Supply Chain Responsable
Responsible Supply Chain
Dior House is deeply committed to upholding and enforcing the values of transparency, integrity, and respect throughout its entire production chain. The company strongly condemns and takes decisive action against any practices that fail to reflect these values.
“Creation is a collection of a thousand and one things, a thousand and one professions that come together around the couturier. Each one contributes to the collective work that is fashion.” Christian Dior
The Design and Manufacture of a Dior Product
The design and manufacture of a Dior product is marked by multiple stages involving an extraordinary number of trades and skills, both internal and external to the House.
The House has numerous ateliers and manufactures dedicated to each of its product creations: Haute Couture (the historical Ateliers of the iconic 30 Montaigne), Ready-to-Wear, Leather Goods, Shoes, Jewelry, High Jewelry, Watches, and Baby. These establishments are located in European countries with the best savoir-faire: France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Portugal.
In Italy, for example, Dior has eleven manufactures in regions known for their expertise: eight production sites specializing in leather goods and shoes, and three sites dedicated to Men's and Women's Ready-to-Wear.
To date, Dior manufactures its products both in-house, in the House’s own ateliers, and through partnerships with external suppliers with recognized savoir-faire which have undergone an in-depth qualification procedure.
Ensuring Ethical and Regulatory Compliance across Dior’s Supply Chain
Hence, any external partners that Dior collaborates with have been selected based on strict and thorough criteria. The Maison is committed to ensuring that all parties in its production chain, including direct suppliers and subcontractors, sign and adhere to the Supplier and Business Partner Code of Conduct as well as the General Purchasing Conditions. These principles aim to guarantee compliance with ethical and regulatory standards throughout the entirety of Dior’s supply chain. The House regularly evaluates its suppliers to ensure the continuity of this compliance and to reduce the risk of possible isolated legal or ethical breaches.
Ensuring Compliance and Ethical Standards in Italian Production
In Italy, Leather goods, Footwear, and Ready-to-wear production activities are overseen by dedicated Dior subsidiaries, mainly Manufactures Dior Srl. To ensure that Manufactures Dior Srl suppliers comply with ethical and regulatory standards:
- Dior requires its suppliers to sign and apply the LVMH Code of Conduct for Suppliers and Partners and the Dior General Purchasing Conditions. These principles detail the ethical standards expected from suppliers, including in terms of labor law, health and safety, and environmental protection;
- Dior subsidiary Manufactures Dior Srl has set up an organizational model in compliance with Italian Decree 231/2001, which describes the procedures and controls designed to prevent and detect any breach of ethical and regulatory standards. This organizational model is supervised by a Supervisory Board, an independent body of experts;
- Dior has a particularly strict organizational plan for supplier selection, audits, and controls; there are two types of audits and a control procedure, conducted with or without prior notice;
- Internal Dior teams are dedicated to supervising all the above actions, for all product categories manufactured in Italy.
Swift and Decisive Responses to Non-Compliance
Audits help identify potential cases of non-compliance. Dior responds promptly and decisively to such cases, either by asking the supplier to implement corrective action(s) within a specified timeframe, or - if the breach is serious - by terminating the relationship with the supplier.
For instance, between January and May 2025, Dior has achieved 636 audits of suppliers in Italy, of which 118 were full audits, and 518 were so-called "focus" audits, the latter being unannounced and focusing on specific key topics. 84.3% of these 636 audits resulted in a favorable outcome, meaning they led to minor findings or the absence of findings, and 15.7% required Dior to support the supplier in implementing corrective actions or, although marginally, led to the termination of the relationship.
A Commitment to Continuous Improvement
Dior takes every possible action to ensure compliance with its ethical and regulatory standards, recognizing that third-party adherence to these standards is a path of continuous progression and refinement. While isolated failures are always possible, when they are detected, they are treated with the utmost severity and immediately taken into account in our policy of continuous improvement.
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