Organizational Strategy - Sustainable Development - L'Oréal

3 L’oréaL - GrI DaTa SHEETS 2011
SCOPE OF APPLICATION, BOUNDARIES AND BASES OF THE REPORT
This report covers all of the L’oréal group’s activity from January to December 2011.
SCOPE OF APPLICATION OF THE DATA PERTAINING TO:
• the environment, health and safety;
• employment affairs.
There were no major activity changes that significantly affected the comparison of data in this report with those of the preceding report
or between organizations.
> For more information, refer to the GrI index sheet – assurance reports.
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The preceding L’oréal report on sustainable development was published in June 2011.
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This report covers the L’oréal group activity in its entirety from January to December 2011.
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L’oréal appreciates your opinion on its sustainable development performance and reports. Please send your comments, questions or
suggestions to: sustainabledevelopment@loreal.com.
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Global response:
THE STRATEGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
This Committee clarifies, through its analyses, the strategic orientations submitted to the Board, and monitors the implementation and
advancement of significant operations in progress. It ensures that there is overall financial balance. It reviews the main lines of development,
options and strategic projects presented by the General Management, together with their economic and financial consequences,
acquisition opportunities, and financial transactions that may significantly change the balance sheet structure. along with the constant
and close review of the group’s business activity and the analysis of markets and competitors, the Committee monitored the economic
conditions during emergence from the crisis, after having noted the strategic decisions made by the general management at a very early
stage to tackle the difficult economic environment. Furthermore, the Committee was called on to study projected acquisitions.
REPORTING METHODOLOGY
Each year, L’oréal publishes a report on sustainable development.
To prepare this report, L’oréal examines current practices and studies the recommendations emanating from international institutions and
specialised organizations such as the United Nations, the oECD, the European Commission and the WBCSD. The sustainable development
report writing guidelines, which are published by the Global reporting Initiative (GrI), also helped the group analyse its sustainable
development performance.
To make all annual publications as complementary as possible, the Sustainable Development report is now issued at the same time as
annual report and the reference Document, i.e., each year in april. all three of these publications are presented as a trilogy with common
graphics. They are printed on FSC-certified 100% recycled paper, which helps L’oréal convey a consistent and integrated responsible
image.
The Sustainable Development report:
• is a synthetic, editorial, printed document that systematically refers to an interactive website that is rich in content and regularly updated.
• is designed within a complete ecosystem, an online “corporate conversation”.
• emphasises photo testimony/reports to accentuate the human aspects of undertaken actions.
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