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For The Planet
L’Oréal for the Future, our sustainability commitments for 2030
The L'Oréal for the Future program, launched in 2020, embodies the Group's ambition in terms of sustainability and the conviction that companies can be part of the solution to the challenges the world is facing.
The program is built around three major strategic axes: transforming our business activities to reduce the impact on climate, water, biodiversity and resources ; empowering its business ecosystem ; helping address the most pressing environmental and social challenges the world is facing. L'Oréal acts in particular by supporting highly vulnerable women and communities who are most exposed to climate disasters, and by investing in the regeneration of nature and the development of the circular economy.
Transforming our activities to respect the planet’s limits
It is no longer enough for companies to reduce their environmental impact with objectives that are “self-set”. At L’Oréal, our commitment is to ensure that our activities are respectful of the so-called “Planetary Boundaries”, meaning what the planet can withstand, as defined by environmental science.
In order to reconcile our needs with the preservation of a resource-limited planet, we are raising the bar and implementing a new internal transformation program. Unlike the first program, our new commitments will not just focus on our direct impact. They will also tackle our indirect, extended impact, related, for example, to the activity of our suppliers and the use of our products by consumers.
Contributing to solving the challenges of the world
Over the past years, expectations as to what the role of companies should be have changed dramatically. At L’Oréal, we want to take on greater responsibility, go beyond the mere transformation of our business model. With our new sustainability program, we want to demonstrate that companies can be part of the solution to some of today’s most pressing environmental and social challenges.
For this reason, we are allocating 100 million euros to impact investing dedicated to the regeneration of ecosystems and the development of the circular economy, and 80 million euros to a charitable endowment fund to support highly vulnerable women.
About L’Oréal’s sustainability commitments: we are not starting from scratch
Very early on, L’Oréal became aware of the need to respond to environmental challenges. As an industrial company, it decided that tackling the environmental impact of its factories and distribution centers was the most obvious first step, and a necessary one, to begin its transformation process.
- In 2023, CO2 emissions from the operated sites have decreased by 74% compared to 2019, while production has increased by 12% compared to 2019
- In 2023, L'Oréal reached 91% renewable energies for its operated sites*, *excluding safety and security installations.
- By the end of 2023, L’Oréal had helped 37 284 people from disadvantaged communities find employment through its solidarity purchasing and inclusion programs.
- In 2023, L'Oréal achieved an « A » score in all three CDP rankings – fighting climate change, managing water sustainably, preserving forests. This makes us the only company in the world to receive this distinction 8 years in a row.
In 2013, L’Oréal decided to address the core of its activity: the development of beauty products, its global sustainability program “Sharing Beauty With All’, announcing tangible sustainability goals towards 2020. At its core laid an innovative tool known as SPOT (for Sustainable Product Optimization Tool), made to assess and improve the environmental and social performance of products across all brands. Sustainability is fully integrated into the design process of the Group’s new products, from the earliest stages.
- In 2023, 96% of L'Oréal's new or renovated products had an improved environmental and social profile.
- By the end of 2023, L’Oréal had helped 37,284 people from disadvantaged communities find employment through its solidarity purchasing and inclusion programs.