AN ETHICAL REQUIREMENT
Every action taken by the Group and its employees reflects LVMH’s commitment to ethics and to social and environmental responsibility. In keeping with the highest standards, which it has committed to applying within its sphere of influence, the Group has established rules of conduct and action principles to guide its employees’ behavior and all its stakeholders.
GOVERNANCE EMBEDDED AT THE HIGHEST ECHELONS
The Privacy, Ethics & Compliance Department, which works hand-in-hand with a network of correspondents at the Maisons, acts as the guardian for LVMH’s policy and guidelines. The Department coordinates all LVMH’s efforts to fight corruption and money laundering, to protect personal data, to comply with international sanctions and to uphold human rights. The progress made by the Group in these areas is presented to the Ethics & Sustainable Development Committee of LVMH’s Board of Directors.
A PROGRAM BUILT ON INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS AND INTERNAL INSTRUMENTS
In addition to international standards, which LVMH promotes within its sphere of influence, the Group has put in place its own internal rules to guide the conduct of its employees and partners on a daily basis.
LVMH CODE OF CONDUCT
The cornerstone for the Group’s ethics, this document lays down rules by which everyone must abide in their day-to-day activities. Published in early 2024, the latest version of the Code reflects the Group’s strengthened commitments to ethics and to social and environmental responsibility.
The Executive Committee members signed the new Code of Conduct, whose commitments are promoted by Maisons’ Presidents. The Code is widely circulated throughout the Group, including to new employees, and is accompanied by an online training module.
SUPPLIER AND BUSINESS PARTNER CODE OF CONDUCT
This Code promotes a responsible approach to all LVMH’s partners. It requires a commitment from the Group’s partners to comply with its principles and to take steps to ensure their own suppliers are in compliance.
ANTI-CORRUPTION CHARTER
published in early 2024. it reiterates LVMH’s zero-tolerance policy on corruption and influence peddling. It seeks to give every employee ownership of this policy and sets out key conduct guidelines for them to apply in various situations.
561
Reports received in 2023 via the LVMH Alert Line
140
Ethics & Compliance correspondents and compliance officers within the Maisons
1 725
suppliers audited based on ethical criteria in 2023
Continuous improvement at the center of LVMH’s approach
Identifying risks
Development of risk maps, particularly for the fight against corruption and respect for human rights
Preventing risks
- Dissemination of Group’s ethics policy to all employees and partners through the Code of Conduct and the Supplier and Business Partner Code of Conduct - Training and awareness-raising actions for employees and suppliers
Detecting compliance failures
- Performing regular controls to measure the effectiveness of the actions taken- Ethics violations report gathering system for the Maisons and at Group level (LVMH Alert Line)
Addressing compliance failures
- Set up of corrective measures and action plans with a view of continuously improving the program- Possibility of imposing disciplinary sanctions, which may lead to dismissal, against employees who do not respect the Group’s internal rules
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