2022 Universal Registration Document

B/ Reducing energy consumption and making increased use of renewable energy

Reducing energy consumption

For over 20 years, the Group has been endeavouring to reduce its energy consumption. These efforts focus primarily on two areas: the continuous improvement of industrial processes and the performance of associated equipment; and the optimisation of energy consumption in buildings. In this respect, any new Group building has to comply with the strictest environmental standards.

Furthermore, following the French government’s announcement of the “Energy Sobriety Plan” in June 2022,the Group has committed to reducing energy consumption in France and Europe by 10% compared with 2021 over the next two years.

This commitment is in part based on :

• continuing to reduce the energy consumption at sites operated by the Group, all energy uses combined (heating, air conditioning, compressed air, ventilation, lighting, etc.);
• reducing the heating temperature of working spaces to 19 °C during winter time;
• turning off lights, window display lighting, store screens and signage at closing time;
• launching a global campaign at all sites operated by the Group to reduce the energy footprint of digital technologies; and
• signing RTE’s Eco Watt charter in France.

At industrial sites

The L’Oréal for the Future programme aims to reduce energy consumption in factories and distribution centres by 40% per thousand units of finished product by 2030 compared with 2019.

In 2022, the total energy consumption of the industrial sites was 781,465 megawatt-hours ☑. This was a 4% increase in absolute value compared with 2019.

In 2022, consumption in kilowatt-hours per finished product decreased by 1% compared with 2019 and by 37% compared with 2005.