L'Oreal | Sustainability Performance
Develops and markets beauty and personal care products, including skincare, haircare, and cosmetics.
1909
France
10,001+ employees
Cosmetics
$10B+ in revenue
$1B - 10B in profitability
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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark
#52
Overallⓘ#5
in Franceⓘ#2
in CosmeticsⓘSustainability Maturity
ⓘSustainability Intent
ⓘOverview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsCarbon certificatesEnergy consumptionWaste ManagementWater ManagementAir & land impactNature and biodiversitySocial
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsHealth and SafetyExternalitiesGovernance
TargetsSDG ImpactFinancial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections
Leading
Aligned
Laggard
Aligned
Intensity
Greenhouse gas intensity Scope 1, 2 (tCO₂e /$M)
Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)
Energy consumption (direct) intensity (MWh /$M)
Water consumption intensity (m³ /$M)
Waste generation intensity (tonnes /$M)
Industry Benchmark
3.5
B/M 7.5
91.0
B/M 146.8
20.3
B/M 40.8
19.2
B/M 61.5
3.1
B/M 3.5
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Controversy level
- L'Oréal SA has faced sustained class actions over alleged hair relaxer customer compliance practices including the contested historic 2022 USD 6+ billion Soft Sheen-Carson (L'Oréal-acquired hair relaxer brand) US MDL class action over alleged uterine cancer/breast cancer link from hair relaxer customer compliance practices affecting French institutional ESG investor concerns over US Black consumer hair relaxer customer compliance practices.
Sustainability employees
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11+
ⓘThis value represents the estimated number of employees in a company with sustainability-related roles or job titles, as determined by Illuminem using publicly available data.