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Mejuri

Lacks transparency

Lacks transparency. Publishes some details, but doesn't show its workers are paid and treated fairly.

Jewellery & watches

Partly verified: what this means

Last researched 3 November 2026 · 5 sources

Toronto brand selling everyday gold and silver jewellery.

There's no proof Mejuri pays more than the legal minimum, which in China is below a living wage, and it has no full independent audit.

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Why it's graded Lacks transparency

  • Not met: Meets 1 of 6 Good requirements.
  • Holds the grade back: It doesn't show that workers are paid a living wage, and isn't certified as working towards one. On Track needs at least one of these.
  • It isn't Harm on record, because there's no serious confirmed problem on its record.
  • Lacks transparency is still a poor grade: in supply chains like this, workers who can't be seen to be treated fairly are usually underpaid or unprotected.

How grades are decided

Good requirements 1 of 6

  • Not met: Pays a living wage, or holds a strong fair-pay certificationLiving wage: no evidence
  • Not met: Respects worker rightsMost of its products are made in countries such as China and India, where unions are heavily restricted, and it has no full supply chain audit.
  • Not met: Supply chain independently audited or certified, or at least 80% made in countries with strong labour standards
  • Met: No child or forced labour findings or links
  • Not met: Names the factories or farms that make its products, or is fully certified by a scheme that holds and audits that list
  • Not met: Conflict-free: diamonds, gems and gold traced to the mine, lab-grown, recycled or Fairmined (the Kimberley Process alone isn't enough)

Red flags 2

  • Red flag: No evidence it pays a living wage
  • Red flag: Hidden supply chain, mostly in countries with poor worker rights

Stars it would earn as Good

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Estimates for its products

Our rules applied to one kind of product at a time, using Mejuri's evidence and, where it has product lines, that line's countries. They're estimates: we don't know which factory made any single item.

Rings, Engagement & wedding rings, Necklaces & pendants, Earrings, Bracelets: Lacks transparency, the same as Mejuri overall, because nothing we know differs between them.

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Where it's made

Mejuri says which countries it makes its products in, but doesn't name the factories.

Where it's made, and conditions there
CountryWorker rightsLegal minimum wageForced labour risk
CanadaRegular violationsAbout a living wageLow
ChinaNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
GermanyStrong protectionsAbout a living wageLow
IndiaNo guarantee of rightsWell below a living wageHigh
ItalyStrong protectionsClose to a living wageLow
South KoreaNo guarantee of rightsClose to a living wageLow
ThailandNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageModerate
TürkiyeNo guarantee of rightsBelow a living wageVery high
VietnamSystematic violationsWell below a living wageModerate

Evidence

What we found

  • Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: gold and gemstone mining are linked to child labour, forced labour and mercury poisoning. (partly offset by certification or direct sourcing)
  • Uses recycled metals or fibres
  • 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. Source

Research notes Mejuri says its pieces are made by partner workshops in Toronto, Seoul, Arezzo (Italy), Samut Sakhon and Samut Prakan (Thailand), Mumbai and Jaipur, with others in Germany, Turkey, China and Vietnam, and that about 60% of its production partners are Responsible Jewellery Council certified; it does not name them or publish audit results or a living wage commitment. Its gold is 95% recycled and 92% of its silver jewellery used recycled silver in 2022, and it buys a small amount of traced Salmon Gold from restored mine sites. It reports knowing the country of origin for 83% of its natural diamonds and the mine for 38% (self-reported); otherwise its natural stones rely on the Kimberley Process.

What independent sources say

SourceResultDetails
Australian Modern Slavery RegisterNot listedNo Australian modern slavery statement from Mejuri was identified; it is a Canadian company selling online to Australia. View
Business & Human Rights Resource CentreNot listedNo allegations involving Mejuri were identified. View

Sources and actions

Sources 5

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  1. AIDI Trust Index – Mejuri (2026) · search the archive · Self-reported: 83% of natural diamonds with known country of origin, 38% with known mine; 66% of coloured gemstones traced to mine; 99% of factories audited; lab-grown traceability independently supported.
  2. Positive Luxury – Sustainability spotlight: Mejuri (2024) · search the archive · Salmon Gold refined by MKS PAMP in Switzerland and crafted in Thailand; goal of 100% traceability of precious materials by 2030; Butterfly Mark.

Published by Mejuri or its owner

  1. Mejuri – Behind Our Fine Jewelry · search the archive · Partners in Toronto, Seoul, Arezzo, Samut Sakhon/Samut Prakan, Mumbai and Jaipur; about 60% of production partners RJC certified; partners follow Mejuri's Code of Conduct; mine-to-market traceability is a goal.
  2. Mejuri – Our Materials · search the archive · Gold is 95% recycled and 5% newly mined; 92% of silver jewellery from recycled sources in 2022; natural diamonds Kimberley Process compliant with no origin named; lab-grown diamonds SCS certified.
  3. Mejuri – Sustainability Report 2025 · search the archive · Supplier locations shown in Germany, Italy, Turkey, India, Thailand, China and Vietnam; 9 kg Salmon Gold in 2024 and 10.5 kg in 2025; no audit results or living wage.

Company details

Headquarters
Canada
Last researched
3 November 2026
Cite this page
Labour Lens, "Is Mejuri ethical? Labour rating", https://www.labourlens.net/brand/mejuri, last researched 3 November 2026, accessed [date].
Method
Researched with AI assistance against published rules. How we check · What Lacks transparency means

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