At the forthcoming 3rd Sustainable Luxury Forum – June 18-19 in Geneva, the breakout out session  « Gold as a socio-economic development tool » will discuss how gold can become a socio-economic impact creation tool that drives local development and poverty reduction. To better understand the various issues related to Gol Mining in war ravaged or emerging countries, a very thourough report from NGO Global...

Chopard, the sculptor of the Palme d’Or, or Golden Palm, trophy for the festival winners, plans to announce a groundbreaking partnership with the Alliance for Responsible Mining, ARM, an organization that works to repair environments damaged by gold mining and helps small-scale miners sell their metal through a fair-trade certification program. Through the partnership, Chopard will get its gold from small mines in Colombia and...

Progressive luxury brands executive no longer doubt the question of the “why to create a sustainable value chain« , but some still wonder “how to transform their value chain to secure their reputation ». Because of the resilience of this industry in a more than challenging word, there is a growing number of stakeholders who demand luxury brands to share « the real societal impact of their  CSR...

Did you know ? At SLF13, Dr. Francine Espinoza Petersen, visiting Professor at Columbia Business School, will present her research titled “Is ‘sustainable luxury’ a paradox ? Consumers’ perceptions of socially responsible luxury” on June 19 in exclusivity at #SLF13.  Her research investigate the following questions:  When do consumers react with negative or positive emotions to the concept of sustainable luxury?  How do these...

The 5th meeting of the ICGLR-OECD-UN GoE multi-stakeholder forum was held on 2-3 May 2013 – OECD Conference Centre, Paris, France This multi-stakeholder forum was held to facilitate constructive discussion around workable approaches for due diligence implementation in the tin, tantalum and tungsten (3Ts), and gold supply chain. DOWNLOAD THE GOLD SUPPLEMENT. The gold implementation programme was formally launched during this meeting....

3rd Sustainable Luxury Forum – June 18-19, 2013 – Geneva Calendrier

Join Gucci, Chanel, DeBeers, Richemont, Nespresso, Piaget, UBS, Credit Suisse, Audemars Piguet, Chopard, IWC, Montblanc, etc at the 3rd Sustainable Luxury Forum that promises to be « THE NOT TO BE MISSED » event to attend IN 2013. SLF is becoming the exclusive platform for progressive luxury brands, NGO and the academic community willing to engagek, exchange, learn and contribute to solve social and environmental...