Organizational Strategy - Sustainable Development - L'Oréal

6 L’oréaL - GrI DaTa SHEETS 2011
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The indirect energy consumption of the L’oréal factories and distribution centres, measured in gigajoules, is indicated as follows:
2011
Electricity 1,064,738 GJ 4
Heating and air conditioning 0 GJ 4
Steam 68,985 GJ 4
Nuclear Energy 0 GJ 4
Other forms of imported energy 0 GJ 4
Total 1,133,723 GJ 4
Intermediate energy bought and consumed, stemming from renewable energy sources: 1,324,552 GJ.
L’oréal does not possess information about primary fuels used in the production of electricity that the factories and distribution centres
purchase, nor on their origin.
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During the year 2011, L’oréal has put in place new projects to optimise its activity: redefinition of the processes (e.g.: new DC in roye,
energy saving, heat recovery, improvement of manufacturing in terms of overall efficiency), conversion and adjustment of equipment and
changes in staff behaviour. To estimate the overall improvement, while the activity of the group remains unchanged (manufacturing of
cosmetics), the Environment team has calculated the GJ/million of units produced. It was found that overall efficiency has increased by
8.1%. To find the amount of energy saved, this progression was applied to the overall energy consumption.
SOLAR ENERGY
The initiatives abound in the L’oréal factories around the world. at each, the project is adapted to its location and configuration. The
Yichang factory in China, has installed 2,000 solar tubes for preheating water, allowing for a 6% reduction in its fuel consumption. The
Burgos factory in Spain will reach a neutral carbon balance thanks to a large biomass project and already uses green technologies such
as solar panels and biomass for heating a building. In Pune, India, the factory uses solar energy to preheat the washing water, which allows
for a 7% reduction of its total energy consumption. It already has 320 solar panels distributed over 970 m 2 . another emblematic example
of the group’s willingness for specific environment results is Piscataway in the United States, which will soon have reduced its Co 2 emissions
by 60%: due to the installation of LED lighting and solar panels on the site’s roofs, a reduction equal to 1,000 tonnes of Co 2 has been
reached. on the Franklin site in New Jersey, where power consumption is lower than the Piscataway factory, the solar panels should allow
for a reduction of 25% in Co 2 emissions, which is a decrease of 1,700 tonnes of Co 2 in 2012. In Montreal, solar walls are used not to produce
electricity but to preheat the cold air outside before being distributed inside the buildings, during the cold season. one hundred tonnes
of carbon for heating are thus saved, which previously derived from the use of natural gas.
WIND TURBINES
Since 1 st December 2011, L’oréal Mexico has access to wind power through its participation in the company Eurus, a company producing
this renewable energy. Henceforth, 84% of the electrical energy consumed by the Mexico factory and the Centrex site comes from the
wind, which will allow, from 2012, a reduction of 60% in the emissions of Co 2 compared with 2005. In 2012, L’oréal will also open its largest
hair dye plant in the world at Villa de reyes, in the State of San Luis Potosí. This new production site, the group’s second in Mexico and the
fourth in Latin america, will also call on wind power.
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2010 2011
Finished products in millions 5,062.8 5,154.9 4
Total energy consumption 2,871,700 GJ 2,687,960 GJ 4
GJ per million finished products 567.2 521.4 4
Overall efficiency 8.1%
Energy saved through conservation and improvements 235,998 GJ
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