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parents can get a rIng too.
Parents, if you’ve lost your class ring or you didn’t order one“way back then,” it’s not too late. Simply order your ring withyour child’s, or go online to order today: www.balfour.com.Balfour can create a ring with your class year, high schoolname and any other elements you want. It’s never too late toshow your school pride!
no DIrty golD
Balfour was the first class ring manufacturer to endorse NoDirty Gold’s Golden Rules that call on the mining industry toextract and manufacture gold under higher social, human rightsand environmental standards. For more information about thismovement, please visit www.nodirtygold.org.
no BlooD DIaMonDs
The United Nations passed a resolution called the KimberleyProcess Certification Scheme that is designed to certify theorigins of diamonds and to ensure the stones are not “conflict”or “blood” diamonds. It is Balfour’s commitment to you thatthe diamonds used in our products are conflict free, based onwritten guarantees from our diamond supplier.
enVIronMentally FrIenDlysIMUlateD BIrtHstones
Our simulated birthstones are all labcreated stones, with many sharing thesame chemical properties as genuinestones. With the exception of diamonds,our birthstones are not mined and,as a result, are very eco-friendly..
preserVIng More tHanyoUr MeMorIes.
“eartH aWare” - Forest steWarDsHIpcoUncIl (Fsc) certIFIeD paper
Balfour is proud to print our High School Class Ring andGraduation Products Catalogs entirely on Forest StewardshipCouncil (FSC) Certified Paper called Earth Aware. FSCcertification ensures that the paper used to make this catalogcontains fiber from well-managed and responsibly harvestedforests that meet strict environmental and socioeconomicstandards. The FSC certified Earth Aware paper stock isspecifically used by our printing company that utilizessustainable energy sources such as wind power and industry-leading “carbon-neutral” technology. Carbon neutraltechnology means that our printing company plants treesto offset any greenhouse gases that were created duringproduction.
th vim bfi i 2009 :
• 391 less trees consumed• 1,087,907 lbs of Greenhouse Gas offset the equivalentof emissions of approximately 99 cars off the road for a
year
• 142,449 gallons less water consumed• 270 million BTU’s less energy the equivalent of 3 homes
for a year
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Cert no. XXX-XXX-000
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