The Estée Lauder Companies Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Social Impact and Sustainability Report and Climate Transition Plan

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (ELC) recently released its Fiscal Year 2023 Social Impact and Sustainability Report (SI&S Report). The report outlines efforts and progress made toward the company’s social impact and sustainability goals and commitments focused on climate and energy; packaging; sourcing; green chemistry and ingredient transparency; inclusion, diversity & equity; employee health and safety; and social investments. Also released today is ELC’s second Climate Transition Plan which reflects ELC’s efforts to proactively disclose the company’s efforts to help address climate change and provides a more detailed look at the…

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The Estée Lauder Companies Releases Fiscal 2021 Social Impact and Sustainability Report

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (ELC) released its Fiscal Year 2021 Social Impact and Sustainability (SI&S) Report. The Beauty Inspired, Values Driven report underscores progress towards the company’s social impact and sustainability goals and commitments and highlights initiatives across key areas including inclusion, diversity, and equity; climate; packaging; social investments; responsible sourcing; and green chemistry. In fiscal year 2021, the company remained on track to achieve its social impact and sustainability goals, while generating exceptional business results and continuing to navigate challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Despite the pandemic,…

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The Estée Lauder Companies Announces First-Year Grantees for WRITING CHANGE Initiative Launched in Partnership with Estée Lauder Global Changemaker, Amanda Gorman

The Estée Lauder Companies is proud to announce the first-year grant recipients for WRITING CHANGE, its global three-year, US$3M literacy impact initiative inspired by Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, award-winning writer, and Estée Lauder Global Changemaker and Brand Ambassador. SUSTAINED PROGRESS IN LITERACY Literacy builds self-efficacy and esteem, unlocks opportunity, and empowers people to participate fully in their community and in society. Yet, despite the steady rise in literacy rates over the years, more than 773 million children and adults1 around the world are illiterate, most…

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The Estée Lauder Companies Publishes Methodology to Drive Sustainable Cosmetics Innovation & Strengthen Environmental, Social & Governance Commitments

As part of its ongoing commitment to advancing sustainability and innovation across its operations and the personal care products industry, The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has released its Green Score methodology to assess and measure the sustainability of ingredients and formulas based on green chemistry principles. Years of dedicated development and evaluation have culminated in the publication of the peer-reviewed manuscript, “Applying Green Chemistry to Raw Material Selection and Product Formulation at The Estée Lauder Companies,” newly published in Green Chemistry, the Royal Society of Chemistry’s journal. The authors transparently…

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The Estée Lauder Companies Joins Pulpex Partner Consortium to Develop Prestige Beauty’s First Widely Recyclable Paper Bottle

The Estée Lauder Companies has announced that it has joined the Pulpex partner consortium, becoming the consortium’s first prestige beauty company to support the development of a recyclable paper bottle made from responsibly sourced pulp. Pulpex is a first-of-its-kind technology that creates bottles from wood pulp using FSC-certified renewable feedstocks from responsibly managed forests. The new paper bottle is designed to be widely recyclable in standard waste streams and will support The Estée Lauder Companies’ efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its packaging across the lifecycle.   As a…

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