Jaeger-LeCoultre

• Risk across the industry, not a finding about this company: gold and gemstone mining are linked to child labour, forced labour and mercury poisoning.
• Responsible Jewellery Council certified: Industry code for jewellery businesses covering human rights and responsible sourcing. Its Chain of Custody standard traces materials; the basic certification does not. Source
• Owns or runs its own production
• Modern slavery statement
• Uses high-risk raw materials such as tanned leather, mica or artisanal gold.
• "Made in Switzerland" only means the last major stage happened there: under customs and consumer law, watch movements, cases and dials, and cast or set parts can be made elsewhere. It hasn't shown where those earlier stages happen, so where it's made counts towards On Track but not Good.
• It is Responsible Jewellery Council certified, but its stones and gold aren't traced to the mine. The Kimberley Process only covers diamonds that fund rebel wars, not abuses by governments or forced labour.

Research notes Jaeger-LeCoultre makes its movements and watches at its own manufacture in Le Sentier, Switzerland. It has been an RJC member since 2008, holds RJC Code of Practices certification to March 2027 and Chain of Custody certification to June 2027, and requires gold and gemstone suppliers to meet equivalent standards under a yearly know-your-counterparty check. Leather straps are sourced through Leather Working Group and crocodilian farming schemes. Richemont runs risk-based SMETA audits of suppliers, but the brand publishes no supplier list, audit results, mine-level tracing of gold or diamonds, or living wage commitment.