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Kering is a world leader in luxury apparel and accessories with sport & lifestyle activities.
They develop a well-balanced ensemble of 20 brands including Gucci, Bottega Veneta,
Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Brioni, Christopher Kane, McQ, Stella
McCartney, Tomas Maier, Boucheron, Dodo, Girard-Perregaux, JeanRichard, Pomellato,
Qeelin, Ulysse Nardin, Puma, Volcom, and Cobra. Their mission is to enable their
customers to express their personality and to fulfill their dreams, while making a positive
contribution to people and the planet.
For Kering, sustainable business is smart business. Smart business does not respect
convention, it respects innovation, pioneering business models and outside-the-box-thinking.
As our world closes in on its limited resources, new challenges will continue to arise for the
group, the industry and beyond.
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Driven by this conviction, Kering propels their brands to lead with business practices that contribute to
a better world economically, environmentally, and socially. They believe that the payoffs of becoming
a more sustainable business to create positive value for the people and the planet, make the
endeavors not only worthwhile but also essential. In light of this, they developed the Environmental
Profit & Loss (EP&L); a pioneering management tool that measures and monetizes the environmental
impact of their activities. Led by the insights of the EP&L, they focus their priority actions on sourcing
practices, production processes, and supplier performance.
Laurent Claquin is the Head of Kering Americas, the parent company of 21 leading global luxury and
sport & lifestyle brands including Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, Balenciaga, Brioni,
Stella McCartney, Puma and Volcom. Claquin has been with Kering, formerly known as PPR, since 2004
when he joined as an advisor to Francois-Henri Pinault at Artemis. Before rising to Head of Kering
Americas, Claquin initiated and developed the Corporate Social Responsibility program at Kering. Prior
to that, Claquin was Kering’s Senior Vice President of Communication. Claquin began his career in 1994
as a consultant at Coopers & Lybrand. In 1997, Claquin pursued his passion for the arts by working at
the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume in Paris. Additionally, Claquin was the Deputy Communications
Director at the Pompidou Center. Since 2002, Claquin served as Deputy Chief of Staff to the French
Minister of Culture and Communication and then Technical Advisor to the Minister since 2004. Claquin
is a graduate of the ESC Rennes School of Business and currently resides in New York City.