06.01.16
When L’Oréal announced its Sharing Beauty With All sustainability program in 2013, the beauty industry took note of the global leader’s ambitious goal of ensuring that by 2020, 100% of the company’s products would show environmental or social improvement. The Group has been hard at work and has just released a progress report.
Here are some of the achievements made: 74% of L’Oréal products launched in 2015 have a positive environmental or social profile (vs 67% in 2014); several brands launched products with formulas offering a level of biodegradability between 97% and 99%, including Garnier Ultra Doux Mythical Olive body lotion, Kérastase Fusio-Dose Booster Discipline, Ushuaïa Hibiscus Bio deodorant, Armani Men Master Cleanser and Vichy After-Sun Shower Oil; CO2 emissions of production decreased by 56% in absolute terms (vs -50.2% in 2014), despite a production increase of 26%, from a 2005 baseline; 66.6% of L’Oréal’s brands evaluated the environmental or social profile of their products (vs 22% in 2014); more than 60 600 people from underprivileged communities had access to work through a L’Oréal program.
The company said the Sharing Beauty With All program is completely integrated in L’Oréal’s value chain. This program is based on four pillars: Innovating sustainably, to reduce the environmental footprint of products and formulas; producing sustainably, to reduce the environmental footprint of plants and distribution centers; living sustainably, to empower consumers to make sustainable choices; developing sustainably, by sharing growth with internal and external stakeholders (communities, suppliers and employees).
Here are some of the achievements made: 74% of L’Oréal products launched in 2015 have a positive environmental or social profile (vs 67% in 2014); several brands launched products with formulas offering a level of biodegradability between 97% and 99%, including Garnier Ultra Doux Mythical Olive body lotion, Kérastase Fusio-Dose Booster Discipline, Ushuaïa Hibiscus Bio deodorant, Armani Men Master Cleanser and Vichy After-Sun Shower Oil; CO2 emissions of production decreased by 56% in absolute terms (vs -50.2% in 2014), despite a production increase of 26%, from a 2005 baseline; 66.6% of L’Oréal’s brands evaluated the environmental or social profile of their products (vs 22% in 2014); more than 60 600 people from underprivileged communities had access to work through a L’Oréal program.
The company said the Sharing Beauty With All program is completely integrated in L’Oréal’s value chain. This program is based on four pillars: Innovating sustainably, to reduce the environmental footprint of products and formulas; producing sustainably, to reduce the environmental footprint of plants and distribution centers; living sustainably, to empower consumers to make sustainable choices; developing sustainably, by sharing growth with internal and external stakeholders (communities, suppliers and employees).
