Overview

• The Italian competition authority on August 1 fined Giorgio Armani S.p.A. and G.A. Operations S.p.A. €3.5 million for misleading consumers about social and environmental production standards.
• Officials discovered machines without safety guards, precarious hygiene, undeclared work and missing safety measures in subcontracted leather accessory workshops.
• Regulators said Armani used false sustainability and social responsibility claims as a marketing tool to attract ethically minded customers.
• A 2024 internal report had already warned that supplier facilities operated at the edge of acceptability, raising significant doubts about worker health and safety.
• Milan’s public prosecutor is separately investigating Dior, Valentino and Loro Piana for alleged exploitation of precarious labor in their supply chains.