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Welcome to the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030

We firmly believe the global jewellery and watch industry face unique opportunities to work together to make a positive impact. Founded by Kering and Cartier, Watch and Jewellery Initiative 2030 is guided by the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact and the 17 SDGs. We welcome companies and key stakeholders to join our movement to accelerate positive impact in three areas: building climate resilience, preserving resources, and fostering inclusiveness. We have no doubt that our ambitious goals combined with our collective action will help drive a sea-change in the sector. More than ever, we remain committed to share our common vision of a future where all Maisons, their suppliers and business partners in collaboration with key stakeholders are empowered to deliver positive impact on the planet and its people.
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Welcome to the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030

We firmly believe the global jewellery and watch industry face unique opportunities to work together to make a positive impact.

Founded by Kering and Cartier, Watch and Jewellery Initiative 2030 is guided by the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact and the 17 SDGs. We welcome companies and key stakeholders to join our movement to accelerate positive impact in three areas: building climate resilience, preserving resources, and fostering inclusiveness.

We have no doubt that our ambitious goals combined with our collective action will help drive a sea-change in the sector.

More than ever, we remain committed to share our common vision of a future where all Maisons, their suppliers and business partners in collaboration with key stakeholders are empowered to deliver positive impact on the planet and its people.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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The Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 is a global initiative open to all Watch and Jewellery players with a national or international footprint committed to a common core of key sustainability goals in three areas: building climate resilience, preserving resources, and fostering inclusiveness. Driven by a common conviction that the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and aspirations for a sustainable industry can only be achieved through collaborative efforts, this initiative has been launched by Cartier and Kering.

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The Sustainable Development Goals

We are proud to align the Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 with the 2030 agenda the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. These SDGs, agreed upon in 2015 by world leaders in 193 countries, aim to create a better, fairer, world by 2030 – ending poverty, urgently addressing climate change, and ending inequality.

The 17 Goals are all interconnected, and to leave no one behind, it is important that we achieve them all by 2030.

GOAL 1

End poverty in all its forms everywhere

GOAL 2

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

GOAL 3

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

GOAL 4

Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

GOAL 5

Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls

GOAL 6

Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all

GOAL 7

Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

GOAL 8

Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

GOAL 9

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

GOAL 10

Reduce inequality within and among countries

GOAL 11

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

GOAL 12

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

GOAL 13

Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

GOAL 14

Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development

GOAL 15

Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss

GOAL 16

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

GOAL 17

Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development
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  • Building Climate Resilience

    Take prioritized actions to reduce GHG emissions in line with the 1.5°C pathway by 2030 and to achieve Net Zero by 2050

    Minimum commitment within 1 year:
    Sign and submit the Science Based Targets initiatives (SBTi) commitment letter

  • Preserving Resources

    Ensure our sourcing has a positive impact on nature, species and communities

    Minimum commitment within 1 year:
    Map impacts on biodiversity and water across sourcing of key raw materials, using a credible ‘science-based’ framework for measuring and prioritizing our impacts.

  • Fostering Inclusiveness

    Work to ensure inclusive and responsible value chains

    Minimum commitment:
    As a group, all Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 members will work collectively to define a minimum commitment for this pillar and identify relevant certifications for its supply chain aligned with UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and OECD due diligence guidance

Building
Climate
Resilience

Take prioritized actions to reduce GHG emissions in line with the 1.5°C pathway by 2030 and to achieve Net Zero by 2050

Minimum commitment within 1 year:
Sign and submit the Science Based Targets initiatives (SBTi) commitment letter. For SMEs, as defined by SBTi, Identify your boundaries and calculate your baseline GHG emissions.

Preserving
Resources

Ensure our sourcing has a positive impact on nature, species and communities

Minimum commitment within 1 year:
Set a Roadmap for Nature commensurate to the companies’ level of ambition and capabilities.

Fostering
Inclusiveness

Work to ensure inclusive and responsible value chains

Minimum commitment:
Develop human rights policies, processes, reporting and grievance mechanisms, in line with the UNGPs and OECD Guidelines. Become a WEPs signatory and prepare a workplan in accordance with the WEPs framework.

Since 2022 WJI 2030 has been committed to the UN Global Compact corporate responsibility initiative and its principles in the areas of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption.

Human Rights

  1. Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and
  2. Principle 2: make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.

Labour

  1. Principle 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining;
  2. Principle 4: the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour;
  3. Principle 5: the effective abolition of child labour; and
  4. Principle 6: the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

Environment

  1. Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges;
  2. Principle 8: undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and
  3. Principle 9: encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.

Anti-Corruption

  1. Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.

In Support of Women's Empowerment Principless

Principle 1:

Establish high-level corporate leadership for gender equality

Principle 2:

Treat all women and men fairly at work – respect and support human rights and nondiscrimination

Principle 3:

Ensure the health, safety and well-being of all women and men workers

Principle 4:

Promote education, training and professional development for women

Principle 5:

Implement enterprise development, supply chain and marketing practices that empower women

Principle 6:

Promote equality through community initiatives and advocacy

Principle 7:

Measure and publicly report on progress to achieve gender equality

News & Events

Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 launches the Nature Roadmap at JCK to address the nature crisis and the role to act for the global watch and jewellery industry

C-SUITE LEADERSHIP SPOTLIGHT: An interview with Frédéric Grangié, President CHANEL Watches & Fine Jewellery, Member of the Board, WJI 2030

WJI 2030 launches pilot on EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive

WJI 2030 Hosts C-Suite Panel at Watches & Wonders 2024

WJI 2030 Launches its Second Stakeholder Report at Watches and Wonders 2024

Fifth Member Workshop Held at Cartier, Paris

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