L'Oréal's Commitment to Inclusive Sourcing

L'Oréal's Commitment to Inclusive Sourcing

At L'Oréal Groupe, our purpose is to create the beauty that moves the world.

This means not only developing innovative and desirable products, but also building a business that is both sustainable and inclusive. Our Inclusive Sourcing program, launched in 2010, stands as a testament to this commitment. 

Active in nearly 70 countries, our Inclusive Sourcing program is a powerful driver of our “L’Oréal for the Future” sustainability ambition. We believe in maximizing our positive impact on our ecosystem, especially with our suppliers and the communities we touch. 

By 2030, we will aim to help 100,000 people from disadvantaged communities gain access to employment (over the 2020-2030 period). This program is a source of pride for L’Oréal’s teams and our suppliers, embodying our purpose to create beauty that moves the world further demonstrating our commitment to positive social impact. 

Support Communities in Brazil: 

A shining example of our work is in Brazil. In 2017, in partnership with the NGO Redes da Maré and a professor from the Observatorio Das Favelas, we developed an innovative social tool named ISDS to identify people facing social and economic difficulties with the objective to implement the tool within different L’Oréal Operations activities in Brazil. In 2024, we have enabled 536 people access decent and durable work through the ISDS project in collaboration with our suppliers. This project empowers economically & socially vulnerable people coming from favelas, to work on supply chain activities, manufacturing services, facilities activities, retail, IT, packaging components, raw materials and contract manufacturing.  

Support Rural Economies in France:

L'Oréal is also committed to supporting local employment and economic activity in France, particularly in vulnerable rural areas. Albéa, a key packaging supplier for L'Oréal, produces coloration tubes for various divisions at its Sainte-Menehould site in the Argonne region, primarily for the L'Oréal Paris and Garnier brands. This site is located in a zone classified by the French Government as “FRR” (Zone France Ruralités Revitalisation - Rural French Revitalization Zone). The company built this factory in 2013 in this area in order to maintain the employment in the zone which was already vulnerable and then recognized as FRR zone in 2017. With Albea and its subcontractors, L’Oréal is supporting 116 local full time annual jobs in this region.