L'Oréal - 2018 Registration Document

L’Oréal’s corporate social, environmental and societal responsibility POLICIES, PERFOR MANCE INDICATORS AND RESULTS

Administrative sites and research centres

Industrial sites

2018

2018

2017

2017

Transportable waste excluding returnable packaging in rotation with returnable packaging accounted at source (tonnes) (1)

6,126

6,008

87,397 19,026 101,468

91,688 ; 21,403 ; 109,367 ;

Returnable packaging in rotation (tonnes) (2)

0.0

0.12

Total recovered (tonnes) Recovery index (%) (3) (5)

5,272

5,297

90

90

96

97 ;

Total recovered material (tonnes) Material recovery index (%) (4) (6)

2,889

2,607

64,729

68,274 ;

49

44

61

61 ;

The Statutory Auditors have expressed a reasonable assurance with regard to this indicator ; System for recording returnable transport packaging, excluding transport pallets: L’Oréal records the weight of its returnable packaging in transportable waste (1) from first use. Then, each of its sites endeavours to maximise the number of rotations. This recording of the weight of returnable packaging at source is an incentive for rotation and contributes to increasing the life of the packaging through its reuse. To obtain a more accurate understanding of the recovery and raw material recovery indices, these indicators are now calculated excluding transport pallets, (2) which represent a significant part of returnable packaging in rotation for industrial sites. The recovery index corresponds to the quantity of waste recovered (109,367 t for industrial sites), whether material or energy, excluding transport pallets, divided by the total (3) amount of waste generated (112,363 t for industrial sites), including returnable packaging in rotation, excluding waste sent to landfill due to regulatory obligations and excluding transport pallets. The recovery index corresponds to the quantity of waste, excluding transport pallets, whether material or energy (5,297 t for administrative sites and research centres) (4) divided by the total amount of waste generated (5,910 t for administrative sites and research centres), including returnable packaging, but excluding waste sent to landfill due to regulatory requirements and excluding transport pallets. The material recovery index corresponds to the quantity of recovered (68,274 t for industrial sites), reused or recycled, excluding transport pallets, divided by the total (5) amount of waste generated (112,363 t for industrial sites), including the returnable packaging, excluding waste sent to landfill due to regulatory obligations and excluding transport pallets. The material recovery index corresponds to the quantity of waste, excluding transport pallets, reused or recycled (2,607 t for administrative sites and research centres), (6) divided by the total amount of waste generated (5,910 t for administrative sites and research centres), including returnable packaging, but excluding waste sent to landfill due to regulatory requirements and excluding transport pallets.

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Recovering the waste generated The Group has adopted a systematic approach to material preservation. As such, beyond the reduction at source, the Group is also committed to finding the best solutions to recover the waste it produces. In 2018, 97% of the waste generated by industrial sites was recovered through re-use, recycling or use as an energy source, and 61% was recovered through re-use or recycling, thereby preserving the material. L’Oréal has set itself the goal of achieving “zero waste to landfill” by the end of 2020 for all sites (excluding regulatory constraints). Work has been done with specialised companies and local authorities to implement appropriate treatment solutions. Work at all plants and distribution centres resulted in the objective of “zero waste to landfill” being achieved in April 2017. The approach is more recent for administrative sites, and 331 tonnes of waste were sent to landfill in 2018 (excluding regulatory constraints).

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In 2018,all of the Group’s plants and distribution centres achieved the zero waste to landfill target (excluding regulatory requirements).

2020 TARGET

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