2005 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT

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Sustainable Development Report_L’ORÉAL 2005 L’Oréal opened the first research centre dedicated to Chinese skin and hair in Pudong, Shanghai (China). L’ORÉAL’S COMMITMENT… TO DEVELOP HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS FOR A DIVERSE HUMAN POPULATION Located in Pudong, Shanghai, L’Oréal’s research centre in China, the first and only one of its kind created by a cosmetics company, has a team of around 40 researchers and technicians. Initially, development laboratories will focus on make-up, skincare and haircare. In 2006, biology and chemical analysis laboratories will be set up: the chemical analysis facilities will concentrate on applications for the chemical and plant raw materials used in Chinese medicine.
16 l 17 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT L’Oréal has always devoted a significant and growing part of its activity to research, scientific discovery and technological innovation. Leader in various scientific and technological areas, notably human skin reconstruction technology, L’Oréal views its research as contributing to the development of human knowledge. Our laboratories, in France, the United States, Japan and, more recently, in China, employ almost 3,000 people in some thirty different disciplines including biology, medicine, chemistry, physics, and physical-chemistry. COMMITTED TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT The challenges of sustainable development In the past few years, the Research and Development Division has asserted its strong commitment to taking the issues of sustainable development into account in its activities, programmes and operating methods. The health of the company employees and L’Oréal product users, and respect for the living world and all its biodiversity help define the way research is structured at L’Oréal. In particular, the challenges of sustainable development have led L’Oréal to reduce the impact of its activities on our common heritage, by taking into account: ■ the health of present and future generations, ■ protection of the environment and biodiversity, ■ the concern for fair and responsible trade. L’Oréal has, as a result, set its sights on activity and production methods that take into account all these challenges and encourages its suppliers to adopt similar approaches. Certain processes that reflect the adoption of this approach have already been implemented. Proactively anticipating social change and international regulation is at the heart of L’Oréal’s approach, and results in sustainable innovation for the benefit of our consumers. One of L’Oréal’s major responsibilities, as a manufacturer of cosmetics, involves measuring the risks of the raw materials used in its products and updating its assessment by integrating, as early as possible, the most recent findings in this area in order to ensure
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