BDS-1000 Dossier: Tiffany & Co.
Dossier ID: 06-main-dossier.md Target: Tiffany & Co. Dossier Version: V4 (Final, Human-Vetted) Classification: Public - OSINT Research Corpus Corpus: BDS-1000 Forensic Series
Key Findings
- Political: Tiffany & Co. operates a retail boutique in Tel Aviv, maintaining a commercial presence in Israel without public acknowledgement of the conflict or equivalent operational response to that adopted for other geopolitical crises.1
- Economic: The Tel Aviv boutique generates documented revenue flows, confirmed in brand retail mapping and Who Profits records.21
- Not found: No public evidence of military contracts, digital-surveillance technology supply, or direct ties to Israeli defence bodies.
Target Profile
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Company Name | Tiffany & Co. |
| Jurisdiction | No public evidence identified |
| Headquarters | 200 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010, USA (operational); legal parent LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, Paris, France |
| Sector | Luxury jewelry, sterling silverware, watches, and specialty retail |
| Ownership | Wholly-owned subsidiary of LVMH SE (acquisition completed 7 January 2021; ~US$15.8 billion); LVMH controlled by the Arnault family via Financière Agache34 |
| Key Executives / Governance | Anthony Ledru (CEO, appointed January 2021); Alexandre Arnault (EVP, Product & Communications); Bernard Arnault (controlling shareholder of parent LVMH); founded 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young |
| Israeli-Nexus Summary | Documented Tel Aviv retail presence (ownership structure unresolved); no defense supply; no documented settlement operations; parent LVMH maintains Israeli market exposure through other maisons |
Key Facts:
- Founding: New York City, 1837 (Charles Lewis Tiffany & John B. Young)54
- Key Products: Fine jewelry, engagement rings, watches, sterling silver, leather goods, fragrances
- Certifications: Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC); Kimberley Process conflict-diamond compliance; Diamond Source Initiative (origin disclosure)67
Executive Summary
Tiffany & Co. is a New York–founded luxury jewelry retailer that has operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of LVMH SE since January 2021. The company’s product portfolio centers on fine jewelry, watches, and luxury accessories - categories that carry no inherent dual-use or defense-sector application. Systematic audit of the four BDS-1000 domains finds no public evidence of any military, digital-technology, or direct political support relationship between Tiffany & Co. and Israeli state institutions, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), or settlement enterprises.
The Military and Digital domains returned fully negative findings across every sub-category. No defense contracts, dual-use products, Israeli technology vendors, surveillance deployments, or intelligence-adjacent technology relationships were identified in any audited source class. Tiffany is not listed in the Israeli Ministry of Defense SIBAT exporter directory8, the UN OHCHR settlement-business database9, the Who Profits Research Center database10, or the AFSC Investigate platform11. No organized BDS campaign specifically targeting Tiffany on defense or technology grounds has been documented12.
The Economic and Political domains reflect structurally limited findings. Tiffany has maintained a retail presence in Tel Aviv via Israeli distribution channels, placing it within the Israeli domestic market21. The legal entity structure of this presence - whether direct LVMH subsidiary, franchise, or third-party concession - is not publicly disclosed and constitutes an unresolved evidence gap131. LVMH parent-level disclosures confirm Israeli market presence through Louis Vuitton and Sephora operations, and LVMH Innovation Award engagements with Israeli startups in beauty-tech and retail-tech14. These parent-level activities are attributable to LVMH SE, not to Tiffany as a distinct legal entity, but appear in the beneficial-ownership and corporate-structure context.
The BDS-1000 Final Score of 129 (Tier E - Minimal) reflects this evidence profile: zero documented military or digital involvement; limited economic presence scoped to Israeli domestic retail; and no documented political advocacy, lobbying, or financial flows to Israeli state or parastatal entities. The score is driven entirely by Political (V_MAX = 2.00), with the Tel Aviv retail footprint and parent LVMH’s Israeli market activities as the proximate vectors. No evidence of settlement operations, occupied-territory presence, or defense-linked conduct was identified in any domain.
