Watches + Jewelry

The watches and jewlery industry is under growing pressure from consumers and investors to prioritize sustainability and align business practices with planetary boundaries.

With a deep understanding of watches + jewelry sector practices, Quantis supports brands in navigating key environmental and social challenges — transforming risk into opportunity.

With every challenge comes opportunity. The sector is already making strides toward sustainability by adopting practices such as promoting recycled materials, responsible sourcing, reducing waste and emissions, and ensuring fair working conditions. Certification schemes are also being embraced to enhance transparency and traceability across supply chains.

The industry is seizing the opportunity to tackle its environmental and social impacts, demonstrating commitment and aligning with global sustainability goals. The time to act is now — and Quantis is here to guide your transformation.

We understand key industry challenges

Climate change
Sourcing raw materials such as gold and diamonds, combined with energy-intensive manufacturing processes, makes climate change a major hotspot for the industry.

Ecodesign
Circular design strategies can be embedded at the design phase to promote sustainable material use, facilitate disassembl, and enable product recycling at end of life.

Supply chain management
Ensuring safe working conditions, fair pay and social rights is critical. Certification schemes are increasingly used to enforce transparency and traceability across the supply chain.

Biodiversity loss
Mining activities contribute to deforestation, soil erosion and water pollution — posing serious risks to ecosystems and health. Reducing these impacts is essential to protecting biodiversity.

Circularity
Circular economy practices help minimize waste through reuse, recycling and upcycling. They also promote product durability, repairability and resale to extend lifecycle value.

Stakeholder engagement
Pre-competitive international initiatives are emerging to serve increasingly conscious consumers who demand both environmental and social accountability.

How Quantis can help

For two decades, our dynamic and visionary team has partnered with organizations across the globe to transform their industries and shape a new, planetary economy that aligns business with nature.

We guide companies on the transition from business as usual to business at its best.

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Quantis watches and jewelry experts can help you:

Develop roadmaps beyond climate

Focusing solely on carbon may limit a company’s ability to fully advance its sustainability strategy. This means missed opportunities for resilience and long-term value creation. At Quantis, we help businesses go further — taking ambitious action across biodiversity, water, land-use change, plastics and ecotoxicity. By addressing these interconnected issues, we avoid impact transfer and guide companies in aligning with the full scope of planetary boundaries.
Accelerate + institutionalize sustainable innovation

Sustainable innovation is no longer optional — it’s essential. We collaborate with clients to embed ecodesign principles into products and packaging, enabling transparency and meeting growing consumer demand for environmentally responsible design. These innovations not only reduce impact but also strengthen brand trust and resilience.
Activate + transform your supply chain

We help clients pinpoint the most relevant sustainability impacts across their supply chain and strategically direct efforts and resources to address them. This focused approach allows companies to make meaningful progress toward broader sustainability goals while ensuring alignment with business priorities.
Communicate your values

The watches and jewelry sector is inherently rooted in values like emotional durability, time-conscious design and heritage — all of which resonate strongly with circularity. Quantis supports clients in fully embracing and communicating these values to consumers, strengthening brand identity while driving circular transformation.