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WATER AND ENERGY USE ARE THE CORE CHALLENGES FOR ENVI-
RONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.
LVMH HAS INCORPORATED THESE CHALLENGES IN THE OBJEC-
TIVES IT SETS FOR ITS PRODUCTION SITES, AS WELL AS THE
PRESERVATION OF LANDSCAPES AND ECOSYSTEMS. THIS
APPROACH IS BEST ILLUSTRATED BY THE FIRST CARBON ASSESS-
MENT CONDUCTED IN THE CHAMPAGNE REGION BY THE GROUP’S
COMPANIES IN 2002.
PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATIVITY A COM M ITMENT TO THE ENVIRONM ENT
SAVING THE RESOURCES OF OUR PLANET
In 2002, Sephora merged its three logistical sites,
thereby eliminating inter-site shuttles, saving
up to 50,000 kilometers a year and 16,000 liters
of fuel.
RECYCLE WASTE
Recycled waste is waste that enters one of the fol-
lowing routes: reuse (use for the same purpose as
originally); recycling* (direct reintroduction of a
waste product into the production cycle through
total or partial replacement of an original raw
material); incineration with energy production
(recovery of the energy produced from burning
the waste in the form of the electricity or heat).
Waste recovery offers two major advantages.
It avoids releasing these materials into landfills
and reduces the use of natural resources.
* The term recycling means organic recovery here, which consists
of controlled spreading of organic wastes for soil fertilization.
SAVING WATER AND ENERGY
For a long time, LVMH group companies have
endeavored to conserve dwindling water
resources. To further improve this effort, Moët &
Chandon developed water recycling operations
during all of its bottle cleaning operations and
successfully tested the reuse of cold-process
water to help cool a compressor, thus saving
energy. In Argentina, Bodegas Chandon trained
its employees in good water-saving habits and
installed special equipment and procedures.
To reduce the pollution load from effluents,
Moët & Chandon and Veuve Clicquot teamed
up in 2002 to build a pressing effluent treatment
facility that operates through aerated storage
followed by filtration on a bed of sand. Analyses
performed showed that this process is fully
effective and does not disturb any underground
water tables. Bodegas Chandon and Domaine
Chandon California have installed treatment
basins for their effluents that can treat the water
before using it for broad irrigation. Outside audits
and analyses regularly monitor these systems.
Energy is essential for economic and social
development and for improving the quality of
life. However, it is crucial to adopt viable meth-
ods for production, distribution and use. Under
Moët & Chandon’s energy reduction program,
task forces analyzed gas consumption. The
actions initiated reduced consumption by nearly
1,400 MWh from 2001. Bodegas Chandon took
a precise census of consumption machine by
machine to set priorities.
24 • PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATIVITY, A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPM ENT