Richemont participates in industry collaboration to launch 'Gemstones and Jewellery Community Platform'
Created with peers to promote responsible business practices by providing free learning resources, facilitating education, encouraging continuous improvement, and promoting engagement and collaboration between businesses and their suppliers, customers and other partners.
The management and employees of Richemont and AZ Factory express their deep sorrow at the passing of Alber Elbaz
Johann Rupert said: It was with shock and enormous sadness that I heard of Alber’s sudden passing. Alber had a richly deserved reputation as one of the industry’s brightest and most beloved figures. (…) On behalf of all of my colleagues at Richemont and AZ Factory, I wish to extend our sincerest condolences to his family and friends.
Richemont co-chairs the new SDG Taskforce announced by the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC)
The RJC launches an SDG Taskforce to help members measure and report on progress towards the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The SDG Taskforce is co-chaired by Feriel Zerouki, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, De Beers Group, and Matthew Kilgarriff, Director Corporate Social Responsibility, Richemont, with guidance provided by Georg Kell, founder and former Executive Director of the Global Compact.
LVMH partners with other major luxury companies on Aura, the first global luxury blockchain
Today, Cartier together with LVMH and the Prada Group announced the creation of the #AuraBlockchain. The technology offered will provide access to product history and proof of authenticity, addressing the challenges of traceability, responsible sourcing and sustainability.
Richemont’s annual CSR Conference took place over five days in January 2021
More than 150 delegates tuned in virtually worldwide to celebrate the achievement of the Movement for Better Luxury’s Foundational commitments and to focus attention to the next two years’ Aspirational commitments, under our Transformational CSR Strategy. The increasing importance of sustainability was demonstrated by the fact that the timescale of the conference and number of participants more than doubled on last year.
