L'Oréal - 2018 Registration Document

Corporate Governance RISK FACTORS AND CONTROL ENVIRONMENT

RISKS TO WHICH THE GROUP BELIEVES IT IS EXPOSED:

Image and reputation

128

Product quality and safety

128

Responsible communication

128

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Seasonal nature of business

129

Geographic presence and economic and political environment

129

Distribution network

129

Competition

129

Business risks

Innovation and consumer expectations

130

External growth transactions

130

Risks related to Human Resources management

130

Safety and Security

131

Employee health and safety

131

Information systems

132

Data

132

Risk of an Internal Control failure

132

Intellectual property: trademarks, designs & models, domain names

133

Industrial property: patents

133

Legal risks

Regulatory changes

134

Other legal risks and litigation

134

Production and supply chain

135

Industrial and environmental risks

Sourcing

135

Environment and safety

136

Counterparty risk

136

Customer risk

137

Liquidity risk

137

Interest rate risk

138

Currency risk

138

Risk relating to the impairment of intangible assets

138

Financial and market risks

Shareholding risk

138

Risk with regard to assets financing employee benefit commitments (plan assets)

139

Risk relating to changes in tax regulations

139

Core commodity risk

139

The Group’s overall insurance policy Integrated worldwide programmes

140 140

Insurance

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