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LVMH takes action
In 2023, LVMH and its Maisons
continued to commit resources and
skills to a growing range of initiatives
in support of good causes.
LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers
For its 10th edition in 2023, the LVMH Prize for Young
Fashion Designers continued to raise its international
profile, attracting over 2,400 applicants – a new
record. The LVMH Prize went to 39-year-old Japanese
designer Satoshi Kuwata, founder of Setchu, who won
a €400,000 award and a year of mentoring within the
LVMH Group. Exceptionally this year, the jury chose
two winners for the Karl Lagerfeld Prize: 38-year-old
Ukrainian designer Julie Pelipas, founder of Bettter, and
36-year-old Italian designer Luca Magliano, founder of
Magliano. Each won a €200,000 award and a year of
mentoring.
Working with Cancer
On World Cancer Day – February 4, 2023 – LVMH
announced its pledge to support the “Working with
Cancer” initiative by Fondation Publicis: the first global
coalition of stakeholders committed to fostering a
more open, supportive and recovery-forward culture
at work for employees affected by cancer. The initia-
tive, which aims to eliminate stigmas around cancer in
the workplace, is backed by major companies and
organizations including the Gustave Roussy cancer-
research hospital in France, the Memorial Sloan
Kettering Cancer Center in the United States and
Macmillan Cancer Support in the United Kingdom.
You and ME
LVMH’s Métiers d’Excellence initiative set out on its
latest “You and ME” tour of France and, for the first time,
also headed to Italy to introduce future talent to the
Groups professions of excellence The goal of the pro
gram launched in 2022 is to enhance the employability
of young people and those retraining in creative craft
and customer experience professions It directs them
towards suitable training courses and gives them a
helping hand with finding job offers During the mobile
career guidance and recruitment units tour it introduced
program participants to over 280 expert professions,
enabling them to apply for more than 4,500 job vacancies
at the Group’s Maisons in 2023.
EllesVMH
The EllesVMH initiative champions three values: parity,
equity and passing on skills. In 2023, it boosted its skills-
sharing initiatives with the launch of EllesVMH.com,
an online, in-house platform available worldwide. The
platform features a wide range of resources, including
articles, podcasts, coaching sessions with international
experts and forums for discussion for each of the
EllesVMH networks around the world.
Inside LVMH
The Inside LVMH digital hub has been specially
designed for students, graduates and professionals just
starting out in their careers. It offers a unique pathway
for them to learn about the core fundamentals of the
luxury industry and about LVMH, built around the
theoretical and practical knowledge passed on by
LVMH’s and its Maisons’ top talent, industry experts and
a number of renowned academics. Over 78,000 people
have earned the program’s certificate since it was
launched in May 2021. Inside LVMH covers key topics
such as Retail & Customer Experience, Design
& Branding, Operations & Supply Chain, as well as
providing insights into various professions and expertise
within the LVMH ecosystem’s 75 Maisons.
Viva Technology
For the 2023 Viva Technology trade show, innovations
by the Maisons and the Groups partner startups were
showcased on an incredible 600squaremeter
Dream Box space The highlight of the show was the
7thannual LVMH Innovation Awards ceremony The
top prize went to Save Your Wardrobe a techenabled
clothing care repair and management platform aimed
at making fashion more circular and sustainable
LIVE (L’Institut des Vocations
pour l’Emploi)
The LIVE training initiative opened the doors to its
4th campus in Marseille in March 2023 and has already
welcomed 110 participants. The initiative – chaired by
Brigitte Macron and launched in collaboration with
LVMH – works with those aged 25 and over who are
eager to get back to work. The program gives people
the opportunity to begin building a new professional
future after being out of work for extended periods
(by choice or not). Over one thousand people have
participated since LIVE’s first center opened in
September 2019. With its four campuses (Clichy-sous-
Bois, Marseille, Roubaix and Valence), LIVE welcomes
over 450 participants a year.
Pride Month – Walk the Talk
For Pride Month, the Group launched a worldwide
Walk the Talk campaign to highlight initiatives taken
by the Group and its Maisons to combat discrimina-
tion against LGBTI+ communities. It also published
an LGBTI+ activity report underscoring the Group’s
commitments, daily actions and worldwide events.
In addition, LVMH supported employee networks
taking part in Pride Marches across different regions
around the world. Thousands of employees took
part in marches held in Miami, Tokyo, Wilton Manors,
Los Angeles, Paris, New York, Toronto, London and
Cologne. To show their support and promote a com-
mon message of respect and inclusion during Pride
Month, each employee attending a march wore a
T-shirt specially designed by Jonathan Anderson,
Creative Director at Loewe
Harlems Fashion Row
As part of their partnership to promote diversity
andinclusion in fashion Harlems Fashion Row and
LVMH celebrated the 16th anniversary of the Fashion
Show Style Awards in New York on September5