IWC Schaffhausen

• Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: gold and gemstone mining are linked to child labour, forced labour and mercury poisoning.
• Responsible Jewellery Council certified: Industry code for jewellery businesses covering human rights and responsible sourcing. Its Chain of Custody standard traces materials; the basic certification does not. Source
• Owns or runs its own production
• Modern slavery statement
• Uses high-risk raw materials such as tanned leather, mica or artisanal gold.
• "Made in Switzerland" only means the last major stage happened there: under customs and consumer law, watch movements, cases and dials, and cast or set parts can be made elsewhere. It hasn't shown where those earlier stages happen, so where it's made counts towards On Track but not Good.
• It is Responsible Jewellery Council certified, but its stones and gold aren't traced to the mine. The Kimberley Process only covers diamonds that fund rebel wars, not abuses by governments or forced labour.

Research notes IWC makes its movements, cases and watches at its own sites in and around Schaffhausen, Switzerland, including the Merishausen manufacturing centre. It has been an RJC member since 2012, holds RJC Code of Practices certification to December 2026 and Chain of Custody certification to February 2027, and says it sources precious-metal components only from Chain of Custody certified suppliers. Richemont runs risk-based SMETA audits of suppliers, but IWC publishes no supplier list, audit results, mine-level tracing of gold or diamonds, or living wage commitment.