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Pierre Fabre launches the Green Impact Index

The Green Impact Index IS the first rating tool to measure, improve and communicate by A, B, C or D the environmental and societal impact of cosmetic and family health products, according to a methodology validated and guaranteed by AFNOR certification.

The Pierre Fabre Group innovates by launching the Green Impact Index, a tool that allows to measure and communicate in a transparent way the environmental and societal impact of cosmetic and family health products. Thanks to the Green Impact Index, consumers will be informed of the eco-social performance of the Group's products by a simple letter (A, B, C or D). A score of A or B means that the product is eco-socially designed insofar as it meets a sufficient number of environmental and societal performance criteria according to internationally recognized standards.

In addition to informing consumers, the Green Impact Index will enable Pierre Fabre to improve the eco-societal profile of its products, with the aim of having half of its portfolio eco-socio-designed by 2023. The tool has already been used internally for 2 years to ensure the eco-socio-design of new products (A or B score).

The Green Impact Index was designed and developed by Green Mission Pierre Fabre, the group's entity that drives and federates its naturalness and sustainable development initiatives. It was based on the 3,000 Life Cycle Analyses (LCA) of products and packaging carried out by the Group for over 10 years to develop a methodology based on the evaluation of 20 criteria:

  • 14 environmental impact criteria divided between the eco-design of the packaging, the eco-design of the formula, the impact of the product's manufacture and the transport of raw materials. These 14 criteria account for 2/3 of the final score.
  • 6 societal impact criteria covering Made in France, Organic, Fair Trade, Origine France Garantie and Vegan certifications or labeling, as well as the brand's societal commitment programs. The reliability and robustness of the methodology have been evaluated and guaranteed by AFNOR Certification, an independent third-party organization. AFNOR Certification will carry out an annual audit to verify and guarantee the reliability of the ratings carried out by Pierre Fabre on its products. The scores of the first products rated on the brands Avène, A-Derma, Ducray, Klorane, René Furterer, Naturactive, Elgydium and Arthrodont are already posted on the Group's corporate website (link). These first listings cover a wide variety of categories (rinse-off or dry shampoos, shower gels, face and body creams, anti-acne care, toothpastes, essential oils, dietary supplements...) in order to demonstrate the ability of the Green Impact Index to adapt to all types of cosmetics and family health products. New products will be rated and posted every month and the scores will be posted directly on the brands' websites by the end of the year.

"The Green Impact Index is a response to the growing consumer and patient distrust of brands on their ability to respect the environmentto commit for the company and to communicate it in a transparent and verifiable way. At Pierre Fabre, we are and the Green Impact Index that we are launching today has just confirmed this. For the first time, consumers will be able to choose a cosmetic or family health product with full knowledge of its eco-social impact and with the assurance of reliable and detailed informatione without artifice ". said Eric Ducournau, CEO of the Pierre Fabre Group.

"The Green Impact Index is a simple, scientifically sound and transparent rating. It will enable everyone to make informed choices, in line with their convictions, and to consume more responsibly. And it will allow us to progress. Its 20 criteria already guide our researchers and engineers to improve the eco-socio-design of our products. They also encourage our brands to commit to programs in favor of biodiversity, therapeutic education, the environment and the environment. patient associations or the fight against precariousness". said Florence Guillaume, Director of Green Mission Pierre Fabre.

"We have more than 10 years of experience in the environmental analysis of products. Pierre Fabre was one of the pioneersWe are at the beginning of the French and then European experimentation on environmental labelling. Today, we are the first to propose a social and environmental rating for our products.- The environmental impact of products, which can be used for both cosmetic and family health products. Our methodology is particularly demanding The environmental rating is based on the phases of the product's life cycle controlled by the manufacturer, and is based on recognized standards, labels and benchmarks officially " added Séverine Roullet-Furnemont, CSR & Sustainable Development Director at Green Mission Pierre Fabre.

Erwan Chagnot, AFNOR CSR Expert Auditor, said: " With the Green Impact Index, Pierre Fabre is part of in a process of transparency and of continuous improvement of which we have evaluated and confirmed its robustness and reliability. We are delighted that a group like Pierre Fabre participates in implementation from display of informationinformation on the environmental and social performance of products, which the recent law on the fight against terrorism has made clear. waste and circular economy (AGEC law) endorsed the principle."

About Green Mission Pierre Fabre

Launched in 2019, Green Mission Pierre Fabre is an entity and a cross-functional dynamic focusing on naturalness and eco-socio-responsibility of activities and products. It federates all of the Group's CSR and sustainable development initiatives so that Pierre Fabre can make its own contribution to the global objective of carbon neutrality in 2050 targeted by the Paris Climate Agreement (2015).

In this long-term perspective, the Pierre Fabre Group has set ambitious and measurable short and medium-term objectives:

  • Since 2020, 100% of new products are eco-designed
  • By 2023, 50% of the product catalog will be eco-socially designed
  • By 2025, 30% reduction in CO2 emissions vs. 2015
  • By 2025, reduce energy consumption by 25% vs. 2015
  • Since 2012, the Group's CSR approach has been assessed by an external body in accordance with the ISO 26000 standard. In 2015, AFNOR Certification awarded Pierre Fabre the "Exemplary" level of its AFAQ 26000 standard, a first for a French company with nearly 10,000 employees.
    In 2020, Ecocert Environment assessed the Group's social and environmental responsibility approach for the second year running according to the ISO 26000 standard for sustainable development and confirmed the award of the "Excellence" level.

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