Safeguard Nature
Discover our programActing to safeguard nature and support ecosystem resilience
Nature is a source of inspiration for our business, providing the raw materials that fuel our innovation, while reminding us of our responsibility to protect and preserve natural ecosystems.
Our 1,600 ingredients sourced from 350 plant species highlight our reliance on a healthy and diverse ecosystem. As we transition to more bio-based ingredients, we aim towards to responsible and sustainable sourcing. To guide our nature-related actions, we adopt the three pillars of the conservation hierarchy: Avoid, Reduce, Restore & Regenerate while aiming at transforming the overall systems our value chain depends on. We are investing in partnerships and solutions that safeguard biodiversity and regenerate landscapes.
Water is another critical focus of our nature pillar. We are striving to ensure sustainable water stewardship throughout our value chain and across the communities where we operate. This includes optimizing our industrial processes and resource use: 56% of our factories use water that is recycled and reused in a loop. We also aim to help consumers meet their everyday beauty and hygiene needs while using less water, by developing water-saving products and technologies—particularly for water-stressed markets where we sell rinse-off products such as haircare, hair colour, and face and body care.
These interconnected efforts on biodiversity and water are essential for enhancing climate adaptation.
Our ambitions on biodiversity
By 2030, L’Oréal is aiming to
90%
Sustainably source at least 90% of biobased materials used in formulas and packaging
75%
Source over 75% of ingredients from nature (plants of mineral sources) or from recycled materials in formulas
Regenerate more land than our footprint to enhance the health and resilience of our priority ecosystems
Our ambitions on water
By 2030, L'Oréal is aiming to
100%
Use 100% recycled or reused water for industrial purposes in our factories
Offer water-saving products or technologies to enable consumers in water-stressed markets to meet their hygiene and beauty needs
Our results
67%
of ingredients in formulas sourced from nature or from recycled materials in 2025
56%
of the water used for industrial purposes in our factories was recycled and reused in 2025
Policies define our fundamental principles and standard operating procedures. They complement and round out L’Oréal for the Future KPIs. They outline how we work and guide decision-making across the organization.
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*Water-stressed markets are defined as L'Oréal country subsidiaries with high projected water resource risks up to 2030. This assessment is based on three categories of risk (physical, regulatory and reputational), classified according to the Water Risk Filter (WRF) scores of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and data from the Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas of the World Resources Institute.
Updated: September 2026
Source: L’Oréal For The Future Program