As a "Fortune" 500 and one of the world's largest cosmetics company, L'Oreal has long beyond the purely commercial model, the sustained economic development and the gradual strengthening of the social and environmental sense of responsibility together. In the L'Oreal, from the sewage discharge, water conservation, raw material selection, packaging materials application, have a dedicated environmental management and supervision, to monitor compliance with environmental standards of production.
Global: Since 1992, L'Oreal has the plant to reduce water consumption by nearly 50%. Now, L'Oreal factories around the world to recycle 90% of the waste. L'Oreal Group is also included in the three to reflect a small number of listed companies in Europe within a sustainable development index and the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
Respect for the environment is an important enterprise value of L'Oreal, one of the company. L'Oreal a few years ago published "Sustainable Development Report," pointed out: In the safety, health and the environment, the Group has set three priority objectives: to reduce production of each finished water and power consumption required (environmental efficiency indicators), and to improve the safety of all activities. In addition, the Group also decided to raise the field of environmental protection and safety of all key performance indicators (KPI) on the performance.
In order to implement the stringent worldwide environmental protection and sustainable development strategies, close to the highest environmental standards, L'Oreal L'Oreal within the group established a "safety, health and environmental awards" to award in environmental protection, health and safety three achievement factory. The award is within the L'Oreal Group's environmental, health and safety's highest honor.
China: with the rest of the world, like L'Oreal China continue to enforce strict environmental standards. 1999 L'Oreal put into operation in Suzhou factory is still the United States to strictly implement the global integration of the ISO quality management system, all the waste separation at source, the work started, in which laboratory waste in accordance with the strict classification of the different nature and in accordance with the relevant procedures ETNSE verification of emissions , mixing of waste generated must be properly handled, empty containers must be clean wash / set the empty / closed, dirty paper / foam must be placed in trash into garbage bags before the ban landfill. At the same time, control of soil and rain water pollution, the supervision and control of potential contaminated areas, underground piping design term accumulation / detection of leaks, pollution, hazards in a tank leak is located where, in order to set up water from fire service water pool, there is the risk of chemical spills areas such as to provide an effective adsorbent.
In environmental protection on the road, L'Oreal efforts never stop. At present, L'Oreal is still the United States to further improve its Suzhou plant sewage treatment works, sewage treatment plants is still the United States the amount of up to 300 tons per day. Meanwhile, L'Oreal China has also committed to an effective saving water, electricity, steam and other energy consumption, the specific measures include: control of ventilation equipment for the wind efficiency in air-conditioning system, in accordance with the temperature and rate through the sensors control the fan speed; for high-power pump, based on the pressure through the sensor to change the engine frequency, to control the amount of water pumps; for air compressors and chillers, installation of central processing unit to automatic control according to load, and at low load on their own to stop. Use of higher efficiency of refrigerant, or refrigeration equipment to improve the existing chiller capacity; for the lighting system to seek and use higher-performance lighting equipment, through the time machine control lighting.
L'Oreal environmental protection efforts have yielded good results. At present, L'Oreal China's recovery of waste recycling rates as high as 89%, while the landfill waste disposal and destruction were only 7% and 4%, that is, less than 11% of waste not yet be Olle Ya reuse, recycling or conversion to new energy sources, and the present environmental protection L'Oreal has set a target of "zero landfill."
L'Oreal environmental protection efforts are not confined to within the company, the company has with the local authorities sector, for local environmental protection and sustainable development efforts. Since 2002, L'Oreal continuous industrial sector organization "L'Oreal cup of green activities" and "to defend the Mother River" theme activities, and Suzhou, Shanghai and Yichang, three plants located less Committee, and environmental protection departments, and other environmental organizations, with practical action to improve the environmental awareness of local residents, enhance environmental protection, autonomy and creativity.