Product
Innovation & Traceability
We continue to partner with trusted suppliers aligned with our sustainability goals, responsibly sourcing materials focused on innovation, traceability, and circularity to create products for generations to come.
Sourcing With Our Values
We prioritize suppliers certified by recognized independent standards-setting organizations, focusing on health and safety, human rights, fair labor, governance, and environmental protection.
Our Supplier Code of Conduct and accompanying Guidance anchor our responsible sourcing practices and form the foundations of our Social and Environmental Accountability (SEA) Program which helps us continually evaluate our suppliers and practices and help ensure accountability.
The jewelry industry is a global story, rich in people, places, and processes. While this complexity can lead to transparency challenges, we see it as an opportunity. Through our work, we aim to shed light on the journey of each piece, so you can feel confident knowing where it came from and how it was made.
Sourcing Our Precious Materials
At Mejuri, we see all materials as intrinsically unique and full of potential. We use a combination of newly mined, lab grown, and recycled materials, which allow us to innovate while maintaining our high social, environmental, and product quality standards. Different materials have varied challenges and considerations, which is why we take a balanced approach to sourcing that prioritizes respect for the people within our industry, our customers, and the planet. As part of our commitment to circularity, we prioritize recycled gold—identical in quality and durability to newly mined, and every bit as beautiful. Because doing things the right way helps us create pieces we’re proud to stand behind—and that our community can feel good about, too.
*Statistics are based on internal Mejuri data.
94%
Recycled Gold*
95%
Recycled Silver*
Learn more about the precious metals and gemstones we use in our jewelry below.
Diamonds
Diamonds are some of the most prized gemstones on earth—but they’re not always well understood. Especially when it comes to lab grown versus newly mined diamonds and their differences in their sustainability considerations.
Our goal is to continue pushing our industry to improve the traceability of diamonds while welcoming new options that maximize our customers’ budget and style preferences.
Natural Diamonds: We’re committed to taking a balanced approach to sourcing that encompasses the complexities and varied impacts of diamonds and their supply chains. Our natural diamonds adhere to the Kimberley Process standards. We also require our suppliers to follow the OECD Due Diligence 5-Step framework identifying the country of mining origin for all diamonds used in Mejuri jewelry.
% Traceability
Lab Grown Diamonds
Lab grown diamonds offer the same high-quality sparkle and durability but often at more reasonable prices with 100% traceability. We’re proud to work with our trusted supplier network to offer net-zero lab grown diamonds, so the only thing you emit is confidence in your responsibly made jewelry.
Offering 100% traceable and net-zero lab-grown diamonds is an important step towards our traceability and climate 2030 commitments.
% Traceability
Gold
There’s a lot to love about gold. Besides being beautiful, it’s durable, versatile, and accompanies us throughout a lifetime of precious moments.
As part of our commitment to circularity, we’ve made it a point to prioritize recycled gold. It’s the same quality as newly mined and just as durable, and we’re proud to have sourced 94% recycled gold in our products this year.
We rigorously source our newly mined gold—adhering to international standards and certifications set by organizations like the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC), Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA), London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), and the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI).
Sterling Silver
Renowned for its durability, resilience, and purity—there’s a lot to treasure about our 925 Sterling Silver.
Of the silver we use in our products 95% is from recycled sources as part of our commitment to our circularity goal.
Recycled silver is used in many industries aside from jewelry, most commonly across tech, automotive, and aerospace. Since these sectors hold greater influence over global silver procurement volumes compared to the jewelry industry, we’re committed to cross-industry collaboration to enhance its definition and regulatory framework.
Pearls
Precious and unique, pearls are the only gem material that don’t require cutting or faceting before use. We exclusively source our precious freshwater pearls from China, making them 100% traceable to their country of origin.
Pearls also experience the broader industry challenges around traceability. We’re focused on working with our suppliers to better understand the impact of our pearls at the farm level.
Gemstones
Colored gemstones offer vibrant beauty and unique character. We’re committed to enhancing our gemstone traceability through collaborations like Design Thinking Africa.
Currently, 92% of our colored gemstones are traceable to their country of origin, and 7% are traceable to their region of origin—and we’re working to keep progressing towards our 100% traceability commitment.
