Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto - The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation, 10 May 2021
The organization urges the EU to ban mined diamonds entirely and transition to synthetic alternatives. They argue diamond mining causes severe environmental harm and contradicts the Green Deal's 'do no significant harm' principle. They propose a vanity tax on environmentally costly jewels and carbon footprint controls. This would advance their core mission of protecting nature and reducing environmental destruction from mining.
Diamond-dependent developing economies and EU diamond businesses lose income, though transition support is proposed.