01.06.15
FRANCE: LVMH has joined the board of directors of the Foundation for Research on Biodiversity (FRB) in France.
This recognition follows LVMH Group’s commitment to the National Strategy for Biodiversity, the French equivalent of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity for the planet 2011-2020, adopted by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya.
In October 2012, the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy awarded LVMH the status of “recognized commitment to National Strategy for Biodiversity” for its project “Improving, from upstream to downstream, LVMH’s footprint on biodiversity.” For example, in southern India, Guerlain, along with its local supplier, has committed to develop sustainable farming of vetiver. Under this initiative, the Maison also provides plants to local farmers and offers them cultivation training and sustainable source of revenue.
FRB is a point of convergence between scientific actors and biodiversity stakeholders. The Foundation was officially launched in 2008, following the environmental summit Grenelle, by the ministries in charge of research and ecology and created by eight public research institutions: the Bureau of Geological and Mining Research, Centre for international Cooperation in Agronomic Research for Development, National Centre for Scientific Research, French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, National Institute for Agricultural Research, Research Institute for Development, Research Institute for Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture, and the National Museum of Natural History.
This recognition follows LVMH Group’s commitment to the National Strategy for Biodiversity, the French equivalent of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity for the planet 2011-2020, adopted by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya.
In October 2012, the French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy awarded LVMH the status of “recognized commitment to National Strategy for Biodiversity” for its project “Improving, from upstream to downstream, LVMH’s footprint on biodiversity.” For example, in southern India, Guerlain, along with its local supplier, has committed to develop sustainable farming of vetiver. Under this initiative, the Maison also provides plants to local farmers and offers them cultivation training and sustainable source of revenue.
FRB is a point of convergence between scientific actors and biodiversity stakeholders. The Foundation was officially launched in 2008, following the environmental summit Grenelle, by the ministries in charge of research and ecology and created by eight public research institutions: the Bureau of Geological and Mining Research, Centre for international Cooperation in Agronomic Research for Development, National Centre for Scientific Research, French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea, National Institute for Agricultural Research, Research Institute for Development, Research Institute for Science and Technology for Environment and Agriculture, and the National Museum of Natural History.