L'Oréal - 2018 Registration Document

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

Certifications in Europe

training, gender balance, equal pay practices, work-life balance, introduction of shared inclusive culture). In 2018, the Group’s head office in France and 23 European countries were awarded the GEEIS label, and are audited every two years by Bureau Veritas to measure progress. L’Oréal Germany, L’Oréal Finland and L’Oréal United Kingdom and Ireland were

Throughout the world, L’Oréal has chosen to be audited by independent experts. Since 2010, the Group has been awarded the Gender Equality European & International Standard (GEEIS) in Europe. This label is given to companies meeting nine key criteria established by the GEEIS (assessment of general policy, action plan, social dialogue, management

re-certified in 2018.

EDGE Audit

GEEIS Audit

USA, Australia, Brazil, Canada, India and Russia

Austria, Netherlands, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Romania,

Finland, Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Portugal, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, L’Oréal SA Corporate, France, Italy, Spain and Belgium

Promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities For more than 15 years, L’Oréal has been developing a global policy to include people with disabilities within the Company. In 2018, the Group employed 1,177 people with disabilities (under permanent and fixed-term contracts), i.e. 1.4% of the total workforce. L’Oréal has set a target of having at least 2% of employees with disabilities by the end of 2020 in countries without specific local regulations. The disability pillar of L’Oréal’s Diversity and Inclusion policy covers the following five priorities: recruitment: L’Oréal promotes the recruitment of people s with disabilities in all countries, whether or not there is a legal obligation; All subsidiaries are committed to this, depending on their context;

For entities outside Europe, L’Oréal relies on the Economic Dividend for Gender Equality (EDGE) certification process. To be certified, subsidiaries are audited by Flocert and Intertek and must provide three sources of information on gender equality (statistics, questionnaire on HR procedures and an employee survey). L’Oréal USA was the first subsidiary to obtain the label in 2014 and was re-certified in 2016 and 2018. Five other entities have now been certified: Australia, Brazil, Canada, India and Russia. In 2018, a total of 29 countries ; continued to be EDGE or GEEIS certified.

; The Statutory Auditors have expressed a reasonable assurance with regard to this indicator.

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