Timeline of Relevant Events
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1837 | Tiffany & Co. founded in New York City by Charles Lewis Tiffany and John B. Young | 54 |
| 1862–1942 | Tiffany & Co. produces U.S. Medal of Honor under federal contract; produces military presentation swords and commemorative items | 1516 |
| 2019 | Tiffany & Co. launches Diamond Source Initiative, disclosing rough-diamond country of origin | 717 |
| 7 January 2021 | LVMH completes acquisition of Tiffany & Co. for approximately US$15.8 billion; Tiffany delists from NYSE | 34 |
| 2018–2024 | LVMH Luxury Ventures and LVMH Innovation Award program engage Israeli startups in beauty-tech and retail-tech verticals | 14 |
| 2023 | Tiffany Landmark flagship at 727 Fifth Avenue, New York, reopened | 18 |
| 2024 | LVMH 2024 Full-Year Results; Israel not separately characterized as a Tiffany or Watches & Jewelry strategic market | 19 |
| Ongoing (undated) | Tiffany & Co. maintains Israeli retail presence via authorized distribution channels; precise entity structure unresolved | 201 |
Corporate Overview
Ownership Structure
Tiffany & Co. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, a French publicly traded luxury conglomerate controlled by the Arnault family via Financière Agache and Christian Dior SE421. Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of LVMH, holds controlling interest. No state golden share, sovereign-wealth fund ownership, or government-appointed board mechanism exists in Tiffany’s or LVMH’s disclosed ownership architecture214.
Operational Footprint
Tiffany’s disclosed manufacturing and operational footprint is concentrated in the United States (headquarters and manufacturing at Cumberland, Rhode Island; Lexington, Kentucky; Pelham, New York), the Dominican Republic, Mauritius, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Belgium (diamond cutting workshop)187. The company operates retail boutiques globally, including - per available records - a boutique in Tel Aviv, Israel, via authorized distribution channels21.
Israeli Entities and Franchise Relationships
The legal entity structure of Tiffany’s Israeli retail presence is not publicly disclosed in LVMH’s Universal Registration Documents. Whether the arrangement operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary, third-party franchise, or distributor concession has not been confirmed from public filings1321. LVMH group disclosures confirm that other LVMH maisons (Louis Vuitton, Sephora) maintain Israeli retail operations via local partnerships14.
Diamond Supply Chain
Tiffany’s Diamond Source Initiative discloses country of origin for rough diamonds - Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Canada, and (pre-2022) Russia - and identifies Tiffany-operated cutting workshops in Antwerp, Belgium, with finishing facilities in Cambodia, Mauritius, Vietnam, and the Dominican Republic722. Israel is not listed as a Tiffany cutting or polishing site. The Ramat Gan Israel Diamond Exchange is a significant global polishing hub, but no named Israeli polisher appears in Tiffany’s publicly disclosed supplier records23. Whether Israeli-polished stones enter Tiffany’s supply chain via secondary market transactions is not publicly documented.
Domain Summaries
Military: Military
Mechanism of Involvement
No public evidence identified of any mechanism by which Tiffany & Co. participates in Israeli military supply, defense procurement, dual-use product provision, or settlement-adjacent military infrastructure activity.
Tiffany & Co. manufactures luxury jewelry and accessories. This product portfolio is structurally inapplicable to every Military sub-category:
- Direct defense contracting: Searches of the Israeli Ministry of Defense SIBAT exporter directory8, U.S. Federal Procurement Data System (FPDS)24, SAM.gov24, and LVMH Universal Registration Documents25 return no record of contracts, framework agreements, or memoranda of understanding between Tiffany & Co. and Israeli MoD, IDF, Israel Prison Service, or Israel Border Police.
- Dual-use products: No ruggedized, tactical, mil-spec, or defense-grade variant of any Tiffany product is publicly marketed or documented2625. The historical “Tiffany Cross” Medal of Honor variant (1919–1942) and engraved trophies are commemorative and decorative; no analogous Israeli-state commemorative production is documented8[v-mil-7]15.
- Heavy machinery and infrastructure: Not applicable to Tiffany’s product portfolio. No construction, engineering, or facilities contract between Tiffany and Israeli state entities is documented10119.
- Supply chain integration with defense primes: No public record documents Tiffany supplying components or specialist manufacturing services to Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Rafael, or IMI2625810.
- Munitions and weapons systems: Not applicable. No small arms, artillery, unmanned systems, or strategic platform involvement is documented262527.
No public evidence identified of export-control enforcement actions, court proceedings, or OECD National Contact Point cases relating to Israeli defense supply272829.
Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits
Tiffany & Co.’s strongest defense on the Military dimension is structural: the company is a luxury retailer whose product portfolio - jewelry, watches, silverware - bears no documented relationship to defense manufacturing, dual-use technology, or military logistics. Every category of potential military involvement audited returned negative findings. The company’s supply-chain disclosures center on responsibly sourced diamonds and precious metals under the Responsible Jewellery Council and Kimberley Process frameworks630; no defense-adjacent procurement is documented in any LVMH or Tiffany public filing256.
Evidence limits: The full tier-2/tier-3 metals supply chain (gold, silver, platinum refiners and bullion suppliers) is not publicly granular. Any theoretical link to Israeli refining or polishing intermediaries - including diamond-trade hubs in Ramat Gan - is not affirmatively documented630. LVMH group-level NGO scrutiny across every brand portfolio was not exhaustively cross-checked2510.
Named Entities and Evidence Map
| Entity | Role | Evidence Status |
|---|---|---|
| Israeli Ministry of Defense / SIBAT | Potential defense customer | No relationship documented8 |
| IDF / Israel Prison Service / Border Police | Potential defense/security customer | No relationship documented248 |
| Elbit Systems, IAI, Rafael | Potential defense prime | No supply relationship documented26258 |
| DDTC (ITAR), BIS (EAR) | Regulatory oversight | No enforcement actions2728 |
| Who Profits, AFSC Investigate | Civil society monitoring | Tiffany not listed1011 |
Digital: Digital
Mechanism of Involvement
No public evidence identified of any direct licensing, subscription, or integration relationship between Tiffany & Co. and Israeli-origin enterprise technology, cybersecurity, surveillance, or intelligence-sector vendors.
Tiffany’s publicly documented enterprise technology stack centers on two major U.S.-headquartered platforms: Salesforce (clienteling and unified commerce, documented from approximately 2020)31 and Adobe Experience Cloud (digital experience management, documented from approximately 2019)32. Neither vendor is Israeli-origin.
At the LVMH group level, strategic technology partnerships disclosed are with Google Cloud (AI partnership announced 16 June 2021)33 and Microsoft Azure / Azure OpenAI (generative AI program, documented 2023–2024)34. No Israeli sovereign-cloud or Israeli government-facing component of either partnership is publicly disclosed.
Specific checks for Israeli-origin vendors returned negative findings across all sub-categories:
- Cybersecurity (EDR/SIEM/PAM): No documented relationship with Check Point Software, Wiz, SentinelOne, CyberArk, Palo Alto Networks (Israeli-founded), NICE Systems, Verint Systems, or Claroty3536.
- Retail surveillance and biometrics: No documented deployment of Trigo, BriefCam, AnyVision/Oosto, Trax Retail, or Corsight AI in Tiffany’s retail estate373839.
- Cloud infrastructure: No Tiffany data center operations identified in Israel; no participation in Project Nimbus (the Israeli government cloud program)40.
- AI and autonomous systems: Tiffany is a consumer of AI services through LVMH group partnerships, not an AI developer or vendor; no pathway identified by which Tiffany would provide AI capabilities to Israeli state institutions35.
- R&D in Israel: No Tiffany-operated R&D, design, or engineering facilities identified in Israel; principal design facilities are in the United States and France35.
- Israeli tech acquisitions: No acquisition of Israeli-origin technology companies documented in LVMH URD 202436, SEC pre-delisting filings41, or USPTO records42.
No public evidence identified of Tiffany appearing in Who Profits or AFSC Investigate databases in connection with technology-related complicity, or on the BDS Movement’s consumer-boycott target list383943.
Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits
Tiffany & Co.’s defense on the Digital dimension rests on three pillars. First, the company’s documented technology stack involves exclusively U.S.-origin hyperscalers (Salesforce, Adobe, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure) with no publicly identified Israeli technology component. Second, no Israeli-origin surveillance, biometric, or cybersecurity vendor has been publicly documented in Tiffany’s retail or corporate operations. Third, the company operates in a product category - luxury retail - that carries no inherent digital-arms or intelligence-technology dimension.
Evidence limits: LVMH does not publish a maison-by-maison IT vendor inventory; Tiffany-specific cybersecurity, EDR, SIEM, and cloud vendor identities - any of which could include Israeli-origin products - are not publicly disclosed3536. Tiffany’s Privacy Notice acknowledges in-store CCTV and analytics but does not name technology vendors37; no investigative reporting on the loss-prevention or surveillance vendor stack of Tiffany flagship stores was identified. Major U.S. technology stacks in use at LVMH include components or previously acquired Israeli-origin technology; whether such components reach Tiffany operationally cannot be confirmed or excluded from open sources35.
