Gender Equity

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Gender pay gap analysis in France 

Since 2007, L'Oréal has called upon the Economix Institute that groups together renowned public research entities (INED, CNRS and Université Paris Nanterre), to conduct an annual gender pay gap analysis in France. The analysis has focused on median, mean and adjusted mean pay gap between men and women. 

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Analysis of average/mean gender pay gap

The “average” or “mean” pay gap for 2024 was 5% in favour of men (14% for top executives, 5% for senior management, 5% for middle management, 2% for professional and -4% for support).

The “adjusted” average pay gap, once structural effects are taken into account (all things equal), is reduced to 1.8%. The structural effects considered are, for example, level of responsibility, age and seniority.

Parental Leave

14 weeks

minimum of paid leave for mothers / primary parents  

6 weeks

minimum of paid leave for other new parent (fathers and co-parents)

Gender Equity Certifications

(36 countries)

For several years L'Oréal has put in place an ambitious policy on gender equity. In order to measure and assess its practices and policies, L’Oréal relies on two independant standards: Equity, Diversity and Gender Equality Certification (EDGE) and Gender Equality European & International Standard (GEEIS). In 2025, 36 pays have received the EDGE or GEEIS certification, which represents more than 60 % of the Group’s workforce.



Australia, Brazil, Canada, USA, India, Russia, Switzerland


Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, UK

Disability

L'Oréal employees worldwide with disabilities

2,005

Total L’Oréal employees with disabilities* as at 31st December 2024
(*Direct employment)

 

Focus on France - direct employment of people with disabilities

4.33%

in 2010

6.8%

in 2024

Nationality & Multicultural Origins

166

nationalities represented amongst our employees

Global figures regarding the Multicultural Origins of our employees are not available. Aligned with UN recommendations, each country investigating ethnic characteristics of its population must carefully define terms such as “race”, “origin” or “tribe” which may have differing connotations. By nature of the topic, categories and their definitions will vary widely from country to country; therefore no internationally accepted criteria are possible.

Age & Generations

38

Average age of our employees

16%

of our employees aged 50 years old and over

25,000

professional opportunities for people under 30 in 2024

 

Inclusive Sourcing with suppliers

(2024 Data)

L’Oréal’s global Inclusive Sourcing Programme, launched in 2010, harnesses the Group’s purchasing power to promote social inclusion by allocating part of L’Oréal’s total purchasing volume to committed suppliers that give access to employment and a sustainable income to people from socio-economically vulnerable communities who are often excluded from the labour market.

This programme enables L’Oréal to promote its commitments under the four pillars of the Group’s diversity, equity and inclusion policy within our supplier network

 

Projects linked to Women's economic empowerment

 39 840
 

beneficiaries of projects specifically related to the emancipation of women

 59%

of beneficiaries of overall Inclusive Sourcing program are women

 25 projects 

encompassing 49 local initiatives in

17 countries

 180

initiatives on Women Owned Businesses

LGBTQIA+ inclusion with our suppliers

62

people employed full-time via suppliers who are certified LGBTQIA+-owned companies in the USA

Employment of people with disabilities

3 276

people with disabilities working for our suppliers

 32% 

over the last 4 years

 80 projects

Worldwide encompassing
202 initiatives
In 40 countries

 

Inclusion of people of all ages

2 928

people hired over the age of 50 working for our suppliers

51 projects

Worldwide encompassing 241 initiatives in 39 countries

Including people of all socio-economic and multicultural origins

6 245

full time jobs supported in classified rural and urban socio-economic vulnerable zones (such as ZRR and QPV in France, Distressed Zones in the USA, aspirational districts in India)

3 278

full time jobs supported for minorities through equal opportunity practices and 15 initiatives on Minority Owned Businesses.

200

full time jobs supported for refugees

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