Review the following terms. These concepts underpin LVMH’s approach to biodiversity and are used across sustainability communications and reporting.
| TERM | DEFINITION |
| Biodiversity | The variety of life on Earth at all levels — from genes and species to ecosystems — and the ecological processes that sustain them. |
| Ecosystem Services | The benefits that healthy ecosystems provide to people and businesses, including clean water, pollination, climate regulation, and the raw materials used in luxury production. |
| Regenerative Agriculture | A farming approach that restores soil health, increases biodiversity, sequesters carbon, and improves water cycles — going beyond sustainability to actively repair natural systems. |
| Net Positive Impact | A commitment to give back more to nature than a business takes — measured across biodiversity loss, habitat degradation, and ecosystem health. |
| Pollinator | An animal (typically a bee, butterfly, or bird) that transfers pollen between plants, enabling reproduction. Pollinators are essential to the production of fruits, seeds, and the botanical ingredients used in fragrance and cosmetics. |
| Deforestation | The large-scale removal of forest cover, often to create agricultural land. Deforestation is one of the leading drivers of biodiversity loss globally and is directly linked to luxury supply chains including leather, paper, and natural fibres. |
| Chaku | A traditional Andean practice of gathering vicuna in a communal roundup, shearing the animals, and releasing them unharmed. Used by Loro Piana to source vicuna fibre sustainably while preserving wild populations. |
| LVMH Biodiversity Fund | A dedicated fund launched in 2021 to finance conservation and ecosystem restoration projects in regions directly linked to LVMH’s sourcing activities, covering five continents. |