2025 Universal Registration Document

4. Sustainability Report

Coverage of CSRD metrics
    CSRD scope    
ESRS Section Scope covered Type of coverage 2025 coverage Exclusions and clarifications
E5-4 – Resource inflows (ingredients) 4.6.4.1 Ingredients of finished products (including testers, samples and trial sizes) manufactured or subcontracted Units produced 97%

Exclusions:

  • Manufacturing facility: Kenya
  • Subcontracting: Pakistan, Argentina, Korea, Australia
  • Dr G, Color Wow, Medik8

Included manually: manufacturing facilities in India

E5-5 – Resource outflows (waste) 4.6.4.2 L'Oréal Groupe operated sites(1) Surface area of sites operated by L’Oréal Groupe 99.9%

Exclusion: Dr G, Color Wow, Medik8

Estimates: stores and administrative and research sites with fewer than 50 employees

NB: includes all L'Oréal goods destroyed by suppliers, subcontractors or warehouses/3PLs at the site's request and expense

E5-5 – Resource outflows (packaging) 4.6.4.2 Primary and secondary packaging for finished products (including testers, samples and trial sizes) manufactured or subcontracted Units produced 98%

Exclusions:

  • Manufacturing facility: Kenya
  • Subcontracting: Pakistan, Argentina
  • Production flows not managed by L'Oréal manufacturing facilities (specific packaging for Travel Retail and additional packaging manufactured locally by subsidiaries)
  • Aēsop, 3CE, Dr G, Color Wow, Medik8

Included manually: manufacturing facilities in India

S1-6 – Characteristics of the undertaking's employees 4.8.5.1 Own workforce Statutory employees 98%

Exclusions: Aēsop (non-consolidated entities), Yesskin, Dr G, Color Wow, Medik8

Included on a proportionate basis: Luxury of Retail, Centre Thermal de La Roche Posay, Real Campus by L'Oréal (hairstyling and entrepreneurship school)

S1-8 – Collective bargaining coverage and social dialogue 4.8.5.2 Own workforce Statutory employees in the European Economic Area 99%
S1-9 – Diversity 4.8.5.3 Own workforce Statutory employees 98%
S1-10 – Adequate wages 4.8.5.4 Own workforce Statutory employees 98%
S1-12 – Persons with disabilities 4.8.5.5 Own workforce Statutory employees 98%
S1-14 – Health and safety 4.8.5.6 L'Oréal Groupe operated sites(1), including sales teams for mobile staff and stores for in-store beauty advisors managed by L'Oréal (employees and non-employees treated as part of the workforce) Statutory employees 98% Exclusions: Aēsop (non-consolidated entities), Yesskin, Dr G, Color Wow, Medik8
S1-16 – Remuneration 4.8.5.7 Own workforce Statutory employees 98% Exclusions: Aēsop (non-consolidated entities), Yesskin, Dr G, Color Wow, Medik8, Luxury of Retail, Centre Thermal de La Roche Posay, Real Campus by L'Oréal (hairstyling and entrepreneurship school)
S1-17 – Human rights 4.8.5.8 Employees and non-employees in the workforce  - 99% Color Wow, Medik8
G1-6 – Payment practices 4.13.2.2 Payments outside the Group  - 99% Exclusions: Aēsop (non-consolidated entities), Dr G, Color Wow, Medik8

(1) Operated sites: operated sites correspond to all Group sites, irrespective of their purpose, except for sites typically with fewer than 50 employees. This includes stores for which L’Oréal has a directly-held electricity subscription. Sub-contracted distribution centres are not considered to be operated by the Group or under its operational control.