Human Rights: a key issue
As a responsible company, L’Oréal is committed to respecting internationally recognised Human Rights and to be proactive on the subject.
As the topic of Human Rights becomes increasingly important for the Group and all its stakeholders, L’Oréal has set itself a twofold commitment: to respect Human Rights throughout the value chain, and to amplify as much as possible the Group’s positive impact.
Partnerships for enhanced expertise
In 2019, L’Oréal signed a partnership with the Danish Institute for Human Rights (DIHR), the independent national Human Rights institution of Denmark, which has a 20-year track record of working with multinational companies on all aspects of human rights due diligence. The DIHR completed a gap analysis to identify areas for improvement in L’Oréal’s Human Rights programme. The aim is to draw from the DIHR’s widely recognised expertise and insight to strengthen the Group’s initiative.
L’Oréal also works with the Fair Wage Network . This NGO will provide the Group with a comprehensive and up-to-date database that can be used to define, build and deploy a living wage strategy throughout its operations, for employees of L’Oréal and its suppliers. Ensuring a living wage means providing workers and their dependents with sufficient revenue for food, housing and basic needs, regardless of the country where they work.
“We can end it”: putting a stop to human rights violations
On the occasion of the United Nations’ International Human Rights Day on 10 December, L’Oréal kicked-off an important Group-wide communication campaign on Human Rights. The aim was to raise awareness among employees about Human Rights at work and to make the link with L’Oréal’s long-standing commitments and concrete, transversal initiatives in the field.
The campaign’s key message – “We Can End It” – reflects the aspiration and the feasibility of working all together, from the community of L’Oréal employees to all of humankind, to help put an end to Human Rights violations.
Jean-Paul Agon, Chairman and CEO of L’Oréal, and Emmanuel Lulin, Group Chief Ethics Officer and President of the Human Rights Committee, launched the campaign with a message to all employees worldwide.
