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LVMH execs pocket CSR bonus despite Dior illegal workshop probe

By Noëmie Leclercq

Published on 10.07.2025 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 4 min

Around 10% of the variable remuneration of Bernard Arnault and Stéphane Bianchi, the group's deputy CEO, is linked to the group's performance in terms of social responsibility. In 2024, the bonus was not affected by an Italian investigation into the use of illegal labour by Dior subcontractors.

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LVMH execs pocket CSR bonus despite Dior illegal workshop probe

Around 10% of the variable remuneration of Bernard Arnault and Stéphane Bianchi, the group's deputy CEO, is linked to the group's performance in terms of social responsibility. In 2024, the bonus was not affected by an Italian investigation into the use of illegal labour by Dior subcontractors.

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France LVMH execs pocket CSR bonus despite Dior illegal workshop probe

Around 10% of the variable remuneration of Bernard Arnault and Stéphane Bianchi, the group's deputy CEO, is linked to the group's performance in terms of social responsibility. In 2024, the bonus was not affected by an Italian investigation into the use of illegal labour by Dior subcontractors.

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Spotlight Italian workshop probe points finger at ex-Jacquemus subcontractor

Abusive Tod's subcontractor also supplied Stéphane Courbit's luxury hotel

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Counterfeiters The real-fake Lady Dior bags that could shake up the second-hand market

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Dior expands its Rue Royale store

Taxman and Council of State put a hole in Arnault family's tax arrangements

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LVMH execs pocket CSR bonus despite Dior illegal workshop probe

Spotlight | LVMH
Italian probe and Anderson's first collection cause supply chain headaches for Dior

In Focus
Fashion brands' profits boosted by worker exploitation in Italy

Spotlight
Italian workshop probe points finger at ex-Jacquemus subcontractor

Counterfeiters
The real-fake Lady Dior bags that could shake up the second-hand market

Golden Miles
Paris mayors fear being usurped by LVMH & co. in capital's chic districts