4.1.1. A Group with a longstanding commitment
1968
- Signing of the profit sharing agreement for French employees
1979
- First production of reconstructed skin
1988
- Signing of the incentive agreement for French employees
1989
- End of animal testing for finished products
1995
- Ceation of the environmental research laboratory
1996
- Creation of the Instance Européenne de Dialogue Social (European Works Council)
1998
- Launch of the international programme “L’Oréal - UNESCO For Women in Science”
2000
- Publication of the Group’s 1st Ethics Charter
2001
- Implementation of the Worldwide Profit Sharing Program (WPS)
2002
- Completion of the first social audits of suppliers
2003
- Launch of the ISO 14001 certification programme
- First participation in the CDP
- L’Oréal joins the United Nations Global Compact
2004
- L’Oréal receives 1st Diversity Leadership Award from the Diversity Best Practices organisation
- Publication of the first Diversity Charter and the first sustainable development report of the Group
2005
- The Group’s commitment to use plant-based raw materials in accordance with the principles of the Convention on Biological Diversity
2006
- Global Business Coalition against HIV award given to L’Oréal
2007
- Creation of the L’Oréal Foundation
- First recognition as “One of the most ethical companies in the world” by the Ethisphère Institute
2008
- First edition of Ethics Day
2009
- L’Oréal commits to a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions, waste generation and water consumption at its production sites and plants by 2015
- First participation in the CDP supply chain for the year 2008
2010
- Creation of a global
“Solidarity Sourcing” programme
- 1st European label, the Gender Equality European International Standard (GEEIS), awarded to 8 Group entities
2013
- Launch of the Sharing Beauty With All programme
- Launch of the L’Oréal Share & Care programme
- Inclusion in the United Nations GlobalCompact 100 stock index
- “ The Way We Prevent Corruption” guide
2014
- Presentation of the Best Performer in Climate Change Leadership
- Signing of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, a United Nations initiative to promote gender equality
- L’Oréal becomes a member of Transparency International France
2015
- Launch of the Carbon Balanced programme
- Signing of the Global Disability Charter
2016
- 1st Palm Oil Progress Report
2017
- Founding partner of Women4Climate with C40
- Launch of the 2nd stage of the Share & Care program
- Validation of the Science Based Targets
- Human Rights Policy
2018
- Dissemination of the Speak Up policy
- 1st employee shareholding plan
- Act4Nature Biodiversity Commitment
2019
- UN Global Compact: “Business Ambition for 1.5°C”, signing of the pledge (Net Zero Emissions 2050)
- UN GEEIS Trophy for L’Oréal’s Solidarity Sourcing Programme
- Joining the “One Planet Business for Biodiversity” coalition
2020
- Launch of the L’Oréal for the Future programme
- Signing of the TCFD
- Signing of the UN Business Leaders’Declaration for Renewed Global Cooperation
2021
- The only company in the world to be awarded “AAA” by CDP for the sixth consecutive year
- L’Oréal recognised for the 7th consecutive year as a Global Compact LEAD company by the United Nations
- Signing of the Better Business Through Better Wages call to action launched by IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative to promote the living wage
- Renewal of the Share & Care programme
