(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) NEW YORK, NY - December 8, 2011 - L’Oréal, the worldwide boss in cosmetics, known for its broad portfolio of beauty brands, cutting edge research on fraction and skin, and marketing prowess, was recognized by Climate Counts, in its fifth annual score card for control in addressing climate change. In the household products sector, L’Oréal ranked first among its peers and sixteenth among the 136 companies scored total.
The fifth annual scorecard assesses 136 companies across 16 sectors. Climate Counts scored the largest companies by interest in each industry, judging their actions to address climate change using 22 criteria and a 100-time scale. The criteria measure a company’s effort to assess its climate footprint, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, suffer progress on climate legislation, and communicate their efforts clearly and comprehensively to consumers. Since 2001, L’Oréal has been measuring its striking on global warming and reinforcing its commitment to climate change. The company joined the Global Compact in 2003, is also a associate of the World Business Council on Sustainable Development, the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and the CDP’s Supply Check Leadership Collaboration. The company has published an annual Sustainable Development Report since 2005 and in 2009 announced eager goals to reduce the company’s scope one and scope two greenhouse gas emissions by 50% between 2005 and 2015. L’Oréal has introduced initiatives to decrease its environmental footprint through the use of renewable green energy sources in its operations including solar energy installations at its plants in India, Spain, Mexico, China, New Jersey and Arkansas, hydroelectric power in Arkansas, biomass in Belgium and is exploring geothermal and liquidate applications for some of its other international industrial facilities. Twenty percent of the company’s electricity used globally last year was from renewable sources and the plc is working to identify the best available renewable technologies for each local facility. L’Oréal is a worldwide principal in the cosmetics industry, developing innovative products to meet the diverse needs of consumers in 130 countries worldwide. With annual consolidated sales in 2010 of €19.5 billion, the public limited company employs more than 66,600 people in 66 countries and manufactures 5.7 billion products in 38 manufacturing plants around the crowd. The prestigious portfolio of leading personal care products brands are developed by scientists in the company’s 18 check in laboratories and 12 evaluation centers around the world and includes: L'Oréal Paris, Garnier, Maybelline New York, SoftSheen·Carson, Lancôme, Giorgio Armani, Shu Uemura, Yves Saint Laurent Beauté, Viktor & Rolf, Diesel, Cacharel, Kiehl’s Since 1851, Ralph Lauren, Biotherm, L'Oréal Professionnel, Kérastase, Redken 5th Avenue NYC, Matrix, Logics, Mizani, Pureology, Vichy, La Roche-Posay, Sanoflore, Dermablend, SkinCeuticals and The Hull Shop.