Named Entities and Evidence Map
| Entity | Role | Evidence Status |
|---|---|---|
| Salesforce | Clienteling platform | Documented U.S. vendor; no Israeli link31 |
| Adobe Experience Cloud | Digital experience platform | Documented U.S. vendor; no Israeli link32 |
| Google Cloud (LVMH partnership) | AI/cloud partnership | U.S. hyperscaler; no Israeli sovereign component disclosed33 |
| Microsoft Azure (LVMH partnership) | AI/cloud partnership | U.S. hyperscaler; no Israeli sovereign component disclosed34 |
| Check Point, Wiz, SentinelOne, CyberArk, Palo Alto, NICE, Verint, Trigo, BriefCam | Israeli-origin technology vendors | No documented Tiffany relationship353839 |
| Project Nimbus | Israeli government cloud | Tiffany not listed among awarded vendors40 |
Economic: Economic
Mechanism of Involvement
The Economic score (V = 0.31) reflects documented economic activity within the Israeli domestic market and parent-level LVMH Israel exposure, without evidence of settlement-originated goods, settlement-occupation infrastructure support, or defense-linked economic activity.
Israeli Retail Presence: Tiffany & Co. has historically operated a branded retail boutique in Tel Aviv, referenced in Israeli business press21. The brand’s store locator confirms Israeli-market presence20. The precise ownership structure of this presence - direct LVMH subsidiary vs. third-party franchise or distributor - is not publicly disclosed in LVMH URDs13; this is an unresolved evidence gap.
No Settlement Operations Identified: No public evidence identifies Tiffany-branded retail locations, dealerships, or authorized points of sale within Israeli settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem beyond the Green Line, or the Golan Heights444546. Tiffany does not appear in the UN OHCHR A/HRC/43/71 database of business enterprises involved in settlement activity (2020 list)944; the 2023 update likewise does not list Tiffany46. Who Profits and AFSC Investigate return no Tiffany entry444547.
Diamond Supply Chain: Tiffany’s Diamond Source Initiative discloses rough-diamond country of origin (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Canada, pre-2022 Russia) and identifies Tiffany-operated cutting workshops in Antwerp, Belgium, plus finishing facilities in Cambodia, Mauritius, Vietnam, and the Dominican Republic722. Israel is not listed as a Tiffany cutting or polishing site. Whether Israeli-polished diamonds from the Ramat Gan exchange enter Tiffany’s supply chain via secondary market transactions is unconfirmed from public sources23; this is an evidence gap.
Parent-Level LVMH Exposure: LVMH group maintains retail presence in Israel through Louis Vuitton (Tel Aviv boutique) and Sephora (via local partnership)14. LVMH Luxury Ventures and the LVMH Innovation Award program have engaged Israeli startups in beauty-tech and retail-tech verticals (2018–2024)14; these activities are attributable to LVMH SE, not to Tiffany as a distinct legal entity.
No Settlement-Origin Sourcing: No public evidence identifies Tiffany sourcing or retailing goods originating from West Bank, Jordan Valley, or Golan Heights settlements4445. No regulatory enforcement actions (DEFRA, EU customs, U.S. CBP) relating to country-of-origin labeling for settlement-produced goods have been identified4445.
No Defense-Linked Investment: No public evidence identifies Tiffany-owned factories, data centers, logistics hubs, or real estate holdings within Israel or the occupied territories beyond any leased retail boutique space187. No Tiffany-operated R&D facilities in Israel22137. No Tiffany or LVMH disclosed positions in Israeli sovereign bonds or Israel-focused investment funds in 2023–2024 URDs2213.
Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits
Tiffany’s strongest economic defense is the civilian character of its operations: the company is a luxury jewelry retailer with no defense supply function, no settlement-originated goods in its supply chain, and no presence in occupied territories beyond Israeli domestic retail. The Tel Aviv boutique - the primary economic footprint - is situated within Israeli sovereign territory, not in settlements. Tiffany’s Diamond Source Initiative, Responsible Jewellery Council membership, and Kimberley Process compliance represent a documented due-diligence framework for responsible sourcing72213; the absence of Israeli settlement origins in disclosed sourcing data is consistent with the company’s stated standards.
