La société genevoise Covalence publie aujourd’hui son troisième ranking annuel de réputation éthique, qui classe les entreprises enregistrant le meilleur score et celles ayant le plus progressé au cours de l’année 2007. Les principaux résultats à travers les dix secteurs sont : Rio Tinto, Dell et Marks & Spencer entrent dans les 10 meilleures cotations [...]

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Publication: Covalence Announcement | Country: Global | Source: Covalence

PARIS (AFP) — The luxury industry is not doing its bit to save the planet, according to a World Wildlife Fund study of the world’s 10 largest publicly-traded luxury firms. In a study completed at the end of last month, the WWF environmental group chided luxury brands for being “slow to recognise their responsibilities and [...]

Le sac Vuitton, le shampoing l’Oréal ou le collier de bijou Bulgari, mauvais pour l’environnement ? Selon un rapport de l’association écologiste World Wild Fund, l’industrie du luxe n’assumerait pas sa part de responsabilité dans le sauvetage de la planète. Dans cette étude achevée fin novembre, WWF reproche à dix grandes marques de luxe d’être [...]

Clothes chain Gap is planning to label its clothes “sweatshop free”. Following claims that the company has sold clothes made in factories that use child labour, the firm met anti-sweatshop charity Global March Against Child Labour to discuss ideas such as allowing customers to track where their clothes were made online. More good news for [...]

Les marques de luxes peuvent-elles être «éthiques» ? Le respect de l’environnement (production, protection de la faune et de la flore), le comportement social de certaines maisons de luxe ont été passés aux cribles. Le rapport de la WWF (UK), écrit par Bendell and Kleanthous, est édifiant. Les meilleures notes atteignent péniblement le « C+ [...]

Dix groupes de luxe mondiaux classés de A+ (meilleure note) à F (la moins bonne) par le WWF réalisent un score médiocre en matière de développement durable. Swatch (UHR.VX) Group et Richemont (CFR.VX) obtiennent un «D», pénalisés par le peu d’information qu’ils donnent et leur passivité face au blanchiment d’argent via les achats de montres [...]

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Publication: Covalence Announcement | Country: Global | Source: Covalence

L’Oreal comes top in WWF’s appraisal of the environmental and social records of the leading luxury brands, despite the French luxury cosmetics giant scoring only a C+ on the A-F scale. WWF is calling for luxury brands to improve their environmental and social record, as well as asking celebrities to consider these factors before endorsing [...]

Tod’s ultimo, Bulgari penultimo. Non fanno una bella figura, i marchi del lusso italiano, nella classifica dei «ricchi ma buoni» redatta dal Rapporto del Wwf inglese pubblicato ieri. Il Rapporto, intitolato «Deeper luxury», passa al microscopio i dieci maggiori brand mondiali del lusso, per vagliare il tasso della loro eticità. E’ un esercizio abbbastanza [...]