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Reuters
Revealed
January 1, 2025
LVMH-owned Dior’s manufacturing arm in Italy, Manufactures Dior, relied on formal inspections to evaluate working and security requirements inside its provide chain final 12 months. In some circumstances, such certifications missed evident issues, a Reuters evaluation of unpublished court docket paperwork has discovered.
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AZ Operations, a sub-contractor of Manufactures Dior tasked with the manufacturing of leather-based gadgets and based mostly close to Italy’s trend capital Milan, was accused by Italian prosecutors in June of being a entrance for an operation that exploited employees.Nevertheless, AZ Operations handed two environmental and social inspections in 2023, in January and July, in accordance with unpublished audit paperwork reviewed by Reuters.
Widespread Milan investigations have uncovered malpractice contained in the Italian luxurious items provide chain of Dior, Giorgio Armani and Alviero Martini this 12 months, Reuters has beforehand reported.
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