L’Oreal USA Makes Climate Change Pledge

L’Oreal USA, which operates a manufacturing and distribution facility in North Little Rock, announced Monday (Oct. 19) that it joined the American Business Act on Climate Pledge, partnering up with 80 companies from across the U.S. to demonstrate an ongoing commitment to climate action and to voice support for a strong outcome to the COP21 Paris climate negotiations.

The announcement was made at the White House Summit on Climate and the Road through Paris. The Summit gathered leaders from the government, private sector, academia, technical and scientific communities to focus on cross-sector efforts to tackle the climate change challenge here in the United States as well as on a global scale.

Specifically, the event focused on how to further efforts around carbon mitigation, sustainability, and resiliency, as well as how technologies are emerging to support and scale these efforts.

“By joining the American Business Act on Climate Pledge, L’Oreal USA is uniting with other leading companies nation-wide to voice the need for an effective and lasting climate change agreement in Paris,” said Jonathan Maher, vice president CSR and Sustainability for L’Oreal USA. “Accelerating the transition to a low-carbon economy will produce multiple benefits with regard to sustainable economic growth, public health, resilience to natural disasters, and the health of the global environment. Our ambition is to see the development of a clear framework to steer the country towards this goal.”

L’Oreal USA, which has annuals sales exceeding $3 billion in 2014, has more than 320 full-time and temporary employees at its North Little Rock facility
By the year 2020, L’Oreal USA will:
• Reduce CO2 emissions at our manufacturing plants and distribution centers by 60% in absolute terms, from a 2005 baseline;

• Reduce water consumption by 60% per finished product unit, from a 2005 baseline;

• Reduce waste by 60% per finished product unit, from a 2005 baseline;

• Send zero waste to landfill; and

• Reduce CO2 emissions from transportation of products by 20% per finished product unit, from a 2011 baseline.