Employee safety is at the centre of L’Oréal’s model
In 2021, the Security Management System, which applies to the Group’s teams and all administrative sites, laboratories, plants, distribution centres and shops, was recognised by RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents), which allotted 53 awards to L’Oréal. L’Oréal Brazil was awarded the highly prestigious Sir George Earle Trophy, the highest distinction allotted by the RoSPA Awards. This award recognises excellence in management and performance in terms of health, safety and well-being, both inside and outside of work.
At the heart of production: environmental protection
The Group’s environmental policy aims to roll out best practice in sustainable production so as to limit the direct impact of the Group’s business activities on the environment, and to preserve biodiversity and resources: energy efficiency, use of renewable energy, optimisation of water consumption and recycling, preservation of biodiversity, reduction of waste production, etc. In 2021, L’Oréal continued to prioritise programmes to reduce its environmental footprint (e.g. continuation of renewable energy projects around the world, start-up of two new treatment plants in France) with, since 2019, a -35% drop in CO2 emissions in absolute value (-87% since 2005), a -5% drop in water consumption per unit of finished product (-53% since 2005), and a -1% drop in waste generation per unit of finished product (-38% since 2005). It should be noted that 97% of residual waste was recovered in 2021, meaning that it was reused, recycled or used for energy recovery.
A LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT TO RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTION (PLANTS AND DISTRIBUTION CENTRES COMPARED WITH 2005)
This diagram shows a long-standing commitment to responsible production (plants and distribution centres compared with 2005)
2005 - 2021
Growth in production: +37%
Waste generation per finished product unit: -38%
Water consumption per finished product unit: -53%
CO2 emissions in absolute terms: -87%
60 industrial sites(1) were “carbon neutral”(2) at the end of 2021, an increase of 20% since 2020. 25 plants are carbon neutral: Libramont in Belgium, Settimo in Italy, Burgos and Alcalá de Henares in Spain, Rambouillet, Ormes, Gauchy, Vichy, La Roche-Posay, Tours, Aulnay, Saint-Quentin, Lassigny and Caudry in France, Karlsruhe and Salzhemmendorf in Germany, Yichang and Suzhou in China, Montreal in Canada, Funza in Colombia, Florence, Franklin, Piscataway and North Little Rock in the USA, and Baddi in India.
All L’Oréal USA sites (production and distribution sites, administrative sites, research centres) achieved carbon neutrality in 2021 (see section 4.3.1.1.3. “Fighting climate change on operated sites, A/ Fighting climate change” of this document).
(1) Owned plants and distribution centres.
(2) As defined in section 4.3.1.1.3 of this document.