Stephen Webster on “The Last Straw” and sustainability at his brand

“If we were not pursuing sustainability across all our business practices our journey would inevitably turn into a short story,” says Stephen Webster and his eponymous brand. In advance of Positive Week, when he is speaking on our New York panel, we caught up with the founder on the brand’s latest sustainability initiatives, what it takes to change the culture of a business, and why he believes there is no future without sustainability. On responsible mining practices We were proud to be among the first group of jewellers to qualify for fair trade/fair mined gold status. In order to experience the difference that fair mined status made to artisanal mining...