Press Release · Nina Nguyen Designs
Historical press release, originally issued under the Nina Nguyen Designs name, now Nina Wynn. The text below preserves the original announcement; products, events, offers and contacts reflect that period.
Archive date: April 1, 2013.
Making Jewelry even more Beautiful with a Commitment to the Environment.
RELEASE IN APRIL FOR EARTH MONTH
Boulder, CO FOR April 1, 2013– Today Nina Nguyen Designs announced the intention to become as environmentally sustainable as possible while working toward a goal of having no negative environmental impact in the near future.
Owner Nina Nguyen said she is unable to design beautiful jewelry while contributing to the widespread environmental damage. While she will continue to offer her beautiful, designer jewelry, she will endeavor to process and package the jewelry in ways to minimally impact the environment.
About Nina Nguyen's Green Initiative
An ongoing process, initial steps include using only Green, Recyclable, Renewable packaging materials. All jewelry is now packaged in plastic bags made from corn oil and designed to break down under natural decomposing conditions into naturally occurring compounds. While slightly more expensive and marginally less transparent, these bags will not choke landfills, oceans, rivers, lakes and forests taking hundreds of years to decompose into noxious chemicals. Find out more about our new eco bags at clearbags.com
Future plans include the use of recycled precious metals, the use of green products at industry trade-shows and company events, the responsible disposal of hazardous materials used in the manufacture of their jewelry and the purchase of carbon credits to offset the environmental damage caused by energy consumption. Since it will be a company-wide initiative, the education of staff on meeting these goals as well as incorporating these ideas into their personal life is a key component of the plan. Nina Nguyen Designs wishes to be an innovator in the jewelry industry and lead by example. They hope these efforts will educate and encourage vendors and buyers to join them in greening their businesses.
About Nina Nguyen Designs
Nina Nguyen Designs jewelry helps any woman define her own style with intricate, colorful and artistic creations. The designs embrace earth-conscious materials, as shown by the fossilized gemstones in the Lotus collection. For example, ammonite is the fossil from the ancient seas. Druzy stones incorporate quartz crystals deposited from mineral-rich ground water.
The artisans in the Nina Nguyen Studios Women's Cooperative in Vietnam receive above-average wages, full benefits and professional training for both work and life. The Women's Cooperative links Nina's commitment to empowering women with her continuing ties to her homeland.
Although based in Boulder, Colorado, Nina also finds inspiration through international travel. Nina’s jewelry has been featured in Shape, Real Simple, People Style Watch, Life & Style and more.
“I create each piece to be unique, feminine and stylish. I envision my pieces empowering the wearer...My hope is that every woman will enjoy wearing my jewelry as much as I enjoy designing each and every piece”.
