Tiffany & Co, Jasmine Alexander, Birks… Jewelers and designers contribute to safeguarding the planet, their main source of inspiration and materials. Everyone, large or small, is committed in their own way to protecting fauna and flora.

For the layman, GemGenève provides a chance to discover the world of fascinating but usually highly unobtrusive professionals, like colored-stone dealer Emmanuel Piat from Paris.

The hallmark, in the form of a vertical or horizontal lozenge featuring the workshop’s initials and its own particular symbol, is a specifically French feature not to be confused with the brand signature or the mandatory assay mark indicating the type of metal.

Suzanne Belperron’s jewelry is in great demand at auctions and from antique dealers. An interview with Olivier Baroin, the expert on the designer.

With Mene, Canadian entrepreneur Roy Sebag deals in pure gold and platinum pieces. Because in the long term, he believes these precious metals are investments that provide the most solid of guarantees.