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the Group’s Wines and Spirits companies, primarily to monitor
their environmental management system. Eleven outside audits
were also conducted by third parties (insurance companies,
ISO 14001 auditors, etc.) in the Wines and Spirits and Perfumes
and Cosmetics sectors.
A total of 34 additional environmental audits (both internal and
external) were conducted in 2004.
Following the ISO 14001 certification audits at Veuve Clicquot,
the certification company's rating system went further than just a
compliance assessment and assessed the overall environmental
performance of the Integrated Environmental Management System,
which earned a rating of 8/10.
In addition to these audits, the companies periodically conduct
numerous compliance audits on their sites to verify a specific envi-
ronmental regulation (waste sorting for example). In addition to
these verifications, insurance companies have reviewed environ-
mental regulatory compliance since 2003. The insurance compa-
nies included an environmental component during fire engineering
inspections at Group company sites. Thirty Group sites were evalua-
ted in 2004, bringing the total number of sites visited in France
since the implementation of the program to 60. In early 2005, an
international version of this program was adapted for application at
sites in the United States.
More detailed information incorporating the guidelines of the
Global Reporting Initiative and the provisions of Implemen-
ting Decree 2002-221 of the New Economic Regulations
Law, as well as the indicators for environmental impacts, is
provided in the 2004 LVMH reference document, which is
available on request, and can also be found on the "LVMH
and the environment" page on the Group’s website.
●Veuve Clicquot and Krug send e-mails to the 177 office
workers every two weeks as part of their effort to inform and
make employees aware of the small things that can be done
each day to lessen environmental impacts: lighting, heating,
electric consumption, waste reduction (recycling of paper, prin-
ting both sides of a page, etc.), waste sorting and water savings.
In 2003, Veuve Clicquot incorporated an environmental compo-
nent, based on water and energy consumption, in the calcu-
lation of employee profit sharing. This incentive, coupled with
the greater staff awareness and the implementation of water
saving measures, has contributed to a 17% reduction in water
consumption.
New managers receive information on the Group’s environ-
mental strategy, the tools available and the environmental
network as part of the “Orientation for new managers” semi-
nars.
During “Sustainable Development Week”, workshops on LVMH
and the environment were conducted for all employees of the
holding company, “Sustainable Development Card Games” were
distributed and a recreational course was organized at the
Boulogne site. The card games were also distributed outside
the Group, particularly at the Pollutec exhibition.
A team of LVMH internal environmental auditors was formed in
2004. The objective was to form a team of experts capable of
making a rapid assessment of the environmental status of a site
at the request of a company. Fifteen individuals had three days
of training in environmental audit techniques, followed by a “field”
day. Five sites at the Guerlain, Vuitton, la Samaritaine, Kami and
Parfums Christian Dior companies were audited and now have an
environmental action plan to achieve further improvement.
48 other internal audits were also conducted at the initiative of
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An LVMH innovation:
the first “Environmental Trendbook”
The trendbook is a tool already used
by the creative, design and marketing departments
of the Group’s companies to track market trends,
behavioral changes and the materials and products
of the future. To stimulate a desire for greater
integration of the environment in its products and
practices, the LVMH environmental department
has adopted and adapted this principle.
As a result, the first “Environmental Trendbook”
was distributed in October 2004.
This initiative was conducted jointly with a style
research company studying 2006 trends
and an environmental consulting agency to assist
in the rigorous selection of innovative
and environmentally friendly materials, products
and printing technologies.
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