Maren Jewellery Receives Top Rating “Great” from GOOD ON YOU

We have wonderful reason to celebrate: Maren Jewellery has been awarded a “Great” rating by GOOD ON YOU, the highest rating given by the internationally recognised sustainability platform. For us, this is a significant milestone, as this award confirms our ongoing efforts for responsible, fair, and sustainable jewellery, transparently reviewed by an independent body.

In this journal, we would like to explain to you who GOOD ON YOU is, how the ratings are determined, what exactly is assessed, and why the “Great” rating is so special.

GOOD ON YOU is an internationally established, independent rating platform for fashion, jewellery, and lifestyle brands based in Australia. The organisation’s goal is to help consumers make informed and more conscious purchasing decisions based on clear, comparable, and transparent sustainability ratings.

GOOD ON YOU does not rely on self-disclosure alone, but systematically analyses publicly available information, policies, certificates, reports, and verifiable data from brands worldwide. Across the industry, the platform is regarded as one of the most trustworthy authorities in the field of sustainable fashion and jewellery.

The assessment is based on a comprehensive, data-driven analysis. Up to 1,000 individual data points are evaluated for each brand. These feed into three equally weighted core areas:

This evaluates a brand’s ecological footprint, including:

• Use of recycled or certified materials
• Handling of resources and waste
• Carbon footprint, emissions, and climate protection measures
• Chemical and environmental management
• Sustainability report

This area highlights social responsibility throughout the entire supply chain:

• Compliance with human and labour rights
• Fair wages and safe working conditions
• Transparency in the supply chain
• Responsibility towards producers and communities
• Supply Chain Policy

This is about the protection of animals:

• Avoiding materials of animal origin
• Animal welfare standards
• Traceability and ethical alternatives

The results of these three areas are weighted equally and make up the final overall rating.

The GOOD ON YOU scale ranges from “We Avoid” to “Not Good Enough,” “It’s a Start,” “Good,” and finally “Great.”

“Great” is the highest possible rating.

It means that a brand:

• performs above average in all three areas – Planet, People, and Animals
• consistently follows sustainable, ethical, and transparent standards
• understands responsibility not as a marketing promise, but as a lived practice
• is among the top performers within its industry

This rating applies to the brand as a whole, not to individual pieces of jewelry.

Only a relatively small proportion of all rated brands reaches this level.

Sustainability is not a trend or a short-term goal for us. It is part of our DNA, as reflected in the GOOD ON YOU rating “Great”. Our holistic approach is making an impact – from material selection and the supply chain to social and environmental standards.

What is especially valuable to us is the independence of the rating. In times of greenwashing and opaque sustainability claims, platforms like GOOD ON YOU provide guidance, trust, and comparability.

Even though we’re very pleased with the “Great” rating, we do not see it as the finish line. Sustainability is an ongoing process. We continuously question, improve, and evolve together with our partners and our community.

Real change does not come from perfection, but from attitude, transparency, and the willingness to take responsibility.

The GOOD ON YOU “Great” rating is both a confirmation and a motivation for us. It shows that conscious jewelry is possible without compromising on design, quality, or ethics.

Thank you for taking this path with us.

Neither we nor our partners are perfect, which is why we are always open to your ideas, questions, suggestions, your feedback, and dialogue with you.