L'Oréal Spain announces its new sustainability commitment for 2030

November 30th 2020

L'Oréal, a leading company in the beauty sector with more than 36 international brands, has presented its new commitment to sustainability 'L'Oréal for the Future' in Spain, which includes the environmental and social objectives of the Group in our country for 2030 and with which it intends to promote the sustainable transformation of the sector in Spain.

«To reconcile our needs with the preservation of a planet with limited resources, at L'Oréal Spain we are undergoing a radical transformation of our business model, placing sustainability at the center. It is no longer enough for companies to reduce our environmental impact with 'self-established' objectives, "he said. Juan Alonso de Lomas, President and CEO of L'Oréal Spain. “Our commitment is to ensure that our activities respect 'planetary limits' throughout the entire life cycle of our products. Therefore, our commitments will not only focus on our direct impact, but will also address our indirect impact, which includes, for example, the activity of our suppliers and the use of our products by consumers. It is what the planet is demanding of us, "he concludes.

L'Oréal has defined, together with scientific experts, different quantifiable objectives to limit the impact of its activity on the climate, water, biodiversity and natural resources.

Specifically, L'Oréal Spain, carbon neutral From 2017 –according to scope 1 and 2-, it will now address the reduction of emissions in the rest of its value chain –scope 3, transport, supply of raw materials, consumption phase… -, committing to reduce all of them by 50%. its greenhouse gas emissions per unit of finished product compared to 2016.

By the end of 2019, 35 L'Oréal sites were carbon neutral (meaning they use 100% renewable energy), of which 14 were factories.

With regards to sustainable water management, the company's ambition now is to further reduce water consumption in the buildings in which it operates in Spain - its headquarters in Madrid, two factories and two distribution centers - by 2025.

In its efforts to conserve natural resources, L'Oréal has committed that, by 2030, 100% of the plastics used in its packaging will come from recycled or bio-based sources -50% by 2025-, that is, will eliminate the use of virgin plastic. In addition, to respect biodiversity, 100% of the bio-based ingredients for formulas and packaging materials will be traceable and will come from sustainable sources - currently 68% -.

L'Oréal's factory in Burgos, sustainable industry 4.0

L'Oréal Spain is a pioneer in the Group thanks to its International Hair Products Factory in Burgos, a benchmark in sustainability by becoming the first carbon-neutral plant in 2015, thanks to a biomass plant that allows all the energy that consume is 100% renewable. In addition, it is the first L'Oréal 'dry factory' in the world since 2017, that is, it uses a closed circuit or waterloop system, which recovers and recycles the water from its production phase, which has allowed it to save since then 10.707 m3 liters of water, the equivalent of 3 Olympic swimming pools.

Its work to reduce CO2 emissions in its suppliers (scope 3), has led the plant to develop the 'Green Line for Europe' project, a sustainable corridor for trains and ships to avoid transport in conventional planes and trucks -these The latter are only used in last mile transport, which has allowed them to reduce carbon emissions in their transport by 20%.

To protect the biodiversity of the area, the factory has launched several initiatives such as the creation of a biodiversity tree in its facilities, which has a wetland with a water reservoir to rebuild aquatic life with insects, the planting of 800 trees, the creation of an ecological garden that is cared for by its employees and their families, and the development of a 600-meter walk with picnic areas.

In terms of circular economy, it has manufactured pallets from recycled plastic from the packaging and the materials used in the plant itself.

The role of L'Oréal brands

The brand Garner, pioneer in sustainable cosmetics for mass consumption with its 'Green Beauty' program, it will be the first to include a new Product Impact Labeling System, which will be available in Spain on the brand's products that require clarification as of the summer of 2021. This labeling informs consumers about the environmental and social impact of their products through a scale from 'A' to 'E', with 'A' products considered as "the best in its category ”in terms of environmental impact. Ratings will be available on the product web pages.

For its part, Biotherm, through its sustainability commitment 'Water Lovers' whose objective is to promote the conservation of the oceans and the seabed, has launched a three-year project to clean rivers that has already started in Jarama and that it will develop in collaboration with Seo / BirdLife and Ecoalf.

As part of the L'Oréal for the Future program, the company announced in May its support of € 150 million to help address some of today's most pressing environmental and social challenges: contributing to the regeneration of nature, promoting the circular economy and supporting highly vulnerable women. Some funds to which the NGOs of each country will present themselves.

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