Through a Climate Strategy the L'Occitane Group is committing all its brands to an ambitious objective net-zero carbon. With a focus on further reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2031 and achieving net zero emissions by 2050, its goals have been validated by the Science Based Targets (SBTi).
SBTi encourages companies to address the climate challenge according to what scientists believe is necessary to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
" With this commitment, we are seeking to achieve ambitious goals. While our company has many cards in its hand to transform its production units, its products and its distribution, we will have to invent solutions together, with consumers and our partners, to bring about this low-carbon world "Adrien Geiger, Director of Sustainable Development for the L'Occitane Group, explains.
Roadmap based on three pillars
Since its first carbon footprint in 2008, the Group has had data covering all sources of emissions (direct and indirect), which is essential for the development of a roadmap based on three pillars
1. Reducing emissions from energy consumption
The L'Occitane Group aims to reduce by half the GHG emissions linked to the energy consumption of its own sites (factories, warehouses, points of sale), mainly through the use of renewable energies and energy efficiency and sobriety. In 2021, 95% of the electricity consumed will come from renewable sources.
2. Reduce emissions for which responsibility is shared
These emissions are more complex and relate in particular to the supply, transport and use of products. They require solutions to be found with partners, suppliers and customers, as illustrated by the eco-design policy for products and the sustainable logistics policy. The Group also plans to eliminate the use of air freight by 2030.
The product use phase accounts for a large proportion of the Group's GHG emissions, due to the consumption of hot water by users to rinse products. In order to innovate and support consumer habits, the Group is now a member of the 50L Home which seeks to encourage responsible water use.
3. Preserve and restore ecosystems to neutralize residual emissions
By 2030, the Group intends to neutralize its residual emissions. This is why, since 2020, it has been investing in projects to preserve and restore ecosystems, thereby contributing to the sequestration of CO2. EUR 45 million has already been committed through the Livelhood Carbon Fund (LFC3) and the Climate Fund for Nature.
