People and Sustainable Swiss Watches| Jaeger-LeCoultre

SHARING VALUES

MAKE OUR TIME BETTER

Creating positive effects on our employees and the communities around us, is embedded in our values.

Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Duoface Tourbillon - Q392242J - Savoir-Faire calibre components

Jaeger-LeCoultre Watchmakers working at Manufacture in Vallée de Joux Switzerland

DEI

DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are core values at Jaeger-LeCoultre. We work to build a positive, multicultural environment where we encourage, support and celebrate the different voices of our employees to feel fully respected, empowered and authentic at all levels.

We have recently been recognised as an equal salary employer, with a fair and equitable reward policy between women and men, as part of @Richemont’s global gender EQUAL-SALARY certification awarded by the @ EQUAL-SALARY Foundation.

We are also a signatory to the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), established by UN Women and UN Global Compact. Through its commitment to creating a positive culture that provides equal opportunity and fair treatment of all people, we “Make our Time Better” and build a legacy for future generations.

VOLUNTEERING

VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Jaeger-LeCoultre is committed to strengthening the civic engagement of our employees and helping local communities around the world.

We encourage employees to dedicate one working day per year to voluntary actions to support a cause of their choice. We are convinced that as individuals, and collectively as jaeger-LeCoultre, we can act for change.

One example is our support to a local association to protect the Orbe river. Our collaborators participates in the cleaning mission of the PEVHO (Protection des Eaux de la haute Vallee de l’Orbe).

Jaeger-LeCoultre employees helping local communities large plan

Jaeger-LeCoultre employee cleaning a river

EDUCATION

INVESTING IN EDUCATION AND SKILLS

Inherited from our founder Antoine-LeCoultre, the Value of Work is a principle that we hold very dear within our Maison. By keeping this value alive, we honour our rich heritage and innovate to create the masterpieces of tomorrow.

For many years, La Grande Maison has made it a priority to invest in education, not only within the Manufacture, through apprenticeships and other skills-development programmes, but also in the surrounding community. Our community investment aligns with Jaeger-LeCoultre’s long history of supporting young generations and facilitating knowledge exchange.

OUR ACTIONS

Jaeger-LeCoultre has a long-term partnership with l’Ecole Technique de la Vallée de Joux (ETVJ). The school was created in 1901 in the Vallée de Joux. Since 1992, Jaeger-LeCoultre has welcomed apprentices in its workshops. In 2021, it inaugurated a new craftsmanship centre to welcome young talent (apprentices or interns). Originally dedicated to watchmaking, the apprenticeship includes new skills, such as micro-engineering and quality control.

Jaeger-LeCoultre young Watchmaker learning Savoir-Faire

FOUNDATION

FONDATION ANTOINE LECOULTRE

In 1943, to honour the memory of the founder, our Maison established the non-profit-making fund, Fonds Antoine LeCoultre, to provide occasional and extraordinary assistance to employees, workers, apprentices, and retirees of the Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre when they are faced with financial difficulties resulting from exceptional events, a form of support that an employer has no obligation to provide. In 2013, at the request of the Supervisory Authority, Fonds Antoine LeCoultre was transformed into a classic non-profit foundation and became Fondation Antoine LeCoultre.