National Jeweler has a new story about Tiffany and Co.’s chairman and chief executive, Michael Kowalski, taking a lead role in the campaign to protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay from the massive Pebble mine project. Tiffany’s board has agreed to boycott Pebble if the mine is eventually developed and is running an ad in jewelry trade publications encouraging other jewelers to follow suit. Among those that have heeded the call so far include Ben Bridge Jeweler, Birks and Mayors, Commemorative Brands Inc., Hacker Jewelers, Helzberg Diamonds, Herff-Jones and Chicago independent Leber Jeweler.
Read the article here: http://tiny.cc/4gDY0
