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BUILDING TO RESPECT AND ENHANCE
THE LANDSCAPE
Each of Louis Vuitton’s sites has a specific
approach for maintaining the beauty of the sur-
rounding landscape. Its newest site at Ducey in
Normandy earned the 2002 award for the most
beautiful metal construction project, a building
materials category. This honor was awarded for
all the initiatives taken by Louis Vuitton at its
production sites.
In 2002, TAG Heuer built a new production shop
in Switzerland that entirely meets environmental
and safety standards. For example, it has a closed
circuit heating system that treats and compacts
dust.
Bodegas Chandon created 15,000 sq. m of green
space around its site, and it reforested four
hectares with Eucalyptus trees, which are irri-
gated with treated effluents..
THE FIRST CARBON ASSESSM ENTS
Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin conducted a carbon
assessment in June 2002 of all its activities, which
followed similar studies at Christian Dior
Perfumes and Hennessy a few months earlier.
The objectives of this study were to:
– identify carbon emissions and the main
emission sources;
–develop a measuring tool to guide decisions
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
– unite all the employees on an issue that exceeds
the limits of the company.
The assessment provides a complete site
inventory of greenhouse gas emissions, from vine
cultivation to shipment of champagne bottles.
Thus, it provides a view of the business’s total
pressure on the environment.
To date, this method, first tested by LVMH,
has been approved by the French Agence
de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l’Energie
(ADEME) and applied to other sectors.
In the three cases studied at LVMH, the results
showed that its companies are more effective
when working as contract givers with respect to
shipping methods or choice of packaging materi-
als than when acting within their legal parame-
ters to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
For Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin, the results show
that the fabrication of supplies and packaging
generates 55% of its total greenhouse gas emis-
sions. Shipping represents 17% of the emissions,
energy consumption only 10%, and processing
used packaging material accounts for 7%. In an
effort to raise the consciousness of the greatest
possible number of champagne makers, the
results were then shared with industry. They are
now being studied throughout the Champagne
region.
ENLISTING SUPPLIERS IN THE PROGRAM
In 2002, the “Supplier Tool” project arose from
the desire of the companies of the LVMH Envi-
ronmental Commission to find a better way to
evaluate the environmental policies of their recent
and longstanding suppliers and sub-contractors
and to audit them, if necessary, to induce changes
in their practices. This work will be completed in
the second half of 2003.
PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATIVITY A COM M ITMENT TO THE ENVIRONM ENT
26 • PASSIONATE ABOUT CREATIVITY, A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPM ENT
RESULTS FROM VEUVE CLICQUOT’S
CARBON ASSESSM ENT
0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
761
60
External emissions
■ External energy use ■ In-house energy use ■ Shipping ■ Packaging materials
■ Direct waste disposal ■ Used water ■ Depreciation ■ Services
Tons eq. Carbon
Added emissions Carbon assessment
761
1,297
761
1,406
3,876
567
349
392
58
31
110
Louis Vuitton Malletier workshop at Ducey .