2024 universal registration document

L'Oréal's commitments are based on a long-term vision:

• 1968 1^st employee profit-sharing scheme
• 1979 1^st production of reconstructed skin
• 19881^st incentive agreement
• 1989End of animal testing for finished products
• 1995 1^st environmental research laboratory
• 1996Creation of the Instance Européenne de Dialogue Social (European Works Council)
• 19971^st edition of the L’Oréal Professional Insertion Initiatives Trophy
• 19981^st L’Oréal – UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards
• 2000 1^st Ethics Charter
• 2001 Creation of the Worldwide Profit-Sharing Programme-WPS
• 20021^st social audits of suppliers
• 2003
  • ISO 14001 certification
  • 1^st participation in the CDP
  • L’Oréal joins the United Nations Global Compact
• 2004
  • 1^st Diversity Charter
  • 1^st sustainable development report

• 2005Commitment to use plant-based raw materials in accordance with the Convention on Biological Diversity

• 2007
  • Creation of the L’Oréal Foundation
  • 1^st recognition by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the Most Ethical Companies in the World
  • 1^st participation in the CDP Supply Chain programme

• 2008
  • 1^st Ethics Day
  • 1^st edition of the L’Oréal Disability Initiatives Trophies

• 2009
  • Commitment to halve carbon emissions, waste generation and water consumption at industrial sites by 2015
  • Launch of the Beauty for a Better Life programme by the L’Oréal Foundation

• 2010
  • Creation of the Solidarity Sourcing programme⁽¹⁾ Inclusive Purchasing Programme, previously called Solidarity Sourcing.
  • Gender Equality European International Standard (GEEIS) label awarded to a number of L’Oréal Group entities

• 2013
  • Launch of Sharing Beauty With All : 1^st sustainable development programme for 2020
  • Launch of L’Oréal Share & Care
  • Publication of the The Way We Prevent Corruption guide
• 2014
  • Signing of the United Nations Women’s Empowerment Principles
  • 1^st L’Oréal entity to be EDGE (equity, diversity, and gender equality) certified
• 2015Carbon Balanced Programme
• 2017
  • 2^nd stage of the Share & Care Programme
  • Science-Based Targets on Climate
  • Publication of the Human Rights policy
  • L’Oréal ranked as a global leader in the 1^st edition of the Equileap Gender Equality Report & Ranking
• 2018
  • Implementation of a whistleblowing system
  • 1^st employee shareholding plan
• 2019
  • United Nations Global Compact: Business Ambition for 1.5°˜C, signature of the Net ZeroEmissions 2050 pledge
  • 1^st United Nations GEEIS Trophy awarded to the Solidarity Sourcing Programme ⁽¹⁾ Inclusive Purchasing Programme, previously called Solidarity Sourcing.
• 2020
  • Launch of the L’Oréal for the Future : 2^nd sustainable development programme for 2030
  • Signing of the TCFD
  • Signing of the United Nations Business Leaders’ Declaration for Renewed Global Cooperation
  • Sense of Purpose (Raison d’être): create the˜beauty that moves the world
  • Launch of the L’Oréal Fund for Women
• 2021
  • Signing of theBetter Business Through Better Wages call-to-action launched by IDH – The Sustainable Trade Initiative to promote the living wage
  • Creation of the L’Oréal Foundations Women & Climate programme Programme
  • Launch of the diversity, equity & inclusion Advisory Council
  • 3^rd stage of the L’Oréal Share & Care programme: preventive healthcare, personal ecology, hybrid work and the workplace
• 2022
  • 1^st EcoVadis Platinum Medal: top 1% of companies assessed
  • 1^st in-house Beauty of Inclusion Awards
  • Launch of L’Oréal for all Generations and country-by-country roll-out
• 2023
  • Worldwide Living Wage Employer certification by international NGO Fair Wage Network
  • 25 years of the L’Oréal-UNESCO International Awards For Women in Science
  • Creation of the L’Oréal Climate Emergency Fund
• 2024
  • Validation of the new decarbonisation pathway in accordance with the requirements of the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Net–Zero benchmark
  • L’Oréal, the only company in the world to be awarded “AAA” by the CDP for the 9th consecutive year
  • Creation of the Solstice Fund with asset management company Chenavari Investment Managers to accelerate decarbonisation for industrial partners