Salmon Gold™
Our commitment to innovative and responsible sourcing continued with the integration of Salmon Gold into our product lineup. A Mejuri piece made from Salmon Gold™ means wearing gold that’s driving true environmental restoration impact, unlike anything done before—and that’s something to be really excited about.
Salmon Gold™ is gold that’s fully traceable, works to restore biodiversity, and supports regenerative mining. Last year, in partnership with Regeneration, we secured the first commercial quantity of Salmon Gold™—a revolutionary partnership that re-mines legacy and abandoned mine sites while restoring fish habitats across Alaska, the Yukon Territory, and British Columbia.
Regeneration’s approach involves using modern, efficient mining practices to extract valuable metals and minerals from mine tailings, waste rock, and water surrounding these sites. This helps clean and restore the environment while providing sustainable minerals that can be used in products.
Last year, we sourced 9 kg of Salmon Gold™ and this year, we sourced all 10.5 kg that was mined—enough to create over 8,000 earrings and rings.
Our 2025 Salmon Gold™ collection has expanded to include more styles, allowing us to offer our customers new designs while increasing our restoration efforts.
Since Mejuri joined the project, a cumulative total of 33.5 acres of upland habitat and 1,650 linear meters of stream have been restored.
As Part of Our 2030 Goals, We Have Committed To Giving
$5,000,000
USD by 2030
Since 2020 we’ve donated
$1,000,000+
USD in scholarships and advocacy partnerships across the US, Canada, and our supply chain.
Philanthropy
Empowerment Fund & Advocacy
We are committed to leveraging our influence and platform to champion transformative change in our society through our Empowerment Fund, purpose-driven products, corporate giving, and advocacy.
Commitment to Supporting Women and Underserved Communities
Our philanthropic goal of contributing $5M USD by 2030 to organizations we care about is one we hold close to our hearts. That’s why we’ve worked hard to develop the partnerships, methodology, and systems to keep us on track toward reaching our target.
Our philanthropy revolves around three focus areas: the Mejuri Empowerment Fund, purpose-driven products, and our corporate giving. We recognize that contributing to the greater good goes beyond monetary support.
Mejuri Empowerment Fund
The Empowerment Fund is the living embodiment of our commitment to supporting women and underrepresented people in our communities. Through collaborations, partnerships, donations, scholarships, and bursaries, the Empowerment Fund exists to help talented individuals access critical education, upskilling, and advocacy to create lasting change in their lives, communities, and our industry.
Since its start in 2020, the Empowerment Fund has contributed over $1M USD through bursaries, scholarships, and advocacy donations.
In 2024, we continued to support organizations including Indspire, Design Thinking Africa, UNCF and WIE Suite.
“What we are doing has never been done before. The impact of Mejuri’s Empowerment Fund’s continued support is going beyond the wildest imagination of the goals that we originally set.”
— Patricia Mweene
10 Zambian Women received polishing scholarships through our partnership with Design Thinking Africa.
Design Thinking Africa
Our partnership with Design Thinking Africa, founded in 2023 by Zambian-born Danish jewelry designer Patricia Mweene, helps women in Ndola gain gemstone cutting and polishing skills. This ensures that the value-added process of finishing Zambian gemstones stays within the local community.
With Mejuri’s support, Design Thinking Africa welcomed a new cohort of ten women to its training program, which has now moved to the Technical & Vocational Teacher College (TVTC) in Luanshya, Zambia.
Supporting the Next Gen Through the Design Excellence Award
We were proud to introduce the Design Excellence Award in 2024 as an expansion of our commitment to empowering the next generation of talent. We distributed a total of $70,000 to seven schools, including California College of the Arts, Central Saint Martins, George Brown College, Rhode Island School of Design, Savannah College of Art and Design, OCAD University, and Vancouver Community College.
Products With Purpose
Products that express your taste, champion your values, and act as tools that give back to our communities—now that’s what we call a triple threat.
Giving Tuesday: We raised $30,000 through product sales to expand our Design Excellence Award to two additional schools.
Jenna Lyons Collection: Since launching in 2022, Mejuri has donated $5 USD from each piece sold to organisations the Mejuri Empowerment Fund supports.
