In January 2018, Kering was named top sustainable textile, apparel and luxury goods corporation in the Corporate Knights Global 100 index. In 2009, he financed the documentary Home by Yann Arthus-Bertrand, which shows aerial shots of various places on Earth and discusses how humanity is threatening the ecological balance of the planet. He launched the Kering Foundation in 2008 to support women's rights, and the Women in Motion program with the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 to raise awareness around women-related issues in the film industry. In the early 2010s, he implemented the "environmental profit and loss" (EP&L) accounting method, in line with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, that was gradually applied to all the brands owned by the group. Pinault strongly committed his group to sustainable development. The new name is a reference to his Breton roots, "Ker" meaning "home" in the region's dialect, and sounds like "caring". He expanded the group's portfolio of luxury brands ( Girard-Perregaux, Brioni, Qeelin, Pomellato, Christopher Kane, Tomas Maier, Ulysse Nardin), and in June 2013, he changed PPR's name to Kering. He offloaded PPR's leading retail assets ( Conforama, CFAO, Printemps, Fnac and La Redoute) and merged PPR with the Gucci group, its subsidiary since 1999, bringing Gucci's luxury portfolio ( Gucci, Yves Saint-Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, Boucheron, Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney) under his direct supervision. In March 2005, Pinault became the President and CEO of PPR and engaged in its transformation into an international group focused on luxury fashion. Main articles: Kering and Kering Foundation In May 2003, Pinault became vice-president of PPR and president of Groupe Artémis, PPR's parent company. In the 1990s, as Pinault Distribution became PPR, an international player in the retail sector, Pinault became president of CFAO in 1993 and CEO of Fnac in 1997. In 1987, Pinault began his career at PPR (then called Pinault Distribution) where he was promoted manager of the buying department in 1988, head manager of France Bois Industries in 1989, and head manager of Pinault Distribution in 1990. After graduating, he completed military service in the French Consulate in Los Angeles, and was in charge of studying fashion and new technology sectors. During his studies, he co-founded the CRM company Soft Computing with other fellow students and did an internship at Hewlett-Packard in Paris as a database-software developer. Pinault graduated from HEC School of Management in 1985. In April 2009, they renewed their wedding vows in Venice. The couple got married on 14 February 2009 in Paris. Their daughter Valentina was born on 21 September 2007. In April 2006, he started dating actress Salma Hayek. They had a son together, Augustin James Evangelista (b. He dated supermodel Linda Evangelista from September 2005 to January 2006. They had two children together, son François (b. Pinault was married to Dorothée Lepère from 1996 to 2004. François-Henri Pinault is the son of François Pinault, the founder of Pinault SA, which later became Pinault-Printemps-Redoute, then PPR, and then Kering.
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