2025 Universal Registration Document

4.1.2.1 L’Oréal for the Future ambitions for 2030 

The updated version of L'Oréal for the Future is based on the following four pillars with 15 objectives⁽¹⁾ for 2030: 

Stewarding the climate transition: L'Oréal reaffirms its 2050 net zero ambition and climate objectives for 2030, which were validated by the SBTi based on the Corporate Net Zero Standard in 2024. The Group aims to: 

• reduce absolute Scopes 1 & 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 57% compared to 2019; 
• reduce absolute Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from purchased goods and services, upstream transportation and distribution and business travel, by 28% compared to 2019; 
• reach 100% renewable energy use on operated sites and stores⁽²⁾.

Safeguarding nature: the Group aims to: 

• sustainably source at least 90% of biobased materials used in formulas and packaging;
• source over 75% of ingredients from nature⁽³⁾ or from recycled materials in formulas;
• use 100% recycled or reused water for industrial purposes in factories;
• offer water-saving products or technologies to enable consumers in water-stressed markets to meet their hygiene and beauty needs;
• regenerate more land than the Group’s footprint to enhance the health and resilience of priority ecosystems.

Driving circularity: the Group aims to:

• reduce the use of virgin plastic for product packaging by 50% in absolute terms compared to 2019; 
• source 50% of all materials used in product packaging either from recycled or biobased sources;
• reduce the packaging intensity of products by 20% compared to 2019.

Supporting communities: the Group aims to:

• help 100,000 people from disadvantaged communities gain access to employment⁽⁴⁾ ;
• have 100% of strategic suppliers sign a living wage pledge with a time-bound action plan;
• support 10 million people through its brands’ social engagement programmes⁽⁵⁾ ;
• enhance the well-being, empowerment and resilience of 5 million women through philanthropic efforts.

4.1.2.2 Introducing the Sustainable Innovation Accelerator 

Building on its long-standing culture of innovation and in line with its ambitions, L’Oréal has launched its sustainable innovation accelerator, dubbed "L'AcceleratOR". The five-year, €100 million programme is designed to boost the Company’s capacity to develop and scale sustainable solutions, in line with the themes identified in the double materiality assessment. 

In strategic partnership with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), our accelerator aims to scout, identify, pilot and scale breakthrough technologies addressing our critical challenges and needs. As part of this accelerator, L’Oréal actively seeks out and supports startups, SMEs and established innovative companies with ready-to-pilot solutions in key areas such as low carbon solutions, alternative ingredients, eliminating fossil plastic use and plastic waste, low-impact processes, water resilience, nature-based solutions and inclusive business models.

The launch of the accelerator involved a call for projects, followed by the review of some 1,000 applications from 101 countries, and the selection of the first 13 start-ups and innovative companies to join L'AcceleratOR. From wood-based packaging to waste-derived ingredients, the 13 companies selected stand out for their high potential impact in terms of new-generation packaging, naturally-sourced ingredients, solutions promoting greater circularity and predictive intelligence tools. They will benefit from an intensive support phase led by the CISL innovation team, with particular emphasis on the preparation and deployment of pilot projects.