Responsibility for CSR lies with the Director of Corporate Affairs, a member of the Group’s Management Committee. He regularly liaises with Maison CEOs and regional heads. He reports to the Board of Directors on CSR-related matters.

The Director of Corporate Affairs is supported by the CSR Committee, with representatives from Group functions including Human Resources, Internal Audit, Financial Control and Manufacturing as well as a representative from Cartier, the Group’s largest Maison. The CSR Committee meets twice a year to review progress against a framework and agree activities to support relevant programmes. Annually, the CSR Committee gathers data from each Maison and market. This data is reviewed, analysed, shared among peers and acted upon.

The Group requires each Maison and shared service platform to designate a named person to take responsibility for CSR, including the implementation of Group standards and local initiatives.

We organise a yearly CSR Meeting and invite the CSR representatives of each Maison and region to share progress and best-practices, discuss activities and agree goals and priorities for the coming year. The Group has also developed tools to facilitate information sharing.