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Brand Owner: Richemont
Head Office: Geneva, Switzerland
Sector: Fashion, Clothing & Shoes
Categories: Designer
Free Tags: Chloe, High-End, Women, Accessories, Fragrances, Bags

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Last Updated: 15 July 2011
Last Verified: 7 November 2011

Chloé Score Report

Questions about Climate Change/ Carbon Emissions

3 out of 4


1. Is there a policy for the brand (company) to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions?	Richemont (owner of Chloé) has various policy measures to reduce carbon emissions, such as managing energy consumption.	SOURCE
2. Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual carbon footprint of its 'own operations' and has the brand already reduced or compensated 10% of these emissions in the last 5 years?	See link for carbon-footprint, biggest in 2008/2009 with 79,5 thousand tonnes CO2. To 2009/2010 this decreased with 7% to 74,6 thousand tonnes. Richemont claims that all CO2 emissions were offset in 2009 via projects in China and the USA, including waste heat recovery, small scale hydro, wind farms and landfill gas capture. So net footprint is 0.	SOURCE
3. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce the carbon footprint of its 'own operations' by at least 20% within the next 5 years?	Richemont claims that all CO2 emissions were offset in 2009 via projects in China and the USA, including waste heat recovery, small scale hydro, wind farms and landfill gas capture.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) also have a policy to reduce/compensate carbon emissions generated from the product supply chain that is beyond own operations?	According to the Richemont Environmental Code of Conduct, suppliers are encouraged to make their practices consistent with those of the Group (see page 34), but no clear goals found, nor a recent report with tangible results.	SOURCE

Questions about Environmental Policy

0 out of 4


1. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 5% of its volume?	Except for a note on leather finished goods, no clear policy found on Chloé or Richemont website about most used materials for ready-to-wear or accessories collections and whether it is 'environmentally preferred' or not. Group's responsible sourcing focus is on jewellery like gold and diamonds.	SOURCE
2. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 10% of its volume?	See remark at the former question.	SOURCE
3. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 25% of its volume?	See remark at the former question.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have an environmental policy related to the ‘wet processes’ within the production cycle, like bleaching and dying of fabrics?	No clear policy for the use of chemicals found, nor clear rules for water use and water effluent treatments in the production processes, nor a report on the implementation.	SOURCE

Questions about Labour Conditions/ Fair Trade

1 out of 8


1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labour, no child labour, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace?	All standards are mentioned in Richemont Model Supplier Code of Conduct.	SOURCE
2. Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1. to have a formally registered employment relationship 2. to have a maximum working week of 48 hours with voluntary paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage?	1. Not mentioned; 2. No, only compliance with local laws mentioned (see page 24); 3. No, only compliance with local laws mentioned.	SOURCE
3. Does this Code of Conduct include the right for workers to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, the right to facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining?	Freedom of association is mentioned, but in the case where the local labour laws restrict these freedoms, the supplier is only encouraged (but has no obligation) to facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining for the personnel (see page 3).	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers, that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume?	This list is not published on the Chloé nor Richemont website.	SOURCE
5. Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labour conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labour conditions?	The Code of Conduct describes that Richemont company members assess if standards are implemented, but does not mention membership of such a collective initiative.	SOURCE
6. Do independent civil society organizations like NGO's and labour unions have a decisive voice in this collective initiative or in these certification schemes?	Cloé / Richemont are not a member of such an initiative.	SOURCE
7. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy?	Richemont annually reports primarily on its financial matters. One page is devoted to their corporate responsibility (see page 35), but results of its labour conditions policy are not published in this report nor anywhere else online.	SOURCE
8. Has the brand's labour conditions policy resulted in a 'compliance level' of at least 30% of the purchase volume, or a 'monitored level' of at least 80%?	Chloé / Richemont does not publicly report on the results of implementation of its policy on labour conditions in the supply chain.	SOURCE