For more than two centuries, Asprey has been defined by exceptional craftsmanship, extraordinary materials and objects designed to endure. Our approach to corporate responsibility reflects these same principles: preserving resources and skills, supporting the people and communities connected with our business, and conducting our operations responsibly, ethically and transparently.
Asprey recognises that its activities have environmental and social impacts, both locally and globally. Our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) approach provides a framework through which we seek to understand those impacts, reduce them where practicable and continually improve the way we operate.
Environmental Responsibility
Creating for Longevity
Longevity is fundamental to Asprey’s approach to luxury. Our creations are designed and crafted to endure, with the intention that they may be enjoyed for many years and, in many cases, passed from one generation to the next.
We support this philosophy through detailed product care guidance and specialist services designed to extend the useful life of Asprey creations. These include jewellery, silver, watch and leather repair, the modernisation and reworking of jewellery, and specialist handbag care.
Through repair, restoration and, where appropriate, reworking, Asprey creations can be enjoyed for longer while preserving the craftsmanship embodied in each piece.
Resources, Energy and Waste
We recognise our responsibility to consider the resources used throughout our operations and supply chain. Our environmental priorities include reducing waste, improving the efficient use of energy and water associated with the manufacture of our products, reducing our carbon footprint where practicable, and encouraging responsible production practices throughout our supply chain.
Our ESG approach is based on continued improvement: identifying areas where meaningful change can be made, generating measurable results and monitoring our progress.
Responsible Sourcing
The provenance of the materials used in Asprey creations is an important part of our responsibility.
Asprey is committed to working with legitimate suppliers and to promoting responsible, ethical and environmentally conscious practices throughout its supply chain. Our sourcing standards address matters including ethical supply-chain practices, humane working conditions, responsible raw-material sourcing and the avoidance of conflict minerals.
Asprey supports international efforts to prevent diamonds and precious materials from being associated with conflict, crime or human-rights abuse. Our diamonds are purchased from legitimate sources in accordance with the requirements applicable to the Kimberley Process.
Where specialist materials are used, we require suppliers to comply with relevant international legislation and standards. Asprey supports the objectives and implementation of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and recognises the importance of conservation and responsible sourcing.
Our ESG policy also establishes our commitment to avoiding the use of PFAS, commonly known as “forever chemicals”.
Social Responsibility
Preserving Craftsmanship
The preservation of exceptional craftsmanship is integral to Asprey.
We work with highly skilled craftspeople and specialist workshops in the United Kingdom and internationally. Supporting these skills helps sustain the economic viability of specialist crafts while preserving knowledge and techniques that have often been developed over generations.
Asprey also invests in apprenticeship initiatives designed to encourage and nurture future generations of skilled craftspeople and supports recognition of excellence within the craft industries.
Innovation forms part of that commitment. Through Asprey’s workshops and Studio, we seek to bring contemporary technology together with traditional skills, allowing specialist crafts to evolve while respecting the knowledge and techniques on which they are built.
Supporting Communities and Artisans
Our relationships with craftspeople extend beyond the products they create. We recognise that responsible luxury can contribute to the economic sustainability of specialist workshops, artisans and the communities in which they operate.
Asprey seeks partnerships that celebrate exceptional craft while helping distinctive skills and cultural traditions remain economically viable for future generations.
Our People
Asprey is committed to providing a working environment based on fairness, merit and equal opportunity.
Our ESG principles encompass employee health and safety, inclusion, fair compensation and non-discrimination. We seek to maintain a culture in which people are treated with respect and have the opportunity to contribute, develop and succeed.
Governance
Responsible business requires effective governance as well as environmental and social commitments.
Asprey’s approach to governance is founded on transparency, accountability, ethical conduct and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
We are committed to conducting our business honestly and responsibly and to opposing bribery, corruption and fraud. We expect those principles to be reflected not only within Asprey but also in our relationships with suppliers and business partners.
Our governance responsibilities also extend to the protection of personal and confidential information. Cybersecurity, privacy and discretion are important elements of the way we protect our clients, employees and business.
We continually seek to strengthen the practices, controls and procedures through which our ESG responsibilities are managed, monitored and reviewed.
Our Continuing Commitment
Corporate responsibility is an ongoing process rather than a fixed destination.
Our approach is guided by three questions:
- What values and principles do we believe in and promote?
- What actions can we take to generate meaningful and measurable results?
- How do we monitor and assess the impact we create?
These principles connect Asprey’s heritage with its future: creating objects of lasting value, conserving extraordinary materials, preserving exceptional skills, supporting people and communities, reducing waste and conducting our business responsibly.
Through continued measurement, review and improvement, we aim to ensure that Asprey’s pursuit of excellence is accompanied by an equally enduring commitment to environmental stewardship, social responsibility and good governance.
