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Atmospheric discharges
Greenhouse gases
None of L’Oréal’s manufacturing processes directly emits greenhouse
gases. Only steam production and oil-fired heating of
the group’s buildings produce CO2 emissions.
Other atmospheric emissions
SO2 emissions are related to the use of oil for heating. In order
to limit these emissions, the group uses natural gas to fuel its
heaters whenever possible.
SO2
CO2
n Total emissions
in thousands of tonnes
t
90
75
60
45
30
15
59.6
62.8
77.2
Emissions per finished product
in grams
84.2
89.0
20 22 22 23
19
tx
90
75
60
45
30
15
n Total emissions
in tonnes
t
75
60
45
30
15
0
40
14
I
1999
41
13
I
2000
60 58
17 15
I
2001
Emissions per finished product
in milligrams
I
2002
65
17
I
2003
tx
50
40
30
20
10
0
0
I
1999
I
2000
I
2001
I
2002
I
2003
0
Waste
Motor vehicles are a major source of CO2 emissions.
Comprehensive detailed information about the discharges due
to their use in transporting the group’s products and as a
means of transport for employees is not however available.
Nonetheless, the group has for many years been developing
less polluting transport solutions, such as the use of electric
vehicles for certain urban sites and the adoption of combined
road/rail transport methods. Some of the main initiatives in
this area have been carried out on the France-Italy and France-
Spain links, as well as for supplying northern Norway from the
Copenhagen distribution centre.
Gases that deplete the ozone layer
The only gas emissions that deplete the ozone layer come from
propellants for aerosols. The main offending gases (CFCs) have
not been used by L’Oréal since 1989, well before the final ban
came into effect in 1995.
The group makes reducing waste a priority and sets precise
annual targets at each manufacturing site. In the manufacture
of its products, L’Oréal generates various types of discharge,
including so-called “transportable” waste, as opposed to effluent
or atmospheric emissions. Transportable waste is waste
resulting from the manufacturing process that is intended to
leave the manufacturing site (pallets, packaging, building
debris, leftover finished products and materials used in the
manufacturing process).
Transportable waste
n Total transportable waste
in thousands of tonnes
t
150
125
100
75
50
25
0
110.2
I
1999
108.6
I
2000
118.3
I
2001
Transportable waste per finished product
in grams
127.3 128.1
37.5 33.2 33.2 33.9 32.7
I
2002
I
2003
tx
120
100
80
60
40
20
0