Our CSR Commitments

Access to education is a key issue for the UN: it helps break the cycle of poverty and unemployment, thus contributing to reduce inequalities and promote sustainable growth. Education is essential to increase tolerance between populations, it also ensures the transmission of heritage and savoir-faire.

Created in 2012 with the support of Van Cleef & Arpels, L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts is a place where jewellery enthusiasts can learn about the history of the sector and its savoir-faire. Already 35,000 students took part in various courses at L’ÉCOLE campus in Paris and Hong Kong.

The Chaire Colbert programme – initiated by Comité Colbert in collaboration with the Ensaama School of Art & Design – offers students nearing the end of their cursus the opportunity to work on specific topics put forward by luxury professionals. It is a way of raising awareness among a new generation of designers, while also offering the Maisons the opportunity to take a fresh look at their brand identity.

Women and girls represent half of the world’s population, and thus half of its potential. Gender equality is a fundamental right and essential to promote economic growth and social development. According to the UN, the full participation of women in the global labour market would increase national growth rates by up to 10%.

Since 2006, Cartier has been empowering women entrepreneurs who are helping to find sustainable solutions for the future of our planet. Each year, more than $1 million are distributed among the 21 winning projects.

Since 2011, Fondation CHANEL has been committed to improving the economic and social conditions of women around the world, by supporting projects in education, health, social protection, and the environment.

According to the International Labour Organization, 2.2 billion people were living below the poverty line before the Covid 19 crisis, which further increased their vulnerability. The UN promotes sustainable and inclusive economic growth, a challenge which the Comité Colbert Maisons have also taken up.

The jewellery industry was hit hard by the pandemic, so Boucheron is supporting young apprentices through its partnership with Haute Ecole de Joaillerie. It is also financing the services of chartered accountants to help struggling craftsmen to apply for government aid.

Bernardaud is modernising its production facilities, which has enabled it to access the “fund to accelerate industrial investment in regions”, set up by the Ministry of the Economy. This modernisation project aims to increase the Maison’s competitiveness, create 60 to 90 new jobs, and reduce the environmental impact of its activities.

Innovation and technological progress are essential for sustainable growth. Based on this conviction, the UN advocates for sustainable and fair industrialisation. These are essential goals for both nation states and companies.

All the paper used for Balenciaga’s packaging is FSC-certified and contains at least 40% recycled fibres. The Maison is also committed to limiting single-use packaging.

In 2016, Martell initiated a varietal research programme in collaboration with researchers from the BNIC and INRAE. The aim is to create new grape varieties that are more resistant to disease and better adapted to climate change.

This goal aims to put an end to production and consumption patterns that cause irreversible damage to the environment. The challenge has been taken up by nation states, associations, and NGOs, and is one of the key issues in the luxury sector.

In 2019, Louis Vuitton launched the Be Mindful collection of accessories made from unused textile accessories. These models are part of the Maison’s global eco-design approach, which aims at having 100% of products comply with an eco-design process by 2025.

Although an exceptional process in the world of porcelain, inlaying is very polluting. Robert Haviland & C.Parlon has thus chosen to replace it with the more virtuous technique of sandblasting for the decoration of its collections. Adopting this technique – usually used for crystal – is a way of protecting the environment and the health of its craftsmen, all while upholding the same desire for excellence.

“Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts.” The Maisons all share this UN goal and see the challenge as an opportunity for innovation, transformation and competitiveness.

While 99% of Hennessy’s products are exported, less than 0.5% are transported by air, the rest being by train or cargo ship. The Maison has implemented a 10,000-km rail transport solution to China that follows the Silk Road. This led to shorter delivery times and reduced greenhouse gas emissions: 100 times lower compared to air transport.

Officially opened in 2019 in Tuscany, Céline’s new leather goods workshop has been designed according to the highest standards of sustainability, having been built exclusively from recyclable materials.

This goal covers the sustainable management of forests, combating desertification, halting and reversing land degradation, and halting the loss of biodiversity.
A goal for nations and companies alike.

Bees are the emblem of Guerlain and the sentinels of the environment. To protect endangered bees, the Maison has launched the “Women for Bees” project, which aims at training 50 female beekeepers by 2025 and create 2,500 hives equating to 125 million bees.

Hermès is supporting the development of a silk supply chain in Brazil. In doing so, the Maison participates in the preservation of leafy biotopes that require little chemical treatment, i.e., mulberry leaves, the only food source for silkworms.