L'Oréal Paris

L'Oréal Paris is owned by L'Oréal.

Our “Planet” rating evaluates brands based on the environmental policies in their supply chains, from carbon emissions to wastewater, ingredients' impacts, product circularity, and more. Here we rate L'Oréal Paris “Good”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• There’s no evidence it uses any lower-impact ingredients.
• It uses some recycled packaging.
• It’s set a science-based target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in both its direct operations and supply chain but there’s no evidence it is on track.
• It publishes a policy to assess the biodegradability and environmental toxicity of all of its ingredients and formulas.
• All of its palm oil is RSPO-certified. 

Workers’ rights are central to our “People” rating, which assesses brands’ policies and practices on everything from child labour to living wages and gender equality. Here we rate L'Oréal Paris “It's a Start”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It partly traces its supply chain including the final, second and some of the first production stages.
• There’s no evidence it provides financial security to its suppliers, which can result in poor working conditions and wages.
• It's actively involved with organisations that aim to identify and end modern slavery in supply chains.
• It audits some of its supply chain including all of the final production stage.
• Its Code of Conduct covers ILO Four Fundamental Freedoms principles.
• It ensures some workers in the final production stage are paid living wages, though not through its entire supply chain.

Note that the "People" rating in Good On You’s methodology is defined by labour rights and does not consider consumer health.

Brands’ animal welfare policies and, where applicable, how well they trace their animal-derived products, are the focus of our “Animals” rating. Here we rate L'Oréal Paris “Very Poor”. These are a few factors influencing its score:

• It uses animal-derived ingredients in its products.
• It appears to use ingredients derived from farmed animals, including lanolin and collagen.
• It has not made any public commitments to eliminate animal-derived ingredients.
• It may conduct animal testing when required by law (for instance, in China), either by itself, through its suppliers, or through third parties.

Based on all the publicly available information we’ve reviewed, we rate L'Oréal Paris “It's a Start” overall.