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BECAUSE OUR BUSINESSES ARE CLOSELY TIED TO NATURE AND CONTRIBUTE
TO AN ART OF LIVING, LVMH HAS INHERENTLY HAD A LONGSTANDING AND
NATURAL RELATIONSHIP WITH ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. HOWEVER,
SUSTAINED IMPROVEMENT IS A PERMANENT DUTY. BY ENCOURAGING A
COMMITMENT FROM ALL OUR EMPLOYEES, BY SHARING IDEAS AND BEST
PRACTICES, BY SETTING CLEAR AND VERIFIABLE OBJECTIVES, AND BY
MAINTAINING A DIALOGUE WITH ALL OUR PARTNERS, WE WILL CONTINUE
TO IMPROVE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATIVITY A COM M ITM ENT TO THE ENVIRONM ENT
WORKING TOGETHER
TO PRESERVE THE ENVIRONM ENT
ADVANCING TOGETHER THROUGH EXCHANGE
In order to create a true synergy, the companies
have representatives who sit on the “LVMH
Environmental Commission”. Led by the
Environmental Department, the commission
coordinates and communicates the work of each
member. The commission members meet on
a quarterly basis to share ideas and experiences,
set objectives, draw up action plans, design train-
ing sessions and launch pilot projects. All LVMH
employees can log onto the Environment
Intranet. This medium makes it easier to share
environmental news, reports regulatory changes
in real time, and offers a broad range of environ-
mental management tools and best practices.
Finally, the Group’s companies can send their
environmental information which, when consoli-
dated, is presented in the management report.
In order to ensure that their commitments are
honored, that their management system is effec-
tive and that areas of improvement are identified,
AS A SIGN OF OUR COM M ITM ENT AT LVM H,
EACH OF OUR COM PANIES HAS
IM PLEM ENTED THE ENVIRONM ENTAL
CHARTER.
Since the early 1990s, the Environmental
Department, which reports to the Chief Financial
Officer, a member of the Executive Committee,
has carried out the Group’s stated goal to imple-
ment a comprehensive environmental policy.
Each company is responsible for taking local
action to implement the principles of the LVMH
Environmental Charter through its own system
of environmental management depending on its
business line. Each brand may work to qualify for
ISO 14001 certification. In 1998, Hennessy was
the first company in the world to receive this
distinction in the Wines and Spirits sector.
Several companies began reporting environmen-
tal information in 1999. In 2001, this reporting
covered all of the production activities in France,
where 74% of the production sites and ware-
houses are concentrated. The scope was expanded
in 2002, and now includes 306 sites:
– for companies with production activities: the
production sites and warehouses worldwide,
which are owned by those companies and have
been purchased before 2002;
– for companies with no production operations:
the stores located in France and owned by those
companies.
* Environmental objectives for LVMH Group
companies are described on page 27.
20 • PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATIVITY, A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPM ENT