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LVMH 2015
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Environment
us a shared vocabulary and an internal platform through
which to collaborate across organizational boundaries on
environmental projects such as architects inventing more
energy-e cient buildings, marketing and product develop-
ment specialists tackling eco-design, procurement teams
setting up sustainable supply chains for natural raw materials,
the fi nance department starting an internal pricing for carbon
usage and the communications department orienting new
employees. As for the Maisons, they are exchanging more
and more information and best practices. Several Maisons in
the same business group have even joined forces and reached
out to suppliers together to facilitate improved environmental
performance. For example, our Perfumes and Cosmetics
business group has shared its Responsible Purchasing Charter
with its suppliers. In addition to the self-evaluations that all
of our suppliers perform, our Maisons also conduct and share
the results of environmental audits.
A FLURRY OF INITIATIVES AND SOME MAJOR
HIGHLIGHTS
This practice of taking ownership of environmental concerns
and integrating them into the Group’s operations has culmi-
nated in a shared dynamic that sparked numerous initiatives
in 2015, some of which were true milestones. Eole, the Louis
Vuitton logistics warehouse in Cergy-Pontoise (near Paris),
became the fi rst such facility in Europe to obtain the North
American LEED EBOM Gold certifi cation. Hennessy fi elded
one of France’s largest green vehicle fl eets. Sephora part-
nered with its transportation provider to use electric trucks
to supply its 21 stores in Shanghai, beginning in August 2015.
This will eliminate 10 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year.
Bvlgari became the fi rst jewelry house to have its gold product
lines certified under the Responsible Jewellery Council’s
traceability audit program. Our champagne houses achieved
double certifi cation in sustainable winegrowing and “high
environmental value” (HVE) for all of their vineyards. Veuve