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SHAMAS BV


Established 1980

ELEVATING YOUR DIAMOND EXPERIENCE

​Proud members of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) and Official Ambassadors of Diamonds & Diamond Jewellery by the Province of Antwerp, Belgium.

With over 40 years of excellence, SHAMAS BV specializes in ethically sourced, traceable, and conflict-free Natural Diamonds. Our certified team ensures expert guidance and exceptional service.

As a trusted supplier to diamond wholesalers and jewelry manufacturers across Europe, we are committed to quality, precision, and personalized service.

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Our Specialization

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  • Round & Fancy-Shaped Diamonds

  • White Diamonds

  • Natural Fancy-Colored Diamonds

  • Brown Diamonds

  • Treated Black & Colored Diamonds

 

Proud Members of Esteemed Organizations

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  • Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC)

  • Diamond Bourse of Antwerp

  • Diamonds for Peace

  • ITraceIT - Traceability Barcode Software

  • Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC)

  • National Association of Jewellers (NAJ)

  • World Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO)

  • Originalluxury

  • Official Diamond & Diamond Jewellery Ambassador, Antwerp

  • Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEP)

  • World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB)

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SHAMAS BV is a B2B supplier serving wholesalers and manufacturers.

We do not sell directly to consumers or operate an online store.

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Opening Hours

Can’t Wait to See You

We are open

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Opening Hours – Here to Assist You

We’re open:
Monday – Friday: 9 AM – 6 PM
Saturday: 10 AM – 3 PM
Sunday: Closed

Need assistance outside these hours? We’re available 24/7 via email, WhatsApp, and website chat to ensure you get the support you need.

Your satisfaction is our priority. Reach out anytime—we’re here to help with all your diamond and jewelry needs!

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SHAMAS BV is a B2B supplier serving wholesalers and manufacturers.

We do not sell directly to consumers or operate an online store.

Schedule a Meeting

Hovenierstraat 30
Antwerp 2018
Belgium

anuj@shamasbvba.com

+32475710390

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Bespoke Jewelry & Diamond Viewings

Your Trusted Diamond Partner

 

At SHAMAS BV, excellence meets trust.

As a proud Diamond Beurs member and Official Ambassador of Diamonds & Diamond Jewelry by the Province of Antwerp, we guarantee only the finest polished diamonds and diamond jewelry—sourced with integrity and crafted to perfection.

With over 40 years of expertise in Europe, we are known for quality, reliability, and exceptional service.

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A Personalized Experience

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Whether you’re looking for an exquisite diamond or a custom-designed piece, our expert team is here to guide you.

Book a viewing today and experience the SHAMAS BV difference—where trust, craftsmanship, and exclusivity come together.

We look forward to being part of your diamond journey.

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SHAMAS BV is a B2B supplier serving wholesalers and manufacturers.

We do not sell directly to consumers or operate an online store.

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Our Service Policies

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Supply Chain Policy

​1. Shamas BV is a leading diamond dealer based in Belgium.  This policy confirms Shamas’s commitment to respect human rights, avoid contributing to the finance of conflict and comply with all relevant UN sanctions, resolutions and laws.

2. Shamas BV commit to proving, through independent third-party verification, that we:

a. respect human rights according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Labour Organization Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work;

b. do not engage in or tolerate bribery, corruption, money laundering or finance of terrorism;

c. support transparency of government payments and rights-compatible security forces in the extractives industry;

d. do not provide direct or indirect support to illegal armed groups;

e. enable stakeholders to voice concerns about the jewellery supply chain; and

f. are implementing the OECD five-step framework as a management process for risk-based due diligence for responsible supply chains of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas.

3. We also commit to using our influence to prevent abuses by others. We carry out regular due diligence on our supply chain to confirm the statements you have made, including but not limited to, checking invoices etc to ensure compliance with the Kimberley Process and WDC System of Warranties via Know Your Counterparty. Concerns regarding our supply chain can be raised by contacting + 32 475 710390

 4. Regarding serious abuses associated with the extraction, transport or trade of minerals: We will neither tolerate nor profit from, contribute to, assist or facilitate the commission of:

a. torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment;

b. forced or compulsory labour;

c. the worst forms of child labour;

d. human rights violations and abuses; or

e. war crimes, violations of international humanitarian law, crimes against humanity or genocide.

5. We will immediately stop engaging with upstream suppliers if we find a reasonable risk that they are committing abuses described in paragraph 4 or are sourcing from, or linked to, any party committing these abuses.

6. Regarding direct or indirect support to non-state armed groups: We will not tolerate direct or indirect support to non-state armed groups, including, but not limited to, procuring diamonds from, making payments to, or otherwise helping or equipping non-state armed groups or their affiliates who illegally: a. control mine sites, transportation routes, points where diamonds are traded and upstream actors in the supply chain; or b. tax or extort money, or diamond at mine sites, along transportation routes or at points where diamonds are traded, or from intermediaries, export companies or international traders.

