We believe in the power of people—our employees and extended community—and advocate for their wellbeing by paying fair wages and fostering a workplace where people feel valued and cared for.

When Lover's Tempo was founded, we had a vision to build a team of empowered and engaged people and give them access to new experiences and opportunities. Inclusivity was set as a core value of the company and we fostered a workplace where everyone could be authentic to themselves and celebrate each other's uniqueness.

It was natural that we aligned with 2 specific goals outlined by the SDGs. One that promotes gender equality and another that focuses on the good health and well being of people.

In 2020 we became certified living wage employers, making a commitment to offer fair wages to anyone who works at our company. We also expanded our benefits offering to make sure that our team felt supported in a holistic sense of wellbeing. We submit regular surveys to our employees to receive feedback on how we're doing in our mission to provide a workplace rooted in well being and the response continues to be overwhelmingly positive.

As we grow, we're learning new ways that we can represent our stance on equity, diversity and inclusion. Our goal is to be inclusive in our hiring policies and have diversity represented throughout our brand and within our team.

In 2022 we're launching our Employee Ambassador Give Back Program. All of our employees will be invited to submit their own proposals for this new program rooted in our goals of promoting gender equality and also good health and well being. Lover's Tempo pledges to support 1% of profits over the course of the year along with volunteering our time and resources so we can all learn more about the cause.

We care about our planet—we're curious how we can leave a lighter footprint and are motivated to keep learning.

When we reviewed the UN Sustainability Goals it was clear that the call for climate action was the goal we needed to align with. Through our work with Green Sky Sustainability Consulting, we reviewed and calculated our carbon footprint through every facet of our business from production to business travel to what type of lightbulbs we use in our office and how our employees commute to work.

As of 2021 we have and will continue to measure, reduce, and 100% offset our annual carbon emissions in partnership with Carbon Zero. We selected Carbon Zero as our offset partner because they worked in partnership with first nations communities in Canada to protect cultural sites and traditional activities within some of their carbon offset projects. We also felt that it was important that they provide the highest quality carbon offsets, sourced through the most stringent verification practices, based on a principle of transparency and open audit trail. In our Fiscal 2021 period, our carbon footprint totaled 32.89 tonnes of CO2-equivalent, comprised of the following activities.

Our unique selling point is beautiful jewelry at an affordable price, and we're digging deep on how we can do this more sustainably.

When considering our sustainability policies relating to products, we've aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns. The global “material footprint” increased by 70% between 2000 and 2017. While the nature of our products is that the material footprint of each product is small, we wanted to think of how we can perpetuate sustainable consumption practices with our products.

Our makers in South Korea are small businesses that have worked closely with Elaine, our founder for over a decade! 70% of our vendors are women-owned and operated businesses. We choose small batch production which means there is little to no waste from excess products being manufactured.

We pride ourselves in working with a tight-knit community of makers in South Korea who produce high quality products. Our makers are expert craftspeople who have the finest attention to detail and decades of experience in the jewelry industry.

BRASS

Brass has an inherent low carbon footprint to produce compared to other metals. Being composed of copper and zinc, brass produces approx 2-4 tonnes of CO2e/tonne metal to produce (compared to mined silver which is 520 tonnes of CO2e/tonne metal).


RECYCLED SILVER

Recycled silver produces approx 14.5 tonnes of CO2e/tonne metal. Using recycled silver cuts down CO2 emissions by ⅔ versus mined silver.
The metal supplier we work with purchases silver from previously owned jewelry, industrial metals, and electronics components globally, but mostly located in Thailand. The unwanted precious metal is then refined through a process of scrap refining technique to purify the metal, and then transformed into new silver in the form of casting grains. This regenerated silver can then be re-casted and made into new silver jewelry again. All the metal scrap created from the factory are recycled back into the system, creating no waste. A filtering system collects dust particles of precious metals, so they can be reused again.


RESPONSIBLY SOURCED SILVER

When recycled silver is not an option, our demi-fine collection utilizes responsibly sourced silver instead. Our silver refiner supplier is listed on the LBMA's (London Bullion Market Association) Good Delivery List - the global authority on precious metals. They are also certified members of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC).