THE L’ORÉAL INDIA SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENT
L’Oréal is on a mission to
Jean-Christophe Letellier
Managing Director, L’Oréal India
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make life more beautiful,
and is committed to making
beauty sustainable. Our
programme, Sharing Beauty With
All integrates all the principles of
sustainable development at the
heart of the company, covering the
entire value chain of innovation,
production, distribution, consumers and
communities.
This commitment stands strong and is
testified by the recognition we received in
2016 and 2017. L’Oréal has been hon-
oured to be one of the only two compa-
nies in the world to have received a triple
“A”, the highest score from the Carbon
Disclosure Project (CDP is an independent
international organisation that evaluates
the environment performance of compa-
nies) in three areas: climate protection,
sustainable water management and the
fight against deforestation. This type of
external recognition encourages us to go
even further and proves that we can com-
bine economic growth with ambitious
sustainable development commitments.
Globally, we have crossed a key milestone
by achieving and even exceeding our
target of -60% reduction in CO2 emissions
four years ahead of schedule. India has
contributed substantially to help achieve
these results. And we continue to actively
drive initiatives for India with key achieve-
ments.
Our priorities in India will continue to be
the best practice leader in women
empowerment, skill development and
environmental sustainability while devel-
oping ourselves further under the Sharing
Beauty With All programme.
LOréal India key figures
Environment (2016)

-62% Water Consumption per finished good from 2005 baseline

70% Green Electricity
0% Waste to landfill

Economic

250mn Units sold in India

Over 90% produced locally

Skill Development

210,000 Hairdressers and beauticians trained in 2016

4,000+ Beauticians trained under Beauty For A Better Life

programme since 2009

Gender Equality

Edge First company in India to be certified in 2015 and the

only FMCG company in India to be recertified in 2016

Global
Triple ‘A’ rating worldwide

* Pune factory

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LOréal India at a glance
L’Oréal India is no. 2 with
14 powerful international
brands
90%
Make In India
90% produced locally
L’Oréal, the no.1 cosmetics group worldwide, has
been present in India as a wholly owned subsidiary
of L’Oréal S.A. since 1994. L’Oréal India employs
1,600 employees directly and 5,000 employees
indirectly including beauty advisors.
Today, L’Oréal India is the no. 2 player in the beauty
industry with a strong portfolio of 14 powerful
international brands across all distribution
channels. Our products are available in mass
market channels (L’Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline
New York, NYX Professional Makeup); in hair and
beauty salons (L’Oréal Professionnel, Matrix,
Kérastase, Cheryl’s Cosmeceuticals, Decleor); and
in luxury distribution (Kiehl’s, Yves Saint Laurent,
Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren and Diesel).
Our mission in India is to offer to the Indian
consumers the best cosmetics innovations in terms
of quality, efficacy and safety. L’Oréal India
supports the progressive reforms undertaken by
the government of India and especially the ‘Make
in India’ programme. Today, 90% of our portfolio is
sourced and produced locally at our factories in
Pune and Baddi. Our Research and Innovation
centres in Mumbai and Bengaluru have been
created to meet the future of beauty in India.
 We also contribute actively to the ‘Skill India’
programme through our beauty training initiatives
for beauty advisors, beauticians and hair dressers. In
2016 alone, 210,000 beauty trainings were
conducted in our academies by our educators to
Skill India - Grooming for
upskill the salon industry. It has been a heartening
sustained growth
journey to see these people self-sustain and
achieve their dream of being a professional or
business owner in the booming beauty and
wellness industry.

L’Oréal India is also the proud recipient of the

worldwide Economic Dividends for Gender
Equality (EDGE) certification in 2015 and 2016
Gender equality always a in recognition for its commitment to achieving and
top priority sustaining gender equality in the workplace.

While the Indian beauty market is worth 48,000 Cr

and is growing at a rapid pace, it is poised to
become one of the top 6 beauty markets globally in
the next 10 years. With an increase in awareness of
global trends, growing disposable incomes,
changes in consumption patterns and lifestyles,
and digitalisation of consumers along with
advanced economic reforms, the country promises
exciting times ahead.
LOréal's presence in India

Baddi
Dehradun
Ambala Roorkee

Rudrapur
Delhi
Gurugram Gangtok

Jaipur Lucknow Guwahati

Patna

Ahmedabad Ranchi

Indore Kolkata

Nagpur Cuttack
Vasai
Taloja
Mumbai Chakan
Pune Hyderabad

Goa

Chennai
Bengaluru Head office (HO)

Regional Sales Office (RSO)

Research and Innovation Centres (R&I)

Factories

Beauty For A Better Life training centres

Distribution Centres

L’Oréal Academy

Technical Training Centres

Subcontractors
 Consumer Products Divsion

Professional Products Division

Luxe Division
2020
LOréal Group Commitments
Every year, L’Oréal publishes the progress made in its sustainable development
performances as compared to the targets set for 2020.

Innovating sustainably
100% of L’Oréal products will have a positive environmental or social impact.

Every time a product is created or renovated, the Group will improve its environmental
or social profile with regard to at least one of the following four criteria:

The new formula reduces the environmental footprint,

particularly with regard to water use;

The new formula uses renewable raw materials that are

sustainably sourced or derived from green chemistry;

The new product has a positive social impact;

The new packaging has an improved environmental

profile.

Producing sustainably
L’Oréal will have reduced CO2 emissions from plants and distribution
centres by 60% in absolute terms, from a 2005 baseline.

L’Oréal will have reduced CO2 emissions from the transportation of

products by 20% (in grams of CO2 per sales unit per km), from a 2011
baseline.

L’Oréal will have reduced water consumption by 60% per finished

product unit, from a 2005 baseline.

L’Oréal will have reduced waste generation by 60% per finished product
unit, from a 2005 baseline.

L’Oréal will send zero waste to landfill.

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Living sustainably
L’Oréal will use a product assessment tool to evaluate the environmental
and social profile of all products. All brands will make this information
available to allow consumers to make sustainable choices.

All brands will assess their environmental and social impact and make
commitments to improve their footprint.

Every brand will report its progress and raise consumer awareness of its
commitments.

Consumers will be able to influence L’Oréal’s sustainability actions through

a consumer advisory committee.

Developing sustainably
… with communities
By 2020, L’Oréal will enable more than 100,000 people from underprivileged
communities to access work through the following programmes:

Solidarity Sourcing;

vocational training in the beauty sector;

employment of disabled people.

… with suppliers
All strategic suppliers will be evaluated and selected based on their
environmental and social performance.

All strategic suppliers will have completed a self-assessment of their

sustainability policy with L’Oréal’s support.

All suppliers will have access to L’Oréal training tools to improve their
sustainability policies.

20% of strategic suppliers will be associated with the Solidarity Sourcing

programme.

… with employees
L’Oréal will provide healthcare coverage for employees reflecting best practices
in their country of residence.

L’Oréal will provide financial protection for all employees in the event of
non-work-related accidents.

Every L’Oréal employee worldwide will have access to at least one training
session per year.

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 INNOVATING
SUSTAINABLY
By 2020, 100% of L’Oréal’s products will have an improved environmental or social profile.
Reduction of the environmental footprint of formulas, respect for biodiversity via a
sustainable and responsible sourcing policy for raw materials, eco-design of packaging and
commitment to zero deforestation are all levers used by L’Oréal to drive sustainable
innovation.

Reducing the environmental footprint of formulas / 11

Respecting biodiversity / 12
Advanced Research Centre / 13
Optimising packaging / 13
Achieving zero deforestation / 13

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PRODUCING SUSTAINABLY DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLY LIVING SUSTAINABLY
Reducing the environmental footprint of formulas
After defining 143 product categories and screening more than 40,000 formulas for two
years, an eco-design tool was crafted by the end of 2015. The aim was to guarantee all new
formulas developed adhere to the goal of improved environmental profile with identical
benefits for the consumer.

In 2016, this tool was deployed and is currently being used by all product formulators in
L’Oréal to assess the biodegradability and water footprint at the time of creation of all the
new formulas.

143 product 40,000+

categories formulas

Plastic microbeads  are replaced by particles of natural origin, thus, improving the
social/environmental profile of the products. In 2016, LOréal Group had reformulated
100% of its rinse-off exfoliating products: none of these contain plastic
microbeads. Included in the launch of Garnier Light Facewash and Garnier Acnofight
facewash (2017).

Aligned to the global mindset of

reducing the environmental footprint of
formulas, Garnier Men launched Matcha
Gel Facewash. This product has an
exceptional environmental profile with
90% biodegradability and water
profile 50% lower than the average
facial wash.

82% of new or updated

products have an improved
environmental or social profile

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 Respecting Biodiversity
To achieve our 2020 goal, L’Oréal promotes the use of renewable raw materials that are
sustainably sourced or derived from green chemistry. All raw materials used by L’Oréal are
reassessed based on criteria such as respect for biodiversity and contribution to
socio-economic development in the territories from which they originate.

54%
(in terms of volume) of the raw materials
used by L’Oréal are renewable, namely
around 1,540 raw materials from nearly
350 species of plants from over 100
countries.
94%
of the renewable raw materials (in Group
purchase volumes) are the subject of
improvement plans or actions with the
suppliers concerned in order to ensure
sustainable sourcing.

17% Less than 13%

of the raw materials used by L’Oréal (in
terms of volume) are obtained
according to the principles of green
chemistry (i.e., they come from
renewable resources, are transformed
using an environmentally respectful
process and have a favourable
environmental profile).
(in number) out of the 350 plant species
which are the source of the renewable
raw materials used by the Group involve
significant biodiversity issues (protection
measures, impact of production on
natural environments) depending on
their geographic origin and their
extraction or production method.

In India, L’Oréal’s Guar Gum Project won the

gold medal under the Sustainable and
Responsible purchasing category at the 2016
Purchasing Awards.

Initiated in 2014, the project used gum

extracted from Guar, a drought-resistant plant
of the pea family grown as vegetable and
fodder crop. Grown mainly in the states of
Rajasthan and Haryana, Guar gum is
increasingly being used as a thickener and
emulsifier in hair care and hair colour products.
L’Oréal collaborated with guar supplier, Solvay
and the NGO, Technoserve, to improve the living
conditions of 1,500 farmer-harvesters, while
promoting environmentally-friendly agricultural
practices.

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PRODUCING SUSTAINABLY DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLY LIVING SUSTAINABLY
L’Oréal India’s shampoos namely Garnier Ultra blends, L’Oréal Paris Total Repair and
Extraordinary Clay Shampoo will use this sustainably sourced Guar gum which will further
improve the social and environmental profile of our products.

Advanced Research Centre

This centre in Bengaluru comprising of dynamic
scientists focuses its research on natural ingredients
and plant extracts for applications in both skin and
hair cosmetics. It includes process based innovation
in the development of natural extracts, innovative
raw material sourcing, analysis of complex mixtures
and knowledge of the mode of action of these
ingredients on hair and/or skin.

Optimising packaging
Reducing carton paper thickness helps save 120MT of paper

100% of folding boxes used for packing our products are FSC certified

L’Oréal India realised that the largest impact maker in the value chain were the materials
used for product packaging. L’Oréal identified the need to relook product packaging
materials to reduce the environmental impact they make.

Achieving zero deforestation

Palm Oil: Including the fight against
deforestation in the suppliers selection process

In 2016, L’Oréal changed its evaluation and selection

matrix for its suppliers of palm oil and palm kernel oil
derivatives.

The Group created a Sustainable Palm Index, which

takes into account their commitment and their
achievements in terms of knowledge of their own
supply chain, sustainable procurement practices and
compliance with a zero deforestation policy. All
L’Oréal’s direct suppliers were evaluated using this new
matrix. This new Sustainable Palm Index will be made
public and made available to all companies and
business partners in the sector at the beginning of
2017, in order to support efforts made to ensure
sustainable palm oil sourcing.

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 PRODUCING
SUSTAINABLY
L’Oréal has set a target for 2020 of reducing the environmental footprint of its plants and
distribution centres by 60% from a 2005 baseline. The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions
in absolute terms, of water consumption and of waste generation per finished product unit,
and the reduction of impacts related to transportation, have become fundamental criteria
for L’Oréal’s industrial performance.

