Lab-grown diamonds: brilliant for the environment and the pocket
MARKETING specialist Lim Xin Yi has been a conscious consumer since her days in university, willing to spend a little more on items such as clothes from retailers that are environmentally and socially conscious.
So when the 26-year-old started shopping for engagement rings when planning to propose to her boyfriend, it was a no-brainer decision to go with a lab-grown diamond over a naturally-mined one – though for once, the ethical choice was also the cheaper one.
“(With naturally-mined diamonds), I don’t know if child labour was behind the naturally-mined diamond if I were to get it,” said Lim.
“Even though on paper it could say that it was ethically sourced, it would take a lot of steps for me as a consumer to really trace the…
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