The LVMH Group’s sustainable retail players met at the end of December at the 22 Montaigne headquarters for the biennial in-house LIFE 360 In Stores Awards celebration. This awards ceremony, held since 2016, aims to recognize the environmental excellence of its Houses’ stores. LUXUS PLUS attended the event.
The “LIFE 360 in Stores Awards”, awarded every two years, highlight the points of sale in the LVMH Group portfolio (directly-operated boutiques, shopping malls and department stores) that have taken the most virtuous and innovative initiatives to improve their environmental performance. The awards are based on an external audit carried out by the independent agency TERAO.
This fifth edition is marked by the creation of four new awards, including those for well-being and training. These awards confirm the Number One luxury brand’s growing interest in the human factor.
Staying on course despite a difficult environment
The LIFE 360 in Stores Awards 2024 come a year after the LVMH Group’s major environmental event. Last year, the Number One in luxury goods invited the press, employees and stakeholders to UNESCO for its LIFE 360 Summit, to take stock of its progress in sustainability and carbon impact reduction.
Now, one year on, the time has come for caution and humility in the face of a turbulent economic landscape, as Antoine Arnault, Image & Environment Director for the LVMH Group, testified. “Times have been a bit tough this year. Our business is not as buoyant as it used to be. In the end, our fundamentals remain solid and are well positioned. But let’s be honest, it’s not the best year for our sector, nor for our group. However, the good news is that all our Houses have remained faithful to our LIFE 360 objectives.“
As Antoine Arnault reminded us, it’s not easy to remain faithful and consistent to these objectives: “They’re difficult to achieve, they’re costly, but everyone has been faithful to them and it’s a great source of pride that our objectives have been achieved.”
Hélène Valade, LVMH’s Director of Environmental Development, underlined the Group’s unchanged ambitions in terms of raising team awareness of the environmental cause. The group maintains its objective ofhaving 100% of employees trained in ecological transition by 2026. This statement echoes last October’s inauguration of a training campus in the Paris region in collaboration with the Vallée de la Millière association and aimed at Group employees.
In addition, the Group has announced quantified targets around three key themes: energy efficiency, eco-design and waste management. These include achieving a minimum of 5% energy savings or carbon emission reductions per year for all shopping centers, starting in 2024, and including an eco-design checklist for renovations and new retail projects. In addition, the group and its partner Chalhoub Group aim to achieve zero landfill waste by 2030. Emaar Malls, Majid Al Futtaim and Aldar Properties, for their part, are committed to halving waste to landfill over the same period.
Strength in unity
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Complete list of winners:
Project governance: Bulgari Shenyang, People’s Republic of China
Façade performance: Bulgari Via Montenapoleone, Milan, Italy
Energy efficiency and sobriety: Celine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Water management: Louis Vuitton, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Responsible lighting: Parfums Christian Dior K11, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China
Air quality: Celine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Sustainable materials: Le Bon Marché, Bijoux area, Paris
Smart Maintenance: Louis Vuitton Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Employee well-being: Sephora France
Environmental training for employees: Le Bon Marché
Pop-Ups: Celine in Wuxi, People’s Republic of China
Window displays: ex aequo Louis Vuitton 5 Canton Road, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of China and Bulgari Via Monte Napoleone
Read also > LVMH opens its first Campus dedicated to environmental training
Front cover photo: © LVMH
