CarbonVero tool launched to track energy consumption in the diamond industry
Diamond trading company Andre Messika Diamonds LTD has launched a new carbon emission and energy consumption tracking tool in partnership with diamond technological solutions provider Sarine Technology LTD. The CarbonVero tool can track and calculate the carbon emissions of individual natural diamonds from the mine to a fully polished state, including the energy consumption during the diamond manufacturing process through Sarine’s traceability solution.
The tool utilizes foundation measurements conducted by environmental consultancy The Carbon Trust and offers a calculation that reflects the operational emissions, including annual input of materials, energy, transportation, processing, ancillary and waste data. This is then combined with Sarine’s technologically based tracking of each individual diamond to offer a comprehensive dataset that can be tailored to a customer’s reporting needs.
The dataset will be included as part of Sarine’s Diamond Traceability reporting and will cover Scopes 1, 2, and 3 – data from the mining organization, De Beers Namibia, through to the cut and polished product, with the further capability to include freight distribution beyond the factory right up until the polished diamond reaches the client’s door.
