ACA: Conditional grants of shares (ACAs)
ASD: Action for Sustainable Derivatives (sustainable palm oil initiative)
BAC: Biobased, derived from abundant materials or from circular processes
B4B+: Business for Positive Biodiversity
BRGM: Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières (French geological and mining research bureau)
CAFFCI: China Association of Fragrance Flavour and Cosmetic Industries
CapEx: Capital expenditure
CDP: Carbon Disclosure Project, a non-profit organisation that provides an environmental reporting framework for the private and public sectors
CEMS: Community of European Management Schools and International Companies
CFC: Chlorofluorocarbons
CHERIE: Checklist for the harmonisation of fire and explosion risk assessments
CIF: Circular Innovation Fund
CIRAIG: International reference centre for the life cycle of products, processes and services
NMVOC: Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds
CPGS: Corporate Procurement Guideline for Suppliers
CRHR: Human Resources and Remuneration Committee
CSRD: Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive
CSDDD: Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
CTPA: Cosmetic, Toiletry & Perfumery Association
COD: Chemical Oxygen Demand
DNSH: Do No Significant Harm
EEA: European Economic Area
EDGE: Economic Dividends for Gender Equality
EHS: Environment, Health and Safety
E-PRTR: European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register
ERGO: EndocRine Guideline Optimisation
ESG: Environmental, Social and Governance
ESRS: European Sustainability Reporting Standards
EF: Emission factors
FEATS: French Endocrine-related Adverse effects Testing Strategy
FEBEA: Fédération des Entreprises de la Beauté (French federation of beauty companies)
FINFLUENCERS: financial influencers, financial content creators
FLA: Fair Labor Association
FPIC: Free, Prior and Informed Consent
FSC: Forest Stewardship Council
GEEIS: Gender Equality European International Standard
GHG: Greenhouse gases
GHAP: Global Hazard Analysis Process
IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
GRAAL: Global Reporting And Analysis for L'Oréal (internal reporting tool)
GW: Goodwill
HESI: Health and Environmental Sciences Institute
HDI: The Sustainable Trade Initiative
IFRS 16: International Financial Reporting Standard 16, Leases
IP Proterra: Proterra International Procurement Program
INRAE: French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment
IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature
LGPD: Brazilian general law on the protection of personal data
LIM: L'Oréal Incident Management
LIFE: Life-changing Incidents or Fatality Events
MECL: Mutual Ethical Commitment Letter
MESUR: French synonym for manage efficiently using recognition and realignment
MSA.ha: Mean Species Abundance per hectare (a measure of biodiversity loss)
NACE: Statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community
OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
ILO: International Labour Organization
NGO: Non-Governmental Organisation
OP2B: One Planet Business for Biodiversity
OpEx: Operating expenditure
OPTICIP: OPTImisation Cleaning In Place (method for cleaning industrial equipment)
PEFC: Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes
PESTEL: Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental, and Legal (analysis of macro-environmental factors)
SMP: Solvent Management Plan
PIPL: Personal Information Protection Law (China)
POS advertising: Point-of-sale advertising
POS1: Point-of-sale advertising of other liquid-based products (e.g., samples, testers or trial sizes)
POS2: Point-of-sale advertising of other liquid-free products (e.g., displays or posters)
PSF: Platform for Sustainable Finance
PSM: Process Safety Management
R&I: Research and Innovation
RCP: Representative Concentration Pathways (scenarios for changes in greenhouse gas concentrations)
EPR: Extended Producer Responsibility
GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation
HR: Human Relations