Reducing CO2 emissions / 16

Reducing water consumption / 17
Zero waste recoverable / 18

PRODUCING SUSTAINABLY
INNOVATING SUSTAINABLY DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLY LIVING SUSTAINABLY
A testimony to LOréal India’s
unwavering commitment
Status in Target in
2016 2020
Carbon Emission Carbon Emission
-12 % Reduction in carbon emission
from 2005 to 2016 -60% We will reduce CO2 emissions at
our plants and distribution
centres by 60% in absolute terms

Water Consumption Water Consumption

-62% Water consumption per finished
good from 2005 to 2016 -60% Target 2020 per finished good

Waste to Landfill
0% Waste sent to landfill from
our production sites in India
70 %
Green
Electricity in
Pune Factory

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 Reducing
CO2 emissions
Globally, L’Oréal has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 67% from 2005 to 2016, in
absolute terms, and increased its production volume by 29% at the same time. Our ambitious
commitment towards the climate is synced to our economic success.

45%
Reduced
70%
Electricity
Electricity From
Consumption Green Power
Pune factory

Green Power Project

Closer home, L’Oréal’s Pune plant has

succeeded in reducing electricity
consumption by almost 45% in 2016
(base year 2012) by implementing
multiple projects. The plant purchased
5.7 million KWH of energy, of which 70%
was obtained from green power. By
2017, L’Oréal India aims to further
reduce its power consumption by
another 15%. Across the APAC region,
as of 2016, L’Oréal’s Pune plant is the
only ISO 50001 certified plant on Energy
Management System.

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Reducing
water consumption
In time, L’Oréal has prioritised two key actions:
Optimising consumption
Developing recycling and reuse of water projects at the production sites

Globally, we have pledged to reduce water consumption by 60% per finished product unit
by 2020, from a 2005 baseline. And closer home, we initiated this with our Water Reclaim
Project.

2005 2020
60%
Water saved

Water Reclaim Project

Implemented in 2012, L’Oréal’s Pune

factory decided to treat the two
streams of effluents, i.e, sanitary
wastewater and utility reject in a more
sustainable way. We explored the
Membrane Bioreactor technology, the
world’s foremost technology in the
treatment of sanitary wastewater where
the wastewater goes through
Ultrafiltration. With the help of reverse
osmosis and the ultraviolet process, all
remaining contaminants that may
have been missed are removed. To
ensure standards were maintained in
the process, a programme OPTICIP was
implemented. This filtered water is used
in all our utilities at the factory.

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 Reducing
waste
By 2020, L’Oréal will have reduced the waste generated by its plants and distribution centres
by 60%, from a 2005 baseline and India will have contributed significantly to the global
targets.

2005 2020
60% less
Waste generated

Joining Hands

Together, both L’Oréal India and the

Indian Beauty & Hygiene Association
(IBHA) joined hands with a local NGO,
Stree Mukti Sanghatana (SMS). They
work actively with about 200 women
ragpickers and the Municipal Corpora-
tion of Greater Mumbai to recycle 2,000
kgs of plastic out of which 60% waste has
been recycled so far.

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Vermiculture Project

At L’Oréal India, a vermiculture treatment plant was piloted in the production facility in
2009 as an experiment to understand the best use of waste. Under observation, over
the years, the project yielded results akin to green technology, leading to low emissions
and at the same time ensuring the vermi-compost produced has no adverse impact
on the soil’s micro flora and fauna. Vermicomposting samples confirm that this
treatment will have no long-term influence on carbon and nitrogen transformation in
soils as it is non-toxic to both, soil and aquatic microorganisms. L’Oréal further ensured
this treatment is extended to the sludge generated by the Effluent Treatment Plant
(ETP). Around 10% of the ETP liquid sludge gets treated via vermiculture in the Pune
plant.

These initiatives undertaken by LOréal serve as testimony in time to our

ambitious actions to reduce waste at source, while ensuring the recovery of
residual waste.

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 DEVELOPING
SUSTAINABLY
Sharing its growth with its internal and external stakeholders is a priority for L’Oréal. The Group
promotes access to work for people from underprivileged communities by deploying various
programmes, associates its suppliers with its sustainable development policy and
guarantees its employees the best social practices all over the world.

