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LVMH Highlights LIFE 360 at Paris Impact Summit and Good Forum Luxe

LVMH used Paris summits to put its LIFE 360 program center stage - showcasing five pillars, Nona Source, LIFE Academy and a cross-sector push to meet 2026 and 2030 targets.

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LVMH Highlights LIFE 360 at Paris Impact Summit and Good Forum Luxe
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LVMH brought LIFE 360 out of the boardroom and into Paris conversation at the World Impact Summit and the Good Forum Luxe on February 5, 2026, then published its recap on its site on 02.10.2026. The maison framed the playbook around a single idea: making sustainability desirable, headlined on its site as "LVMH makes sustainability and desirability rhyme at the World Impact Summit and Good Forum Luxe 2026."

On a packed roundtable titled "When sustainability becomes desirable: strategies, design and narratives that transform," Hélène Valade, Environmental Development Director at LVMH, sat with representatives from L’Oréal, Institut Français de la Mode, and Time to Act - Barbara Bressand Sussfeld, Andrée-Anne Lemieux and Luciana Brafman respectively. The session foregrounded "emotional sustainability" - creating attachment to extend product use - and argued creativity under environmental constraints can be a source of innovation, while cooperation between brands, Maisons and suppliers accelerates transformation and education changes behaviors.

LIFE 360 surfaced as the programmatic spine of those arguments. Longbridge laid out the five pillars featured by LVMH: Creative Circularity; Traceability and Transparency; Biodiversity; Climate; and Stakeholders. Concrete initiatives named in coverage included Nona Source, described as an online resale platform for materials from LVMH’s brands, and the LIFE Academy, cited in the group's 2024 Social & Environmental Responsibility Report as offering biodiversity training. The 2024 report excerpt also noted LVMH Shares, the employee ownership plan, and support for cultural projects including the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris.

LVMH used the LIFE 360 Summit at UNESCO to convert rhetoric into high-profile alignment. FashionUnited reported that the summit marked the culmination of the program's 2023 commitments and listed attendees including Bernard Arnault, Christophe Béchu - French Minister for Ecological Transition and Cohesion of the Territories - and Virginijus Sinkevičius, European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries. A "Joining Forces" panel brought players including Chanel, Pernod Ricard, Martell Mumm and Perrier-Jouët into the conversation, a follow-through on Antoine Arnault’s call last June in Copenhagen for sector collaboration.

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Measurement and deadlines were front and center: FashionUnited noted LVMH said it is confident in meeting 2026 and 2030 targets, is reinforcing its action plan for virgin fossil-based plastics, and will continue its partnership with UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere for biodiversity data collection and impact measurement. The group also emphasized shared auditing checklists and schedules and plans to engage suppliers with training and solution-sharing.

Media rollout matched the message. LVMH posted its account on February 10, 2026, Marketscreener republished the item on 02/10/2026 at 12:26 pm EST with stock quote headers, and Longbridge summarized the LIFE 360 showcase while noting access restrictions for its full article. For anyone tracking whether luxury can make sustainability stylish rather than preachy, LVMH laid down pillars, programs and political lines of sight - now the clock is on to prove the targets for 2026 and 2030 actually move the needle.

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