Evidence limits: The Israeli retail entity’s legal structure is unresolved; a wholly-owned subsidiary would constitute direct commercial activity within Israel, while a franchise or distributor arrangement would reduce direct corporate attribution132. The full tier-2/tier-3 metals supply chain is not publicly granular; theoretical links to Israeli refining intermediaries are not affirmatively documented227. LVMH Luxury Ventures’ Israeli portfolio composition is not exhaustively disclosed14. Whether any portion of Tiffany’s polished-diamond intake passes through Israeli commercial intermediaries (Ramat Gan) is not specifically addressed in Tiffany’s public sourcing disclosures723; this is a civilian commercial question with no established defense dimension.
Named Entities and Evidence Map
| Entity | Role | Evidence Status |
|---|---|---|
| LVMH SE (parent) | Ultimate beneficial owner | French-domiciled; no Israeli-state ownership4 |
| Tel Aviv boutique (Israeli retail entity) | Distribution/sales | Documented; entity structure unresolved1321 |
| Louis Vuitton Israel | LVMH affiliate | Documented Tel Aviv presence; separate maison14 |
| Ramat Gan Israel Diamond Exchange | Polishing hub | Active global hub; no named Tiffany supplier23 |
| UN OHCHR settlement database | Monitoring mechanism | Tiffany not listed4446 |
| Who Profits / AFSC Investigate | NGO monitoring | Tiffany not listed444547 |
Political: Political
Mechanism of Involvement
The Political score (V = 2.00) is the highest domain score, driven by Tiffany’s documented Israeli retail presence within Israeli domestic commercial geography and parent-level LVMH Israel market activity. No active political advocacy, lobbying, or financial flows to Israeli state or parastatal entities has been identified.
No Corporate Statements on Israel–Palestine: No public corporate statement by Tiffany & Co. specifically addressing the Israel–Hamas war (post-October 2023) or the broader Israel–Palestine conflict has been identified in the company’s official newsroom or LVMH’s public disclosures1621. Tiffany has issued public positions on other social matters (LGBTQ+ inclusion, 2018; racial justice, 2020; LVMH group Ukraine donation, 2022), establishing precedent for corporate-voice use, but no equivalent statement on Gaza or Israel–Palestine16.
No Documented Lobbying on Israel–Palestine: Tiffany’s U.S. federal lobbying history addresses jewelry-sector regulatory issues: conflict diamonds and Kimberley Process implementation, Dodd-Frank Section 1502 (conflict minerals), tariff classifications for luxury goods, and import duty schedules48. No lobbying disclosures specifically addressing Israel–Palestine policy, anti-BDS legislation, or regional trade policy have been identified48.
No PAC or Parastatal Donations: No corporate PAC disbursements to AIPAC-affiliated candidates, anti-BDS legislative campaigns, or analogous political committees have been identified4948. No corporate donations from Tiffany to Jewish National Fund (JNF), Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF), settlement-affiliated charities, or comparable organizations identified in IRS Form 990 filings, corporate sustainability reports, or NGO donor trackers1721.
No Post–October 7 Crisis Mobilization: No public record of Tiffany directing corporate resources, logistics support, free services, or in-kind contributions to the Israeli state, IDF, or state-aligned NGO operations during the Gaza war (October 2023 through audit cutoff)2116. Whether LVMH made a group-level humanitarian donation specific to the Gaza/Israel conflict (analogous to its 2022 Ukraine donation) is not confirmed in available public sources.
Israeli State Honors and Institutional Partnerships: No record identified of Tiffany receiving Israeli state honors, hosting Israeli government officials in non-commercial capacities, partnering with Israeli academic or quasi-governmental institutions, or sponsoring “Brand Israel” campaigns2116.
No BDS Targeting: Tiffany & Co. does not appear on the BDS Movement’s official consumer boycott target list50. No organized BDS-led campaign specifically naming Tiffany as a primary target has been identified12.
Diamond Polishing Supply Chain - Political Dimension: Israel’s Ramat Gan district is a globally significant diamond-cutting and polishing center. Tiffany’s Diamond Source Initiative tracks rough-diamond country of origin, not country of polishing1751. Israel’s role as a polishing intermediary in Tiffany’s specific supply chain has not been independently verified from available public sources; no public evidence identified of settlement-sourced inputs46.
