2ND<\/sup> ANNUAL \u201cGOOD AWARDS\u201d JANUARY 10, 2013<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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Editor’s Note: DEF recently announced that Noella Coursaris Musunka, international model and founder of the Georges Malaika Foundation would also be among the honorees at the “Good Awards” – info here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
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Global luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co. and Leo Schachter Diamonds will be honored for global leadership in helping empower people in Africa, at the second annual GOOD Awards on January 10, 2013. <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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The GOOD Awards, established by the Diamond Empowerment Fund in 2012, are the highest awards to recognize individuals and corporations in the diamond and jewelry industry for outstanding leadership in the areas of good corporate citizenship, sustainability, and promoting opportunity in Africa. <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Tiffany & Co., a pillar of the diamond industry, has been in the forefront of promoting business practices and programs that benefit communities in which diamonds are sourced. Tiffany\u2019s work in Botswana and other diamond producing countries highlights one of the many ways the company demonstrates accountability through best business practices resulting in employment, infrastructure improvements, and ultimately the empowerment of people in that region. <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Leo Schachter Diamonds was one of the first diamond companies to establish a cutting factory in Botswana, employing hundreds of local Batswana. Additionally, Elliot Tannenbaum, principal of Leo Schachter Diamonds, in partnership with the government of Botswana, helped to establish the Botswana Top Achievers Program, a DEF beneficiary, that funds top students from the nation to study at the university of their choice worldwide. <\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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Additional honorees will be announced soon. For more information on tickets, journal ads and sponsorship packages please visit www.goodawards.org.<\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n <\/span><\/b>About the Diamond Empowerment Fund<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
The Diamond Empowerment Fund is a New York based non-profit organization (EIN# 20-5967103) that <\/span><\/span>raises money to fund education initiatives in African diamond-producing nations. Its beneficiaries include: CIDA City Campus<\/b>, South Africa\u2019s first non-profit university to offer a four-year business degree, the African Leadership Academy<\/b>, a university preparatory school in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded on the belief that ethical leadership is the key to sustainable development on the continent and drawing students from all 54 countries in Africa, and the Botswana Top Achievers<\/b> program that provides the top high school students countrywide the opportunity to study at a university of their choice worldwide. Graduates then return to Botswana to contribute to its economic, social and political development. www.diamondempowerment.org<\/o:p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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2ND<\/sup> ANNUAL “GOOD AWARDS” JANUARY 10, 2013<\/p>\n
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Editor’s Note: DEF recently announced that Noella Coursaris Musunka, international model and founder of the Georges Malaika Foundation would also be among the honorees at the “Good Awards” – info here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
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Global luxury jeweler Tiffany & Co. and Leo Schachter Diamonds will be honored for global leadership in helping empower people in Africa, at the second annual GOOD Awards on January 10, 2013. <\/p>\n
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The GOOD Awards, established by the Diamond Empowerment Fund in 2012, are the highest awards to recognize individuals and corporations in the diamond and jewelry industry for outstanding leadership in the areas of good corporate citizenship, sustainability, and promoting opportunity in Africa. <\/p>\n
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Tiffany & Co., a pillar of the diamond industry, has been in the forefront of promoting business practices and programs that benefit communities in which diamonds are sourced. Tiffany’s work in Botswana and other diamond producing countries highlights one of the many ways the company demonstrates accountability through best business practices resulting in employment, infrastructure improvements, and ultimately the empowerment of people in that region. <\/p>\n
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Leo Schachter Diamonds was one of the first diamond companies to establish a cutting factory in Botswana, employing hundreds of local Batswana. Additionally, Elliot Tannenbaum, principal of Leo Schachter Diamonds, in partnership with the government of Botswana, helped to establish the Botswana Top Achievers Program, a DEF beneficiary, that funds top students from the nation to study at the university of their choice worldwide. <\/p>\n
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