28 Ethical Engagement Rings You Can Feel Really Good About

Stunning designs with a positive impact

Maybe it’s because I work at APW, surrounded by fierce, ambitious, and community-minded females, but I strongly believe that women-owned companies are indisputably changing the world. Case in point: MiaDonna is a female-founded and led company that is changing the diamond industry one engagement ring at a time. In 2005, MiaDonna founder and CEO Anna-Mieke Anderson discovered that her own diamond ring was probably a conflict diamond. She responded by sponsoring a child in a diamond mining community, and his letters opened her eyes to exactly what that meant. She says, “I will never forget the day he wrote to me and said, ‘I had a great summer because only one of my classmates was killed.’ That, right there, changed my life forever, so I did something about it.”

What she did was build a company that offers beautiful, ethical engagement rings that won’t break the bank and a foundation that empowers communities to grow food instead of mining for diamonds.

stack of gold ethical engagement rings and wedding bands

While conflict-free diamonds aren’t a new concept, MiaDonna takes it one step further, with carbon-neutral production, sustainable materials, and an effort to rebuild the communities that have been negatively impacted by the diamond mining trade. Through their charity foundation, The Greener Diamond, MiaDonna contributes a portion of profits from every sale (as well as numerous person-hours and administrative support) to fund education, mentorship, agricultural, and urgent relief programs in diamond mining regions. In fact, in 2017, they contributed more than 20 percent of profits to Greener Diamond initiatives. Which means that when you look down at your ring, you can feel jazzed about your awesome relationship and the small part you were able to play in reversing the damage caused by the traditional earth-mined diamond trade.

conflict-free pear shaped halo engagement ring and diamond wedding band from miadonna

But let’s talk about exactly what kind of 🔥🔥🔥 ring you will be admiring. MiaDonna offers all kinds of designs from vintage to modern, and three stone, solitaire, halo, diamond accented, and two-tone options. And if you can’t quite find exactly what you want, their team of artisans would love nothing more than to custom design your dream engagement ring. All of MiaDonna’s designs feature high-quality recycled precious metals and conflict-free lab-grown diamonds or Chatham lab-grown gemstones. They are physically, chemically and visually identical to mined diamonds, but they are free of any negative environmental and social impact and cost up to 40 percent less than mined diamonds (woot!).

And MiaDonna makes shopping for an engagement ring over the Internet ridiculously easy, from tons of images (including 360-degree views) of all rings, a super intuitive website with a “build-your-ring” feature that tells you the exact pricing for your selected setting, stone, and metal to a free(!) home try-on program that lets you sample three different settings for five days. So without further ado, here are twenty-eight of my favorite rings MiaDonna has to offer.

Morrison Vintage Inspired Engagement Ring

conflict-free emerald cut two tone diamond engagement ring

Cherish Three Stone Engagement Ring

unique pear-cut two tone conflict-free diamond engagement ring

Alder Two Tone Engagement Ring

Megan antique large diamond engagement ring

Megan Antique Engagement Ring

simple conflict free diamond engagement ring with unique band

Amore Vintage Engagement Ring

conflict free two tone diamond solitaire engagement ring

Burnside Two Tone Engagement Ring

conflict free emerald cut blue sapphire engagement ring

Celestial Three Stone Engagement Ring

ethical two tone diamond engagement ring

Chapman Two Tone Engagement Ring

ethical diamond engagement ring with butterfly detail

Charisma Butterfly Engagement Ring

vintage inspired multi-stone ethical engagement ring

Charleston Vintage Engagement Ring

vintage inspired cocktail diamond engagement ring with ethical emerald center stone

Charm Engagement Ring

emerald cut ethical diamond engagement ring in gold band with baguette side stones

Chorus Three Stone Engagement Ring

conflict free diamond engagement ring with intricate side stone details

Dutchess Engagement Ring

square cut ethical diamond engagement ring with braided band details

Alba Antique Engagement Ring

antique inspired diamond engagement ring with ethical round cut center diamond

Enchanted Antique Engagement Ring

pear cut ethical engagement ring with simple gold band

Moonshine Solitaire Engagement Ring

art deco inspired conflict-free diamond engagement ring

Gatsby Vintage Engagement Ring

conflict free emerald cut diamond engagement ring in halo setting

Heirloom Engagement Ring

rose gold ethical engagement ring with round diamond and halo setting

Stark Two Tone Engagement Ring

conflict free pear cut diamond engagement ring with halo setting

Katherine Accented Engagement Ring

square cut diamond engagement ring with halo setting

Kennedy Engagement Ring

conflict free round diamond solitaire engagement ring with side scroll details

Noel Antique Engagement Ring

conflict free cushion cut diamond engagement ring with unique halo setting

Paris Stackable Engagement Ring

two tone ethical diamond engagement ring with unique setting

Pearl Two Tone Engagement Ring

ethical three stone engagement ring with multi stone halo setting

Rosie Engagement Ring

emerald cut ethical diamond engagement ring with gold band and side stone

Selma Three Stone Engagement Ring

oval shaped two tone ethical diamond engagement ring with halo setting and rope style band

Terwilliger Two Tone Engagement Ring

simple conflict free solitaire diamond engagement ring with unique band setting

Willow Engagement Ring

MiaDonna offers conflict-free engagement rings, wedding bands, and accessories handcrafted to order in the United States and made from high-quality recycled precious metals and lab-grown diamonds and lab-grown gemstones, making them more affordable compared to similar options crafted from earth-mined materials. Through their ethical products and practices, and foundation, The Greener Diamond, MiaDonna is working to build a more sustainable path for the diamond industry.

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