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Cartier and Kering launch the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030

By Isabelle Brigout on Wednesday 6 October 2021, 15:14 - Around sustainable luxury

In partnership with the Responsible Jewellery Council, Cartier and Kering launch the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 to unite the brands of the two business sectors around sustainable goals. All watch and jewellery maisons are welcome to be committed to strengthen resilience to climate change, to conserve natural resources and to encourage inclusion. Kering purchases exclusively ethical gold since 2019.
Photo © Kering.

Kering goes fur free

By Isabelle Brigout on Friday 24 September 2021, 13:03 - Breaking-News

Kering stops using animal fur starting from the Fall 2022 collections. After Gucci in 2017, Balenciaga, Bottega Veneta, Alexander McQueen, Brioni and Saint Laurent, have decided to take this step. The luxury group has a Materials Innovation Lab based in Italy, dedicated to sustainable materials research, to support the brands of the group in their development. Photo © Kering

Kering conference upon biodiversity on January 28th, 2021 open to all

By Isabelle Brigout on Wednesday 27 January 2021, 08:16 - Around sustainable luxury

In partnership with Conservation International, Kering launches the Regenerative Fund for Nature on January 28th, 2021 during an online conference, open to all upon registration.

The Fashion Pact: Year 1

By Isabelle Brigout on Wednesday 14 October 2020, 09:56 - Around sustainable luxury

Initiated by Kering and presented to the Heads of States on August 26, 2019 in the frame of the G7 Summit, the Fashion Pact federates today more than two hundred brands from fourteen countries. It has established a digital dashboard of KPIs on which each brand is committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.

Upcycling workshop set up by Kering, for adults and children, on October 3rd and 4th, 2020

By Isabelle Brigout on Sunday 4 October 2020, 07:12 - Concierge

Kering is sponsoring the upcycling workshop open to all in the frame of the ELLE Green event, on October 3rd and 4th, 2020, at the Goodplanet Foundation. The session for kids allows to make a butterfly and the one for grown-ups teaches how to make a heart-shaped pouch in size XXS, from dead inventory.

Kering commits for biodiversity

By Isabelle Brigout on Saturday 4 July 2020, 04:55 - Around sustainable luxury

Kering unveils its strategy for biodiversity and commits to a net positive impact by 2025: it launches the Kering for Nature Fund to support the fashion industry’s transition to regenerative agriculture.

Kering launches a free masterclass about biodiversity on May 27th, 2020

By Isabelle Brigout on Tuesday 19 May 2020, 06:38 - Around sustainable luxury

In partnership with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and CO, Kering launches a masterclass about biodiversity which objectives are to raise awareness and to inform businesses about their environmental impact and the most effective ways to mitigate it.