LVMH
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2008 LVMH drew up a Code of Conduct for its suppliers in order to extend the commitments made in its Environmental Charter. The following year, this Code was supplemented by a Code of Conduct for employees.
2019 LVMH unveiled its Animal-Based Raw Materials Sourcing Charter and signed a five-year partnership with UNESCO to support its Man and the Biosphere program to protect biodiversity.
2009 In Pithiviers, north-central France, the Environmental Center for Eco-friendly Packaging Breakdown and Recycling (CEDRE) began to process tons of waste generated by the Group s Maisons.
2010 LVMH published Matières à Penser (Food for Thought), a tool to inspire the Maisons creative designers to select new sustainable materials.
201 2 LVMH signed up to the French National Strategy for Biodiversity. The Group boosted its environmental policy by launching the LIFE (LVMH Initiatives For the Environment) Program.
201 5 To mark COP21 in Paris, LVMH set up an internal carbon fund, a pioneering initiative in the luxury goods industry, to finance programs launched by its Maisons that help combat the climate crisis.
2016 In order to encourage and support environmental best practice in retail spaces, the Group launched the LVMH LIFE in Stores program and set up the Environment Academy.
2017 LVMH celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Environment Department and introduced its LIFE 2020 program to pursue its long-standing commitment to the environment. LVMH established a partnership with Central Saint Martins in London to promote creative design as a catalyst for sustainable innovation.
2018 LVMH doubled its internal carbon fund, allocating 11.3 million to 112 projects launched by 28 Maisons to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.