7. We will immediately stop engaging with upstream suppliers if we find a reasonable risk that they are sourcing from, or are linked to, any party providing direct or indirect support to non-state armed groups as described in paragraph 6.

8. Regarding public or private security forces: We affirm that the role of public or private security forces is to provide security to workers, facilities, equipment and property in accordance with the rule of law, including law that guarantees human rights. We will not provide direct or indirect support to public or private security forces that commit abuses described in paragraph 4, or that act illegally as described in paragraph 6.

9. Regarding bribery and fraudulent misrepresentation of the origin of minerals: We will not offer, promise, give or demand bribes, and will resist the solicitation of bribes, to conceal or disguise the origin of minerals, or to misrepresent taxes, fees and royalties paid to governments for the purposes of extraction, trade, handling, transport and export of minerals.

10. Regarding money laundering: We will support and contribute to efforts to eliminate money laundering where we identify a reasonable risk resulting from, or connected to, the extraction, trade, handling, transport or export of minerals.

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Responsible Business Policy

We are located in Belgium, and have one member of the team.

Shamas BV is a Member of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC).

The RJC is a standards-setting organisation that has been established to advance responsible ethical, human rights, social and environmental practices throughout the diamond, gold and platinum group metals jewellery supply chain.

The RJC has developed a benchmark standard for the jewellery supply chain and credible mechanisms for verifying responsible business practices through third party auditing.

As a Member, we commit to operating our business in accordance with the RJC Code of Practices. We commit to integrating ethical, human rights, social and environmental considerations into our day-to-day operations, business planning activities and decision-making processes.

Privacy Policy

Privacy policy

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Shamas bv respects your right to privacy. Any personal information that you share with us, like your name, date of birth, address, marital status, telephone number, credit card particulars and the like, shall be entitled to privacy and kept confidential.

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This Privacy Policy describes how www.Shamasbvba.com (the “Site” or “we”) collects, uses, and discloses your Personal Information when you visit or make a purchase from the Site.

Collecting Personal Information

When you visit the Site, we collect certain information about your device, your interaction with the Site, and information necessary to process your purchases. We may also collect additional information if you contact us for customer support. In this Privacy Policy, we refer to any information that can uniquely identify an individual (including the information below) as “Personal Information”. See the list below for more information about what Personal Information we collect and why.

Device information

  • Examples of Personal Information collected: version of web browser, IP address, time zone, cookie information, what sites or products you view, search terms, and how you interact with the Site.

  • Purpose of collection: to load the Site accurately for you, and to perform analytics on Site usage to optimize our Site.

  • Source of collection: Collected automatically when you access our Site using cookies, log files, web beacons, tags, or pixels.

  • Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify, Mailchimp, SAP.

Order information

  • Examples of Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information including credit card numbers and bank information, email address, and phone number.

  • Purpose of collection: to provide products or services to you to fulfill our contract, to process your payment information, arrange for shipping, and provide you with invoices and/or order confirmations, communicate with you, screen our orders for potential risk or fraud, and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

  • Source of collection: collected from you.

  • Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Shopify Reepay and Clearhous, FedEx, SAP, GLS & UPS.

Customer support information

  • Examples of Personal Information collected: name, billing address, shipping address, payment information including credit card numbers and bank information, email address, and phone number.

  • Purpose of collection: to provide customer support.

  • Source of collection: collected from you.

  • Disclosure for a business purpose: shared with our processor Tawk.to

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Sharing Personal Information

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We share your Personal Information with service providers to help us provide our services and fulfill our contracts with you, as described above. For example:

  • We use Shopify to power our online store. You can read more about how Shopify uses your Personal Information here: https://www.shopify.com/legal/privacy.

  • We may share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

Behavioural Advertising

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you. For example:

  • We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site. You can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

  • We share information about your use of the Site, your purchases, and your interaction with our ads on other websites with our advertising partners. We collect and share some of this information directly with our advertising partners, and in some cases through the use of cookies or other similar technologies (which you may consent to, depending on your location).

For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page at http://www.networkadvertising.org/understanding-online-advertising/how-does-it-work.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by:

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal at: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

Using Personal Information

We use your personal Information to provide our services to you, which includes: offering products for sale, processing payments, shipping and fulfillment of your order, and keeping you up to date on new products, services, and offers.

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Lawful basis

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Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), if you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we process your personal information under the following lawful bases:

  • Your consent;

  • The performance of the contract between you and the Site;

  • Compliance with our legal obligations;

  • To protect your vital interests;

  • To perform a task carried out in the public interest;

  • For our legitimate interests, which do not override your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Retention

When you place an order through the Site, we will retain your Personal Information for our records unless and until you ask us to erase this information. For more information on your right of erasure, please see the ‘Your rights’ section below.

Automatic decision-making

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to object to processing based solely on automated decision-making (which includes profiling), when that decision-making has a legal effect on you or otherwise significantly affects you.

We do not engage in fully automated decision-making that has a legal or otherwise significant effect using customer data.