Mejuri Sweatshirt: All proceeds from our members-only sweater, made in Canada from recycled cotton and polyester, go to CARE’s SHE SOARS—a program that empowers young women to invest in themselves and their futures.
People
Community Inclusion & Social Impact
We strive to create an authentic, connected community where every member shapes our culture while growing personally and professionally.
Employee Engagement and Feedback
By actively listening and engaging with our team through regular employee surveys, we’ve gained valuable insights to better support our staff and address their needs. This feedback has highlighted our strengths and areas for improvement, resulting in programs that maintain a strong engagement score of 76, demonstrating the effectiveness of our initiatives.
Going forward, we will incorporate survey response data into quarterly talent reviews to help leaders better understand their team performance, engagement, and growth closely linked to productivity and business success.
Of those who took the survey, 81% of employees report that they feel Mejuri is an inclusive environment.
Cultivating a Culture of Inclusivity & Belonging
For every team member to feel genuinely engaged in shaping our culture, it’s important they’re in an inclusive environment where they feel heard.
With feedback from our team, we’ve been working hard to improve employee engagement and growth, strengthen our DEIB policy, and continue promoting gender equity practices. It’s important to us that we’re providing our employees with the resources and support to expand their personal and professional journeys.
Diversity Of Our Team
At Mejuri, we believe building a team of diverse voices and perspectives that reflect the communities in which we operate isn’t just the right thing to do, it’s essential for creating the lasting impact we’re striving for.
Our commitment to cultivating a diverse team and talent pipeline means working to implement the best measurement systems to collect the right data. These graphs offer a snapshot of employee gender and ethnicity based on self-reported data.
Gender Identity
Ethnicity
Ensuring a Diverse Talent Pipeline
This year, we prioritized increasing and maintaining the diversity of our pipeline throughout the hiring journey, from application to final hire, with an emphasis on reaching underrepresented groups.
In addition to setting benchmarks, we’re implementing the policies and guidance needed to support this goal, including reducing the potential for implicit bias, clearly communicating performance standards, and identifying additional support required for equity-seeking groups.
Diversity of Partners & Suppliers
We’re excited to share that we finalized our Supplier DEIB program in January and are collecting data on progress from our suppliers.
In the three months this program has been in effect, 28% reported having their own internal DEI programs, and 5% qualify as diverse suppliers.
Engaging Our Team for Good
We’re a global company with a community-first approach.
We ask for our stores, offices, and fulfillment center to actively engage with and positively impact their local communities by hosting meaningful in-store events and offering meaningful volunteering opportunities for our team.
Team members from corporate offices, fulfillment centers, and retail locations in New York and Toronto came together during the week to assemble educational resource kits, including SteamBox and STEM kits, as well as backpack donations.
Organizations include local non-profits, The Toronto Foundation for Student Success (TFSS) in Toronto, Canada, and The Girls and Boys Club of Harlem in New York City. We’re supporting inclusive and accessible learning for 315 children in our communities. In total, our team dedicated 92 hours to volunteer projects last year, demonstrating our ongoing commitment to giving back.
Pay Equity & Benefits
As a women-led organization, with over 78% of our team identifying as women, we witness the power of women every day. Furthermore, women continue to face barriers and systemic challenges within the global and domestic marketplace that are disproportionate to our industries and beyond.
In 2024, our People Operations team conducted a thorough pay equity assessment, analyzing pay data for comparable positions across the company, levels by level, to check for unexplained gender pay gaps. After controlling for legitimate factors, they found no average pay disparity between men and women doing comparable work. We’re proud to honor our commitment to equal pay for equal work, which continues to be measured through annual reviews, ensuring that our pay equity remains a top priority at Mejuri.
We’re tremendously proud to be Regeneration’s founding and exclusive jewelry sector partner. This meaningful collaboration allows us to invest in regenerative practices and help address long-standing environmental and industry challenges.
Planet
Climate & Nature Strategies
We aim to make a climate-positive impact through every stage of our process, from materials sourcing to our business operations. We continue to partner with Regeneration on legacy mine site rehabilitation and habitat restoration.
