L'Oréal - 2018 Registration Document

L’Oréal’s corporate social, environmental and societal responsibility SHARING BEAUTY WITH ALL: 2018 RESULTS

SHARING BEAUTYWITH ALL: 2018RESULTS 3.4.

INNOVATING SUSTAINABLY

2017 RESULTS

2020 TARGETS

2018 RESULTS

79% of new or renovated products have an improved environmental or social profile.

100% of L’Oréal products will have an improved environmental or social profile. Every time the Group creates or renovates a product, it will improve the product’s environmental or social profile with regard to at least one of these four criteria:

76%

43% of new or renovated products have an improved

the new formula uses renewable raw materials s that are sustainably sourced or derived from green chemistry;

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environmental profile due to a new formula incorporating renewable raw materials that are sustainably sourced or respect the principles of green chemistry.

48% of new or renovated products have an improved

the new formula reduces the product’s s environmental footprint, particularly with regard to water use;

environmental profile due to a new formula with a lower environmental footprint.

58% of new or renovated products have an improved environmental profile due to packaging with a lower environmental footprint. 31% of new or renovated products have an improved social profile as they notably incorporate raw materials from Solidarity Sourcing programmes.

The new packaging has an improved s environmental profile;

the new product has a positive social impact. s

PRODUCING SUSTAINABLY

2017 RESULTS

2020 TARGETS

2018 RESULTS

- 77% reduction in CO 2

L’Oréal will have reduced the CO 2 emissions generated by its plants and distribution centres by 60% in absolute terms, compared to 2005. L’Oréal will have reduced its water consumption by 60% per finished product, compared to 2005. L’Oréal will have reduced its waste generation by 60% per finished product, compared to 2005.

emissions from plants and distribution centres in

- 73%

absolute value since 2005.

- 48% reduction in water consumption at plants and distribution centres since 2005 (in litres/finished product). - 37% reduction in waste generated from plants and distribution centres since 2005 (in grams per finished product).

- 48%

- 37%

L’Oréal will send zero industrial waste to landfill.

The objective of sending “zero” waste to landfill (excluding regulatory obligations) has been achieved for all plants and distribution centres.

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- 8% reduction in CO 2

L’Oréal will have reduced the CO 2 emissions linked to the transport of its product by 20% (in grams of CO 2 per sales unit per km), compared to 2011.

emissions linked to the transport of product (in grams of

CO 2 per sales unit per km) since 2011 with 413,568 tonnes ; of CO 2 emitted in 2018, which represents 0.0256 g CO 2 per sales unit per km.

- 18%

LIVING SUSTAINABLY

2017 RESULTS

2020 TARGETS

2018 RESULTS

100% of new or renovated products in 2018 were assessed using the product assessment tool. The indicator of the percentage of brands that provide consumers with information from the SPOT tool will be completed as soon as the environmental and social information system, which is in the process of being prepared and which will be deployed by 2020, is finalised. 88% of brands have assessed their environmental and social impact.

L’Oréal will evaluate the environmental and social profile of all its products using an assessment tool. All brands will make this information publically available to allow consumers to make sustainable choices.

100%

All brands will assess their environmental and social impact and make commitments to improve it. Every brand will report on its sustainability progress and raise consumers awareness of its commitments. Consumers will be able to influence L’Oréal’s sustainability efforts through a consumer advisory committee.

91%

57% of brands conducted a consumer awareness initiative.

46%

In 2018, pursuing the work of the Advisory Committee established in 2016, L’Oréal continued its policy of actively listening to consumers on sustainable development issues through a number of studies conducted with consumer panels in the United States, China and Europe with a view to understanding their expectations and fine-tuning its policies.

; The Statutory Auditors have expressed a reasonable assurance with regard to this indicator.

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