility Wire

CSRwire, the leading CSR online journal, publishes several articles by Marc on jewelry and social responsibility issues.

The Making Of A Green Jewelry Company
And An Activist

Green Money Journal publishes Marc’s article on the
making of an ethical jewelry company and activist. 2013

Not All that Glitters is Gold: Digging for
Ethically Sourced Jewelry

Green Biz Journal publishes Marc’s article on the
emergence of ethical jewelry. 2008

Fair Jewelry: Making a difference from mine to market.

Modern Jeweler publishes Marc’s seminal article on a World Bank ethical jewelry conference he attended that catalyzed the ethical jewelry movement. J2008.

A Pilgrimage to Cambodia

An account of our trip to Cambodia, where we witnessed the trauma from the Kamir... The stories were heart rendering.

Sri Lanka After The Tsunami

After the tsunami of 2005, we traveled to Sri Lanka and helped with reconstruction.