We’ve been tracking our emissions since 2019, working hard to compile and understand which practices and areas of our business are most greenhouse gas-intensive as we continue to grow. In 2024, we turned that information into a clear roadmap to achieve our climate targets.
In 2024, Regeneration completed 15.5 acres of terrestrial restoration and 500 linear meters of stream restoration
The Challenge
Before environmental closure laws existed, many mines were abandoned, leaving behind untreated sites that continue to pollute ecosystems and threaten native species.
“Without Mejuri, Regeneration and the Salmon Gold™ program, we wouldn’t be able to accomplish the restoration projects that we take on. We are a proud member of this project delivering a greener way of mining gold.”
— Dean Race (Uhler Creek, Alaska)
This gold stands out because it’s 100% traceable and plays a crucial role in restoring habitats that both people and wildlife depend on.
Our Partnership
We’ve partnered with Regeneration, a re-mining initiative led by the non-profit RESOLVE, to help rehabilitate abandoned mine sites and restore surrounding ecosystems. Revenue from these minerals is reinvested into habitat restoration and permanent mine closure.
In 2023, we committed $1.5 million to support Regeneration’s work and began using traceable Salmon Gold™ from these projects in our jewelry.
Carbon Intensity Per Order
As Mejuri continues to grow, our Scope 1 & 2 emissions have increased. However, we’re proud to see a continued decline in our GHG emissions intensity.
We track our emissions across Scope 1 (Direct), Scope 2 (Indirect), and Scope 3 (Other Indirect) to better understand our environmental impact. The next step focuses on collaborating with suppliers to reduce Scope 3 emissions, where we’ve identified the greatest opportunity for meaningful impact.
Building Our Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions Roadmap
Understanding our greenhouse gas emissions was the first step. With our climate target set, the next step was creating a robust plan to reach it. As we ramp up for the future, we focused on establishing clear internal reduction targets.
Mejuri is committed to:
- Reducing our absolute emissions in Scope 1 & 2 by 66.5%
- Reducing our emissions intensity in Scope 3 by 52%
The result is our near-term, science-based emissions reduction target and roadmap, validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative in February 2025 and published on the SBTi Target Dashboard. We’re proud of the swift progress we’ve made and look forward to sharing further updates as we continue advancing on our roadmap.
Reducing Our Emissions
We continue to take action to reduce our GHG emissions and be transparent about our progress. We’re committed to implementing reductions across our operations and value chain by prioritizing low-carbon materials, advancing our greenhouse gas reduction roadmap, and supporting supplier use of renewable energy. After minimizing emissions wherever possible, we address the remainder through Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) and high-quality offsets.
We partner with Native, a Public Benefit Corporation, to support impactful projects such as regenerative farming in Brazil and clean water access in Mozambique.
Developing Our Nature & Biodiversity Roadmap
As a global business sourcing materials from nature, protecting biodiversity is vital to Mejuri’s future.
Through the UN Global Compact Network Canada Biodiversity Working Group, we built foundational knowledge to create our first nature roadmap aligned with our 2030 goals.
We completed biodiversity, water, and human rights assessments and plan to set nature-related targets using the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) or the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework.
Certifications and Commitments
We continue to prioritize certifications and global standards as vital benchmarks in our sustainability journey. In 2023, we earned the Butterfly Mark Certification from Positive Luxury and were honored to be shortlisted for their 2024 and 2025 Jewellery & Watches Business of the Year award.
We’re also active members of several global initiatives driving industry-wide change, including the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030, BSR, the UN Global Compact, and the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles.
In February 2025, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) validated Mejuri’s near-term science-based emissions reduction targets and roadmap.
Our Commitment to Sustainability Is Ongoing—And Here’s What’s Next in Our Journey
We are committed to leveraging our influence and platform to champion transformative change in our society through our Empowerment Fund, purpose-driven products, corporate giving, and advocacy.
Continue Reporting Twice a Year
We will update you each year on our progress towards our 2030 goals.
Moving Toward Climate Positive
Explore more opportunities to decrease emissions with our suppliers and source materials that further our goals.
Expand Traceability
Continue moving toward our goals by increasing the transparency of our supply chain and the traceability of precious materials.
Create More Partnerships
Activate our Empowerment Fund to help people design the life they want through education and skills building.