20 Nov 2025
Prosecutors seek six-month ad ban for Italy's Tod's over alleged labour abuse
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 20 Nov 2025
Standort: Italien
Unternehmen
Tod's - Buyer , LVMH Group - Parent Company , L Catterton - InvestorAndere
Not Reported ( Kleidung & Textilien ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - China , Herstellung: Allgemein , Men , Unknown migration status )Themen
Gewaltakte , Access to Non-Judicial Remedy , Wage Theft , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Denial of leave , Occupational Health & SafetyAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Ja, von BHRC & Journalists
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Italian prosecutors have placed Tod's and three of its executives under investigation and are seeking a temporary (six month) blanket ban on company advertising. Tod's said in a statement to journalists that it is calmly reviewing the allegations. In December, the Business & Human Rights Centre invited LVMH and L Catterton to respond to the allegations; LVMH and L Catterton did not respond.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 20 Nov 2025
Standort: Italien
Unternehmen
Tod's - Buyer , LVMH Group - Parent Company , L Catterton - InvestorAndere
Not Reported ( Kleidung & Textilien ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - China , Herstellung: Allgemein , Geschlecht nicht angegeben , Unknown migration status )Themen
Work & ConditionsAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Ja, von BHRC and journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Italian prosecutors have placed Tod's and three of its executives under investigation and are seeking a temporary (six month) blanket ban on company advertising. Tod's said in a statement to journalists that it is calmly reviewing the allegations. In December, the Business & Human Rights Centre invited LVMH and L Catterton to respond to the allegations; LVMH and L Catterton did not respond.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 20 Nov 2025
Standort: Italien
Unternehmen
LVMH Group - Parent Company , L Catterton - Investor , Tod's - BuyerAndere
Not Reported ( Kleidung & Textilien ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - China , Herstellung: Allgemein , Geschlecht nicht angegeben , Unknown migration status )Themen
Work & ConditionsAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Ja, von BHRC and journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Italian prosecutors have placed Tod's and three of its executives under investigation and are seeking a temporary (six month) blanket ban on company advertising. Tod's said in a statement to journalists that it is calmly reviewing the allegations. In December, the Business & Human Rights Centre invited LVMH and L Catterton to respond to the allegations; LVMH and L Catterton did not respond.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 20 Nov 2025
Standort: Italien
Unternehmen
LVMH Group - Employer , L Catterton - Investor , Tod's - BuyerAndere
Not Reported ( Kleidung & Textilien ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - China , Herstellung: Allgemein , Geschlecht nicht angegeben , Unknown migration status )Themen
Work & ConditionsAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Ja, von BHRC and journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Italian prosecutors have placed Tod's and three of its executives under investigation and are seeking a temporary (six month) blanket ban on company advertising. Tod's said in a statement to journalists that it is calmly reviewing the allegations. In December, the Business & Human Rights Centre invited LVMH and L Catterton to respond to the allegations; LVMH and L Catterton did not respond.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 20 Nov 2025
Standort: Italien
Unternehmen
LVMH Group - Parent Company , L Catterton - Investor , Tod's - BuyerAndere
Not Reported ( Kleidung & Textilien ) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Wanderarbeitnehmer & eingewanderte Arbeitnehmer: ( Number unknown - China , Herstellung: Allgemein , Geschlecht nicht angegeben , Unknown migration status )Themen
Work & ConditionsAntwort
Stellungnahme angefragt: Ja, von BHRC and journalist
External link to response: (Find out more)
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Italian prosecutors have placed Tod's and three of its executives under investigation and are seeking a temporary (six month) blanket ban on company advertising. Tod's said in a statement to journalists that it is calmly reviewing the allegations. In December, the Business & Human Rights Centre invited LVMH and L Catterton to respond to the allegations; LVMH and L Catterton did not respond.
Art der Quelle: News outlet
…Italian prosecutors have placed luxury group Tod's and three of its executives under investigation for suspected labour abuses and are seeking a temporary blanket ban on company advertising, judicial documents showed on Thursday.
It is the first time an Italian fashion house and its managers have been directly targeted over alleged labour exploitation, following a series of cases that have tarnished the reputation of some of the industry's biggest names…
Tod's, known for loafers and other high-end leather goods, said in a statement it was calmly reviewing the allegations…
In an unprecedented move, Milan prosecutors allege Tod's was fully aware of and complicit in labour exploitation at subcontracted workshops, saying third-party audits over several years flagged problems but that these were ignored…
The document alleges that workers were exploited with the active knowledge of the company in two Chinese-owned workshops in the Milan area, and in three Chinese-owned factories in Marche, the central region where Tod's is headquartered…
L Catterton, a private equity firm backed by French luxury group LVMH (LVMH.PA), opens new tab, took Tod's private last year in agreement with the group's main shareholder, the Della Valle family…