The Italian Exhibition Group Spa (IEG) has received formal accreditation from CIBJO, The World Jewellery Confederation, at ECOSOC, the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
IEG, the new trade show company created through a merger between Rimini Fiera and Fiera di Vicenza, received international recognition in New York on 12 January when it was awarded formal accreditation through CIBJO, the World Jewellery Confederation, from ECOSOC, the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
The accreditation was for promoting and implementing activities relating to Corporate Social Responsibility along the jewellery and precious metal and gemstone supply chain.
Representing the Italian Exhibition Group at the meetings with senior United Nations officials at the organisation’s headquarters in New York, together with CIBJO president Gaetano Cavalieri, were IEG’s vice executive President Matteo Marzotto and managing director Corrado Facco.
IEG's accreditation at ECOSOC is primarily expressed through activities conducted at VICENZAORO, which is among the world's leading gold and jewellery Shows.
IEG, which from January 20-25, 2017, will be putting its mark on this year’s first edition of VICENZAORO, has inherited the role played by Fiera di Vicenza, and has pledged to contribute directly to ethical, environmental and corporate social responsibility policies, under the ECOSOC umbrella.
Said Matteo Marzotto, vice executive president of IEG: “We feel highly honoured by this recognition, which represents further confirmation of the status that our group and VICENZAORO has achieved, thanks in particular to the fruitful collaboration with CIBJO, in spreading the culture of CSR, with its social and economic implications, along the entire supply chain. As a contemporary provider of exhibition services and content, we are constantly engaged in creating value for our stakeholders, a task that, nowadays, cannot help but pay considerable attention to sustainability and responsibility. CSR is a fundamental asset for the jewellery sector too, not only representing the right ethical direction that should be followed by companies, but also as a conscious and strategic strategy for generating consumer loyalty.”
To focus attention on the themes involved in Corporate Social Responsibility, the recurring theme of VICENZAORO January 2017 will be The Responsible Gold.
Two seminars will be held on the subject. The first will take place on Sunday, 22 January in collaboration with CIBJO, and will focus on the means and methods of ensuring responsible sourcing in the jewellery supply chain.
The second will take place on Monday, 23 January, in the context of the Assogemme Ethical Committee, and examine traceability.
Italian Exhibition Group Spa is led by president Lorenzo Cagnoni, together with vice president Matteo Marzotto and managing director Corrado Facco. IEG closed 2016 with a preliminary pro-forma turnover of Euro 123m, an EBITDA2 of Euro 22.9m and a consolidate net result of about Euro 6.6m. It is Italy's second player in terms of overall volume with more than 60 products - on an annual and two-yearly basis - in its portfolio.