Our processor Shopify uses limited automated decision-making to prevent fraud that does not have a legal or otherwise significant effect on you.

Services that include elements of automated decision-making include:

  • Temporary denylist of IP addresses associated with repeated failed transactions. This denylist persists for a small number of hours.

  • Temporary denylist of credit cards associated with deny listed IP addresses. This denylist persists for a small number of days.

Your rights

GDPR

If you are a resident of the EEA, you have the right to access the Personal Information we hold about you, to port it to a new service, and to ask that your Personal Information be corrected, updated, or erased. If you would like to exercise these rights, please contact us.

Your Personal Information will be initially processed in Ireland and then will be transferred outside of Europe for storage and further processing, including to Canada and the United States. For more information on how data transfers comply with the GDPR, see Shopify’s GDPR Whitepaper: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/your-account/privacy/GDPR.

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Do Not Track

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Please note that because there is no consistent industry understanding of how to respond to “Do Not Track” signals, we do not alter our data collection and usage practices when we detect such a signal from your browser.

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Changes

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We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons.

 

Contact

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail or the chat bot.

Shamas Bv, Hoveniersstraat 30, 2018 Antwerp, Belgium

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Human Rights Policy

Introduction

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Shamas BV is a leading diamond dealer based in Belgium. This policy confirms our commitment to respect the fundamental rights and freedoms in accordance with the EU Human Rights Framework.  Our support for these fundamental principles is reflected in our policies and practices regarding employees, suppliers, customers and the areas in which we operate. 

Our Employees

As we build the business we believe that our employees should be treated with respect and dignity and work in an environment that is free from harassment and unlawful discrimination. Our commitment to respect human rights will be manifested in our Employee Handbook and HR Policies and procedures, specifically:

  • We will not employ workers under the legal minimum age for work

  • We will not make use of any forced labour or debt-bondage labour

  • We will not discriminate against any person based on their protected characteristics and will protect them from discrimination.

  • Any disciplinary matter will be dealt with through formal procedures detailed in the Employee Handbook.

  • We will respect the rights of the National Laws regarding working hours

  • Wages paid for standard working hours will meet or exceed national minimum wage or living wage levels as appropriate including all the benefits stipulated by the Government.

  • All employees should be able to work in an environment that is free from discrimination, victimisation, harassment, bullying and that all employees should be treated fairly and with dignity.

  • There is a clear policy for dealing with grievances detailed in the Employee Handbook.

The Employee Handbook will be periodically reviewed and amended where appropriate to ensure that it continues to reflect best practice and legal requirements.  Employees are expected to uphold these standards and will be encouraged, via regular meetings, to raise issues and report suspected violations of applicable laws, regulations and policies.

Our Suppliers

We strive to promote adherence to Human Rights principles detailed above throughout our supply chain via our Supply Chain Policy and Supplier Code of Conduct.  We see our relationships with our suppliers as an opportunity to share best practice and through open communication, to promote mutual, continual learning and improvement with respect to human rights. 

Our Customers

We are continually working to build and maintain relationships with organisations that share our commitment to upholding and implementing the fundamental principles of Human Rights and strive to promote best practice within our sphere of influence. We openly welcome inspection and auditing processes to ensure we continue to develop a robust and transparent Human Rights Policy.  

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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Policy

In terms of what Corporate Social Responsibility means to Shamas BV, this is how we impact and engage with employees, the community, suppliers and the environment. Shamas BV undertakes significant activities in these areas. 

  • We value our Employees

Shamas BV is an inclusive organisation committed to fairness, equality of opportunity and diversity in all its employment practices, policies and procedures.  As we build the business we will strive to provide a dynamic and open workplace where the rights, needs and unique contributions of every member of our diverse teams are respected and valued.  In return, we expect our colleagues to contribute to our company culture by embodying our common values and provide our customers with a best in class experience.  We are committed to ensuring we will have a healthy and educated workforce whose views are listened to and respected.  We nurture ambition and will ensure that all employees can develop relevant skills and knowledge to enrich their contribution and carve their own career path. 

  • We value our Community

We are committed to building where possible relationships with the wider community including national and local concerns and work closely with our fellow businesses in the area to maintain our good relationships.

  • We value our Suppliers

We are committed to ensure that all our suppliers have good business ethics and they meet and exceed the standards required.  We aim to develop relationships built on shared trust and communal responsibility and understanding as much detail as possible regarding the partners that we work with. 

Through our Supply Chain Policy, we require all suppliers to adhere to Human Rights principles, including:
 

  • Ensuring employment is freely chosen

  • Freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining are respected

  • Working conditions are safe and hygienic

  • Child labour is never used

  • Living wages are paid

  • Working hours are not excessive

  • No discrimination is practised

  • No harsh or inhumane treatment is allowed

 

  • We value our Environment

We strive to conduct our business in a responsible, sustainable manner in order to protect the environment.  We have committed to ensure that we reduce our environmental impact and continue to improve our environmental performance as an integral part of our business strategy and operating methods.

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