2023 universal registration document

4. Corporate Social Responsibility

For Group operated sites with fewer than 50 people, which are not part of the Group’s monthly reporting scope, the emissions are estimated by extrapolation based on a surface area ratio (representing around 3% of the Group’s total surface area in 2023).

Changes in the comparable data for Scopes 1 and 2 since 2016 (in thousands of tonnes of CO2 equivalent) The historical data in this table has been presented using a calculation and methodology consistent with those used in 2023 in order to facilitate a like-for-like comparison of the changes. Historical data is provided in subparagraph 4.3.1.1.3.
non-inclus non-inclus 2016 2019 2022 2023
Scope 1

Operated sites

62.0

46.3

20.2

16.9 Les Commissaires aux Comptes ont exprimé une assurance raisonnable sur cet indicateur.

Vehicle fleet

52.4

37.8

39.2

46.4

Operated stores

0.8

2.6

2.5

2.5

Other(1)

0.9

0.3

0.2

0.3

Group

116.1

87

62.1

66.1

Scope 2

Operated sites

58.5

33.4

7.7

4.1 Les Commissaires aux Comptes ont exprimé une assurance raisonnable sur cet indicateur.

Vehicle fleet

0.02

0.1

0.2

0.9

Operated stores

9.1

26.7

22.7

23.2

Other(1)

12

1.1

0.1

0.1

Group

68.8

61.3

30.7

28,3

Scopes 1 + 2

Operated sites

120.5

79.7

27.9

21.1 The Statutory Auditors have expressed reasonable assurance about this indicator.

Vehicle fleet

52.4

37.9

39.4

47,3

Operated stores

9.9

29.3

25.2

25,7

Other(1)

2.1

1.4

0.3

0,3

Group

184.9

148.3

92.8

94,4

(1) These emissions include Group operated sites with fewer than 50 people that are excluded from the scope of monthly reporting, as well as CH4 and N2 O emissions related to the use of bioenergy on Group operated sites (biogas, biomass, wood, biofuels).

Scope 3 – emissions estimated annually

Scope 3 covers all other greenhouse gas emissions not directly related to the sites operated by the Group or to the processing of products in the factories, but to other stages in its life cycle (purchasing, transportation, use, end of life etc.) and other impacts related to the Group’s activities (business travel etc.). These emissions are estimated annually according to the GHG Protocol methodology.

In 2023, work was carried out on Scope 3 of the GHG footprint in order to improve its input data, boundaries and emission factors. For 2023, L’Oréal Group’s Scope 3 is estimated at 11,406 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent, an increase of around 450 thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent compared to 2022, primarily due to the use phase of our products and indirect purchases.

The Statutory Auditors have expressed reasonable assurance about this indicator.

(1) The historical data in this table has been presented using a calculation and methodology consistent with those used in 2023 in order to facilitate a like-for-like comparison of the changes. Historical data is provided in subparagraph 4.3.1.1.3.