Developing Sustainably with our Employees / 22

Developing Sustainably with our Strategic Suppliers / 26
Developing Sustainably with our Communities / 33

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Sharing our growth with internal and external stakeholders is a priority

Our vision for 2020

EMPLOYEES

Best in class Healthcare

Financial protection against

unexpected life events

Easy access to training

and development

STRATEGIC SUPPLIERS

Evaluate social and environmental Access to L’Oréal’s

performance training tools

Assess sustainability policy 20% part of Solidarity

Sourcing programme

INCLUSIVE HIRING

Beauty
Solidarity Sourcing professionalisation

Inclusive hiring Mentoring and

community education

Inclusive distribution

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 DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLY

with our Employees

L’Oréal is known for putting employees, our internal partners at the centre of commitments.
They are our greatest assets and we believe in sharing the company’s growth and success
with them.

Our Share and Care programme is unique and has been implemented worldwide, including
in India. It not only encompasses a common set of benefits and social practices but also
includes a set of measures that are relevant locally. Our ambition is to provide all L’Oréal
employees easy access to healthcare coverage, financial protection and training because
we are determined to provide our employees with the best environment to work in.

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 Best in class insurance for all our employees Flexi work policy
along with annual health checkup (Flexi hours, work from
home, sabbatical)
Life and personal accident cover is 3x times
base salary

26 weeks maternity leave

12 weeks adoption leave
Paternity leave increased to 2 weeks

Continuous medical insurance for parents self

funded by employees

2 days of work from home Scholarship for our

factory worker’s
in a month
children

100% accessible sites

6 employees with
Robust training disability
programms for career
advancement

L’Oréal’s Share & Care programme, which is in its 3rd year of

implementation in India, provides employees a universal set of social
benefits. This has resulted in us not only achieving a global common
social framework, but sustaining our leadership position in social
innovation. We intend to continue implementing differentiating initiatives,
while focusing on improving the quality of life at work and putting
measures in place for new parents.

Roshni Wadhwa
HR Director, L’Oréal India

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 LOréal India
Women are important to our success

33%
of our leadership
is women
approx. 50%
women across
Head Office and
Research

L’Oréal India -
First company in
India to receive the
EDGE Certification Equal
Opportunity
Employer

Daycare
centres /
child care
allowance
for new mothers Pre-natal travel
allowance of
30,000

Flexi-time Internal
for working complaints
mothers committee for the
Strong prevention of sexual
Anti-Harassment harassment
& Anti-Bullying Policy

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Accolades won by us
L’Oréal’s commitment to creating a gender equal workplace has been recognised by
independent organisations like Edge certification and Equileap Ranking. These
organisations extensively study and evaluate companies across various spectrums to
identify optimal workplaces for both women and men.

First company in Ranked no. 1

India to be certified worldwide

EDGE Certification Equileap Ranking

The world’s leading global Accesses organisations
certification system for accelerating progress
workplace gender equality, towards gender equality in
uniquely applicable across the workplace, using the
industries and geographical power of investments,
regions. The certification has knowledge and donations.
been designed to help Equileap Ranking makes
companies not only create an corporate progress towards
optimal workplace for women gender equality transparent
and men, but also benefit from and globally comparable
it. Our organisation’s efforts across all sectors using an
helped us win this certification extensive Gender Scorecard
for the second time in a row. to rank companies.

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 DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLY

with our Strategic Suppliers

By 2020, L’Oréal aims to involve 100% of its strategic suppliers to participate in its sustainable
development programme. At the global level, a twofold approach was charted and we
follow the same in India. We select our suppliers on the basis of their environmental and
social performance. To help them grow, we also provide them with the necessary training
tools.

LOréal India

Raw materials
purchased benefited
2,175 farmers
100% of our 100% suppliers for
suppliers have signed indirect purchase have
the Ethical Commitment gone through the social
Letter audit

All strategic suppliers will be evaluated

and selected basis their social and
environmental performance

All strategic suppliers will have

completed a self-assessment of their
sustainability policy with our support

All suppliers will have access to L’Oréal

training tools to improve their
sustainability policies

20% of strategic suppliers will be

associated with our Solidarity Sourcing
programme

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DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLY

with our Communities

Promoting access to employment and social inclusion in line with L’Oréal’s global vision of
providing people in difficulty access to work, we have developed a vocational training
programme for India under the Beauty For A Better Life programme.

Examples of our other CSR programmes include education (Baddi school) and empowering
women (FYWIS), Employee engagement in CSR (L'Oreal Citizen Day).

Skill Development School for children of

& Up Skilling migrant labourers

Promoting education in science and vocational skill training in

beauty for women, are the bedrocks of our CSR programme.
Women’s participation in scientific fields and vocational
education is especially low as compared to men. We aim to
support women who wish to make a career, earn a livelihood
and empower them via our For Young Women in Science
scholarships and Beauty for a Better Life training programme.

Snehhal Chitneni
Chief - Communication, Sustainability & Public Affairs,
L’Oréal India

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 BEAUTY FOR A BETTER LIFE (BFBL)

Beautiful Beginnings
The L’Oréal Foundation is committed to social causes based on
the two fields of expertise, science and beauty. The Beauty For A
Better Life programme provides high quality training
opportunities in different beauty professions to vulnerable
groups in order to help them feel better and do better.

In India, L’Oréal established the Beauty For A Better Life -

Beautiful Beginnings programme in 2009. With an aim to create
livelihood opportunities for young women from disadvantaged sections of the society, the
programme partnered with LabourNet and Sambhav Foundation, an organisation
specialising in vocational training to provide skill training in beauty and hair care to
participants. The curriculum developed for the programme by in-house L’Oréal trainers is
rigorous. It includes 3 months classroom training followed by mandatory 2 months long
internship in a professional salon before graduation.

Over time, the participants build upon their learnings in a professional set-up which gives
them the opportunity and confidence to find employment in beauty salons or start their own
enterprises.

Thus far, 4,000+ participants have been trained, many of whom have been placed in the
industry or have started their own home grown beauty salon or services.

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Our Achievements

9 Beauty for
4,000+ a Better Life Curriculum
young women (BFBL) centres developed by
trained pan India in-house trainers
since 2009

Changing lives
From being a housewife to being a beautician has been a long
but fruitful journey. Thanks to the beauty therapy course provided
by L’Oreal and Sambhav, today I am able to supplement my
husband’s income. This has given me a sense of achievement
and the confidence to open my exclusive parlour in Baddi soon
with some financial assistance.

Presently working as: Beautician; Jashoda, Baddi

Income: INR 8,000-10,000 per month

I am grateful to L’Oreal and Sambhav for providing me quality

training. The exposure I received has helped me maintain
international standards in my work. Within no time I have
managed to land a good position and salary at Blue Belle in
Kolkata.

Presently employed full-time;

Heera Kumari Income: INR 12,500 per month
Sharma, Kolkata

I belong to a family of daily wage earners, and was forced to give

up my formal education due to lack of financial support. The
beauty and wellness training provided by L’Oreal has helped me
become a beauty consultant with two parlours namely, Priyanka
Beauty Parlour and Looks Beauty Parlour in Hyderabad. This has
improved my financial status to a great extent.

Presently working as a beauty consultant; Nani D, Hyderabad

Income: INR 8,500 per month

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 For Young Women in Science

L’Oréal India strongly believes that science is the source of progress, and the contribution of
women is vital to its future. That is why we have initiated the L’Oréal India For Young Women in
Science (FYWIS) Scholarship Programme – a countrywide initiative which encourages and
supports young women to pursue their careers in science.

The programme was instituted in 2003 and has empowered over 300 young women from
economically disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue their higher education in any scientific
field from a recognised college or university in India. A scholarship of 250,000 is granted to
each of the promising young women and covers their college fees.

