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that significantly impact the environment. It was with this in mind that Hennessy set up three sub-committees of its envi-

ronment committee to consider production and shipment,

administration and eaux-de-vie.

EMPLOYEE TRAINING AT THE ENVIRONMENT ACADEMY

LVMH is aware that the progress it is able to make in protect-

ing the environment is closely linked to the Group s ability

to encourage its employees to buy into its approach. That is

why it goes to great lengths to raise awareness and train its

163,000 employees on environmental issues. These efforts involve everyone throughout the Group, from senior execu-

tives who provide the impetus to the operational teams who

implement best practices in the field. In 2016, the company set up the Environment Academy, which is responsible for developing and deploying training courses using a variety of

formats, such as face-to-face sessions, e-learning modules or

virtual classes. The range of courses available includes a core

set of basic lessons named The Fundamentals . Designed for newly appointed environmental managers, these lessons

cover the main environmental challenges, the environmental

management system, and environmental law. In addition,

specific professional modules are offered à la carte (for example, ecodesign courses for employees working in design,

R&D and marketing), as well as a soft skills modules to teach employees, whatever their position, to authoritatively promote

environmental considerations.

The Environment Academy has a decisive role to play, which is why the number of hours of training provided is used as

an indicator to monitor the LVMH environmental policy and

assess the progress made in the implementation of its LIFE

program. For example, Perfumes & Cosmetics Maisons aim

to train 100% of their buyers in supplier environmental audits

by the end of 2019. Professional training modules cover a

variety of topics, such as environmental claims, wood regu-

lations, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered

Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and the assessment

of the environmental performance of suppliers. The Group

provided a total of 21,225 hours of training in 2019. This year,

almost all the Maisons continued to train and raise employee

awareness of environmental concerns.

They have also received the support and expertise of the

Environment Academy. To more effectively assist the various internal audiences, the range of environmental training is

regularly enhanced with new content, approaches and tools.

LVMH rolled out a particularly innovative training tool LIFE

Influencer Agency, a SPOC or Small Private Online Course (as opposed to MOOC or Massive Open Online Course)

used by universities to train their students. This mobile app

developed with a design agency and a company specializing

in neuroscience is intended for architects and operational

directors, who play a key role in improving the environmental

performance at sites. Available for download on smartphones since 2019 in Europe, the United States and Asia, it provides an introduction to sustainable construction in four steps: LIFE

Vision, LIFE in Stores, LIFE in Finance and LIFE Influencer. The app is integrated into a six-month training course that

also includes two engaging face-to-face workshops.

In addition to making architects and operational directors

active contributors to the LVMH environmental policy, the

initiative seeks to form a community to encourage those

involved to share and spread best practice and boost momen-

tum in collective upskilling. The idea is to avoid having to rely

on external rating systems and integrate the LIFE objectives into all positions, especially among architects.