Michaela Yau

WD Lab Grown Diamonds

Based in the Washington D.C. area and founded in 2008, WD Lab Grown Diamonds is a pioneering technology company and market leader in laboratory created diamonds. The company is also proud to drive technological innovation through Advanced Materials diamond applications. In 2021, WD Lab Grown Diamonds ushered in a new era in conscious luxury through their purpose-built brand Latitude (latitudediamonds.com, @latitudediamonds) – offering the modern consumer a premier, sustainability certified laboratory grown diamond through exclusive designer partnerships. As the exclusive licensee of a portfolio of Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) patents developed by The Carnegie Institution of Washington, the company partners with an international network of designer, retail and wholesale partners to offer exceptional quality lab grown diamonds that are chemically and atomically identical to diamonds mined from the earth. WD is setting the standard for innovation, sustainability and social responsibility in the diamond industry as the first to be third-party certified as Climate Neutral and Sustainability rated under SCS Global's ‘Certified Sustainably Product Diamond' Third-Party Certification for Natural and Lab Grown Diamonds.