L'Oreal | Sustainability Performance

https://www.loreal.com

Develops and markets beauty and personal care products, including skincare, haircare, and cosmetics.

1909

France

10,001+ employees

Cosmetics

$10B+ in revenue

$10B+ in profitability

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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

#428

Overall

#20

in France

in Cosmetics

Sustainability Maturity

Sustainability Intent

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Industry Rank

18 out of 88

Overview

Environmental

Carbon emissionsCarbon certificatesEnergy consumptionWaste managementWater managementAir and land impactNature and biodiversityNature riskClimate risk

Social

Diversity and inclusionPay gapsHealth and safetyExternalities

Governance

TargetsSDG ImpactESG scores and exclusionsB-corp & CDP

Financial Data

Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections

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CO2 scope 1 + 2

172.0K CO2e tonnes, 2025

Leading

Renewable energy

96% 2025

Waste generated

155.7K tonnes, 2025

Aligned

Female engagement

67% 2025

Laggard

Externalities

20.8M $, 2025

Leading

Market cap

186.7B $, 2026▲0.4% YoY

Revenue

49.7B $, 2025▲1.3% YoY

R&D intensity

3.13% 2025

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 7.3

214.2

B/M 151.4

20.3

B/M 38.2

19.2

B/M 61.6

3.1

B/M 3.1

Controversy level

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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.

Carbon emissions breakdown

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Carbon certificate projects

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Sector:

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Biodiversity impact

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Waste management

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Water management

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Land use

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Diversity & inclusion

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Pay gap breakdown

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Health & safety

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Externalities

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SBTi targets and commitments

Target	Status	Temperature alignment	Year
Near-term target	Targets set	1.5°C	2030
Long-term target	Targets set	1.5°C	2050
Net-zero	Targets set	-	2050
Business Ambition 1.5°C	Member	-	2019

Target details

Overall Net-Zero Target: L'Oréal commits to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the value chain by 2050. Near-Term Targets: L’Oréal commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 57% by 2030 from a 2019 base year.* L’Oréal also commits to reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased goods and services, upstream transportation and distribution and business travel 28% within the same timeframe. *The target boundary includes land-related emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks. Long-Term Targets: L'Oréal commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 90% by 2050 from a 2019 base year.* L'Oréal also commits to reduce scope 3 GHG emissions 90% within the same timeframe. *The target boundary includes land-related emissions and removals from bioenergy feedstocks.

SDG impact (historical)

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Reporting

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Controversy level

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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.

L'Oreal | Sustainability Performance

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Sustainability Maturity

Sustainability Intent

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Carbon emissions

Renewable energy

Intensity

Female engagement

Waste

Controversy level

Carbon emissions breakdown

Carbon certificate projects

Energy consumption breakdown

Climate risk

Nature risk

Production loss

Revenue at risk

Assets exposed to sensitive locations

Biodiversity loss in km²

Biodiversity loss in CO2e

Potential species loss

Biodiversity impact

Waste management

Water management

Air pollution

Land use

Diversity & inclusion

Pay gap breakdown

Health & safety

Externalities

Revenue & EBITDA

Margin trends

R&D intensity

Return on invested capital

Analyst revenue estimates & actuals

Environmental policy coverage

SBTi targets and commitments

Target details

Sustainability targets and commitments

Overall score

Environment

Social

Governance

Exclusion screening

CDP Scores

SDG impact

SDG impact (historical)

Reporting

Sustainability employees

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L'Oreal | Sustainability Performance

Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark

Sustainability Maturity

Sustainability Intent

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Carbon emissions

Renewable energy

Intensity

Female engagement

Waste

Controversy level

Carbon emissions breakdown

Carbon certificate projects

Energy consumption breakdown

Climate risk

Nature risk

Production loss

Revenue at risk

Assets exposed to sensitive locations

Biodiversity loss in km²

Biodiversity loss in CO2e

Potential species loss

Biodiversity impact

Waste management

Water management

Air pollution

Land use

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