Bario Neal

Maren Jewellery

Maren Jewellery is a German jewellery brand making rings, pendants and engagement and wedding rings by hand at Lake Chiemsee. The pieces are mainly recycled gold and silver, with lab-grown diamonds, and are aimed at women who want timeless designs and materials with a known origin. Pieces are made to order with partner workshops in Germany. The packaging contains no plastic. The brand holds B Corp and Responsible Jewellery Council certifications, and it publishes a sustainability report and a supply chain policy. Items can be repaired, refurbished or reworked so they last longer. The company supports the Earthbeat Foundation and offsets its remaining emissions through certified climate projects. Designer Helge Maren Hauptmann studied jewellery design in Pforzheim and worked in the industry for many years before starting the brand in 2020.

FUTURA Jewelry

United States

FUTURA Jewelry is a US luxury jewelry brand that crafts rings, earrings, brooches and wedding bands from Certified Fairmined Ecological gold. Its collections include Legends, which reworks historical designs found with jewelry historians, as well as Essentials, Wedding, Forever Futura and Zodiac. Pieces are available in stock or made to order. The brand's gold comes from certified mines in Mongolia and Peru that extract gold without mercury or cyanide. FUTURA presents this as a response to mercury pollution from small-scale gold mining. It is a partner of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership and says it aims to give customers transparency about where their gold comes from. Good On You rates FUTURA Jewelry Great overall. It scores the brand Great for planet and Good for people, while animals are not rated. Good On You notes made-to-order production, final manufacturing in the United States, no plastic packaging, and a Code of Conduct covering the ILO Four Fundamental Freedoms. It found no evidence of living wages across most of the supply chain.