OCTOBER 2020
LVMH S LA MAISON DES STARTUPS: CONTINUING TO REINVENT THE FUTURE OF LUXURY
Launched in 2017, this startup accelerator at Station F in Paris, the world s largest startup incubator, is a core component of the Group s innovation strategy. LVMH s La Maison des Startups embodies the Group s desire to actively and directly engage with the entrepreneurial ecosystem to accelerate the links between luxury and technology. The lockdown measures applied in France starting in March 2020 forced Station F to close its doors, and LVMH s La Maison des Startups had to adapt its organization. At the end of April, the incubator remotely welcomed its fourth intake, whose 25 members introduced themselves to the Group in a special webinar. In October, Demo Day was held in a fully digital broadcast format, produced in a studio set up at LVMH s head- quarters in Paris. Open to all the Group s Maisons, this event was a chance for incubated startups to pitch their solutions to LVMH s teams based around the world, and for those already involved in collaborations with the Maisons to showcase their solutions.
SOCIETY & THE ENVIRONMENT
Since its inception, the Group has made sustai- nable development one of its strategic priorities. This policy provides a powerful response to the issues of corporate ethical responsibility in general, as well as the role a group like LVMH should play within French society and internationally.
MARCH 2020
2ND EVENT UNDER THE UNE JOURNÉE POUR SOI (A DAY ALL YOUR OWN) INITIATIVE: SOLIDARITY IS THE ORDER OF THE DAY
Determined to translate its social commitments into concrete actions, LVMH launched Une Journée Pour Soi (A Day All Your Own) in 2019. Carried out in six French cities in partnership with French nonprofit Secours Populaire, this initiative gave more than 400 underprivileged women a breath of fresh air, putting their day-to-day worries aside and spending a day focused on their own
well-being. Building on the first event s success with participants and LVMH s determination to firmly establish its long-term commitment to helping the community, the initiative was renewed in 2020 and launched on March 6 at the Palace of Versailles, which opened its doors to 400 women supported by Secours Populaire, before continuing in Cognac and Lyon.
MARCH 2020
SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WOMAN, A DOCUMENTARY FILM
As a firm believer that women s role in society is closely linked to the recognition they receive in their professional lives, the LVMH Group is proud to help make their voices heard by supporting the production of Woman, a docu- mentary co-directed by Anastasia Mikova and Yann Arthus-Bertrand, which was released in theaters on March 8, 2020. More than just a film, this international initiative takes viewers on a journey through 50 countries around the world to meet 2,000 women from all walks of life, shaped by their culture, faith and family history. Despite their diverse backgrounds, a universal message emerges from the chorus of their voices. Several LVMH employees took part in the documentary experience by sharing their hopes, struggles and dreams on camera. In a separate initiative, the Woman film crew also set up a studio at LVMH s headquarters in Paris, filming 80 women from the Group who expressed their emotions using only their gaze.
JULY 2020
LVMH ACCELERATES ITS DIVERSITY & INCLUSION POLICY
Under the impetus of Chantal Gaemperle, LVMH s Director of Human Resources and Synergies, the Group reaffirmed its commitment to promoting an inclusive culture that welcomes diversity at every level of its organization through Voices of Inclusion, an unprecedented digital event held during Pride Month 2020, which showcased LVMH s Diversity & Inclusion policy from three different angles. First, Group employees from all over the world shared personal experiences about belonging to or being an ally for the LGBTI community in their workplace. Next, as part of a panel discussion, Francis Kurkdjian, perfumer and co-founder of the Maison bearing his name, and Rodney Williams, President and CEO of Belvedere Vodka,