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 Views on FYWIS from jury members

It’s been a pleasure to be a part of L’Oréal’s FYWIS programme

over the years. And I have always felt this programme goes
much beyond financial support because both, the Jury and
L’Oréal officials take the time to provide career guidance to
extremely bright girls handpicked from across the country. My
association with the programme has been one of my most
fulfilling experiences and I hope to always be a part of it.
Dr. Taslimarif Saiyed
CEO and Director
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms
(A Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India Initiative)
Bengaluru

These are bright, young girls with dreams in their eyes aspiring
to be scientists, engineers, doctors, agriculturists, veterinary
physicians, etc. And the only place where they lack,
unfortunately, is access to resources. Granting scholarships via
FYWIS to help them fulfil their dreams is a great service to
society being rendered by L’Oréal consistently for over a
decade. The empathy shown by L’Oréal and its employees Dr Kavita Rege
towards these young girls deserves great appreciation! Principal
P.T.V.A.'s Sathaye College
Mumbai

Testimonials from FYWIS scholars

I got placed in Tata Consultancy Services and have published a
research paper based on Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) in a
National Conference. All of this has become possible because of
your scholarship which has lead me towards a bright future.
Thank you for everything.
- Charu Sharma, FYWIS scholar

I feel very honoured for being a recipient of the FYWIS

scholarship from LOréal India. This scholarship was like a
stepping stone for me, without which I could not have started
climbing the ladder of success. Now I am a B.Tech holder in
Aerospace Engineering and preparing for civil services exams. I
am very confident about my success and this all is because of this
scholarship. - Sunita Tanawade, FYWIS scholar

There are no words that can convey the appreciation and

gratitude that I feel for LOréal India. Your scholarship helped me
to complete my Engineering when I was financially very weak;
your support has played a key role in my success.
- Varsha Sasane, FYWIS scholar

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migrant-workers

As part of L’Oréal India’s commitment to the

communities around us, our Baddi factory in
Himachal Pradesh launched a community
outreach initiative with a school for the children of
migrant workers near the factory. In partnership
with Nirmala Niketan, an NGO, the programme
provides free education to approximately
200 students in the age group of 6 to 14
years. The objective of this programme is to equip
and enable the children enough to transfer them
into mainstream education, eventually.

DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLY
INNOVATING SUSTAINABLY PRODUCING SUSTAINABLY LIVING SUSTAINABLY
Citizen Day
Launched in 2010 as a global initiative, Citizen Day is L’Oréal’s annual solidarity day. Over the
past years, Citizen Day has become a commitment whereby our employees from across the
world unite to engage in social outreach activities, to make a difference in the communities
we serve.

LOréal India 2016

80%
Employee
participation

10 704 5,300+
Partner / non-profit Beneficiaries Volunteer hours
organisations

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Reporting:
a recognised performance
Every year, L’Oréal communicates transparently, giving figures with regard to its strategy, the
challenges it faces and its results in the field of corporate social responsibility and the
environment in three reports: the Registration Document, L’Oréal’s progress report to the
United Nations Global Compact, and the progress report on the Sharing Beauty With All
sustainable development programme. L’Oréal’s CSR performance and its reporting via
robust, reliable indicators audited by the Statutory Auditors led to the Group being rewarded
by the most demanding organisations in this area and this was the case more than ever in
2016.

The CDP, an independent L’Oréal supports the Global

international organisation Compact and publishes a
which evaluates the progress report to the United
environmental performance Nations Global Compact
of companies, awarded every year. In 2015, L’Oréal
L’Oréal a triple “A”, joined the UN Global
representing the top score, in Compact LEAD programme,
each of the ratings made in which brings together the
three key areas: climate companies who are the most
protection, sustainable water committed to sustainability.
management and the fight
against deforestation. Only
two companies in the world
obtained this triple “A” score.

The Ethisphere Institute, one of In December 2016, the

the world leaders in the extra-financial rating agency
definition and promotion of VigeoEiris once again
ethical standards, ranked included L’Oréal in several
L’Oréal for the seventh time as Euronext-Vigeo indices. The
one of the “World’s Most Group is ranked No. 1 in its
Ethical Companies”. business sector.

For the fifth year running, the In October 2016, L’Oréal was
extra-financial rating agency re-included in the two Ethibel
Oekom Research AG gave Sustainability Indices (ESIs):
L’Oréal Prime status, which is Excellence Europe and
awarded to the Excellence Global.
top-performing companies.

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 INNOVATING
SUSTAINABLY
DESIGN & SOURCING

DEVELOPING PRODUCING
SUSTAINABLY SUSTAINABLY
PEOPLE & PARTNERS THE L'ORÉAL INDIA SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENT LESS & MORE

LIVING
SUSTAINABLY
INFORM & EMPOWER

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