The SCS-007 Jewelry Sustainability Standard – Sustainability Rated Diamonds was developed under an international, multi-stakeholder consensus process, overseen by SCS Standards. This process included diamond producers and industry representatives, retailers, civil society representatives with environmental and social expertise, academics, and grading and testing technology experts, as well as public comment. The Standard offers the first unified framework for assessing and certifying mined and laboratory-grown diamonds, and establishes a new benchmark of sustainability performance for gemstone-quality diamonds.