Transforming the diamond value chain: HB Antwerp’s model of radical transparency in Botswana

Dorothée BAUMANN-PAULY & Justine NOLAN

January 2025

The case study Transforming the diamond value chain: HB Antwerp’s model of radical transparency in Botswana (PDF), co-authored with the Australian Human Rights Institute at the University of New South Wales, analyses an innovative and adaptive business model that aims to disrupt the traditionally obscure diamond supply chain.

HB Antwerp, and its subsidiary HB Botswana, employ a business model that is focused on providing radical transparency of the diamond production process with reliance on technological innovations and knowledge transfer to build local capacity. With its innovative approach, the company aims to ‘catalyze equity for natural resources’, to meet the promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Transforming the Diamond Value Chain (PDF)

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