Counter-Arguments and Evidence Limits
Tiffany’s strongest political defense is the absence of documented political activity in any dimension: no statements, lobbying, PAC contributions, parastatal donations, post-conflict mobilization, state honors, institutional partnerships, or Brand Israel sponsorship has been identified. The company’s silence on the Israel–Palestine conflict, while notable in the context of documented positions on other geopolitical and social issues, does not constitute positive evidence of political alignment. The company’s U.S. military heritage (Medal of Honor production since 1862, sports trophies) relates exclusively to U.S. state institutions and carries no identified Israeli dimension1516.
Evidence limits: Whether LVMH made a group-level humanitarian donation specific to the Gaza/Israel conflict is unconfirmed2116. Alexandre Arnault’s personal social media activity is not captured in formal corporate disclosures50. The current operating status and ownership model of the Tel Aviv boutique requires live re-verification of the store locator1. Post–October 7 internal employee communications, store-level guidance, or social media content are not visible in public filings16.
Named Entities and Evidence Map
| Entity | Role | Evidence Status |
|---|---|---|
| FIDF (Friends of the IDF) | Potential parastatal recipient | No Tiffany donation documented1721 |
| JNF (Jewish National Fund) | Potential parastatal recipient | No Tiffany donation documented1721 |
| AIPAC / U.S. PACs | Political committees | No Tiffany PAC contributions documented4948 |
| BDS Movement | Advocacy/monitoring | Tiffany not on boycott target list50 |
| Bernard Arnault (LVMH controlling shareholder) | Ultimate beneficial owner | No identified IDF/JNF board membership or financial ties52 |
BDS-1000 Score (V4)
| Domain | I | M | P | V-Domain Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Military | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Digital | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Economic | 2.50 | 2.00 | 3.00 | 0.31 |
| Political | 2.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 2.00 |
- V_MAX: 2.00 Sum_OTHERS: 0.31
- BRS Score: 129 Tier: E (Minimal)
The BRS 129 is driven by Political (V_MAX = 2.00), reflecting the company’s documented Israeli domestic retail presence and parent-level LVMH market exposure in Israel. The Economic score (0.31) reflects the same economic footprint at lower intensity. Military and Digital contribute zero, reflecting fully negative military and digital-technology findings across all audited sub-categories.
Method: V-Domain = scale-free Impact × (Magnitude ÷ Proximity), calculated per domain. Where a domain contains multiple sub-categories, the highest-scoring sub-category drives the domain result. Scores are evidence-only, derived exclusively from the four domain audits. Human vetting reduced scores where allegations did not withstand verification - divested operations were discounted, wrong-entity attributions were removed, and fabricated claims were rejected. The BDS-1000 framework does not impute guilt; it compiles the verified evidence record.
Methodology Note
- Evidence-only basis: All claims in this dossier derive exclusively from the four domain audits (Military, Digital, Economic, Political) and their cited sources. No new research was conducted. Where the audits found nothing, this dossier records “No public evidence identified.”
- Scale-free Impact scoring: I (Impact) measures the activity type - whether the conduct involves defense supply, dual-use technology, economic extraction, or political advocacy - and its severity relative to the Israel–Palestine context. M (Magnitude) measures the scale or volume of documented activity. P (Proximity) measures how directly the company is connected to the activity. V-Domain = I × (M ÷ P).
- Temporal rule: Divested or exited operations are discounted from scoring. Claims relating to operations that the company no longer conducts are not scored as ongoing conduct.
- Entity attribution: No transitive guilt applies. Tiffany’s score reflects Tiffany’s documented conduct. LVMH parent-level activities are noted in context but attributed to LVMH SE, not to Tiffany as a distinct legal entity, except where the corporate structure cannot be confirmed.
- Settlement operations: Where a company operates in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, or Golan Heights, the economic and political dimensions are scored separately (dual-counting Economic and Political), reflecting the distinct harms of economic extraction from occupied territory versus political legitimation.
- “No public evidence identified”: This formulation is used where audit checks returned no positive findings. It is not a guarantee of absence; it is a statement of what the audited sources did not establish.
End Notes
Document compiled from Military, Digital, Economic, and Political domain audits. Scores are final (V4, human-vetted). All factual claims are traceable to audited sources. Evidence gaps are noted where audit findings were inconclusive.
Footnotes
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https://en.israelidiamond.co.il/wikidiamond/diamond-industry-organizations/tiffany-co/ ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4
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