COMMITMENTS - YVES ROCHER
Extract taken from CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) report – May 2015
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IS A STRATEGIC AND FAMILY VALUE OF THE GROUP This value is extremely important at the highest level of Management. The Strategic Committee, therefore, as early as 2008, established the Group's Sustainable Development Policy known as Planet Respect.
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he Rocher Group, which set the pace for sustainable development, is a family-run group which works at preserving the environment. Sustainable development is therefore a source of value creation. Bris Rocher
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The aim of this voluntary commitment is to place the brand as a major player in the cosmetics industry in favour of biodiversity.
Over 69 hectares welcoming both mankind and nature. Following a site assessment (listing of all fauna and flora and ecological components), an ecological management plan is drawn up for a 5 year period in order to create and maintain living environments which are conducive to biodiversity. In Ploërmel, after 5 years of management favouring biodiversity, the site assessment allowed 8 new bird species to be identified on site for a total of 50 species, including 33 breeding species. 2008: Eco-Hôtel Spa Yves Rocher 2008: Ploërmel 2009: La Croix des Archers
2011: Les Villes Geffs 2011: Le Végétarium 2012: La Villouet
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Yves Rocher welcomed over 2 600 participants to its awareness-raising events at the Botanical Gardens and the Éco-Hôtel Spa Yves Rocher in La Gacilly in 2014 (over 90 events). In December 2011, Yves Rocher was awarded "best site management" in the Biodiversity & Enterprise category (Enterprise & Environment Prize) from the Agence de l'environnement et de la maîtrise de l'énergie (French environmental and energy agency).
Since 2008, Yves Rocher has actively participated in the Natural Resources Stewardship Circle (NRSC), an organisation made up of manufacturers from the cosmetics and perfume industry working together for a sustainable management of biodiversity. The NRSC works on improving the economic and social conditions of local producers and on preserving natural resources in order to promote better sustainable procurement practices in the cosmetics and perfume industry. Yves Rocher was invited in September 2014 by Mr. Ban Ki-Moon , Executive Secretary of the UN climate summit at UN headquarters. During the meeting, Yves Rocher signed the New York Declaration on Forests. In October 2014, Yves Rocher was invited to testify to the Conference of Parties of the United Nations (COP12) for Biological Diversity in Pyeongchang , Korea.
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE PROCUREMENT OF
All Yves Rocher products are made using botanical ingredients: • All products contain plants which have been analysed and selected for their cosmetic properties; • many active plant substances contained in Yves Rocher products are exclusive patented creations based on research;
Yves Rocher uses approximately 250 botanical ingredients, each one linked to a supply chain. Yves Rocher analyses all its botanical raw materials and manages each one accordingly.
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Protecting endangered species, Promoting the use of locally grown plants or renewable plant parts, Refusing to use genetically modified organic ingredients, Developing organic farming sectors.
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ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE PROCUREMENT OF
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LA GACILLY, EMBLEMATIC SUPLY CHAIN 55 ha are cultivated in La Gacilly certified organic since 1997, allowing more than 12 tonnes of cosmetic plants to be produced for the brand's needs, but also contributes to agronomic and cosmetic research. 9 extracts are produced based on 7 emblematic plants cultivated in La Gacilly.
WOMEN GROUPS PRODUCING ORGANIC AND FAIR TRADE CERTIFIED ARGAN OIL Yves Rocher buys Argan oil in Morocco and has chosen to turn to groups of women producing organic and fair trade certified oil. By this choice and with the support of its partners, the brand seeks to promote and perpetuate traditional and local women’s skills and promote local socioeconomic balances. The organic fair trade certification and the organisation in cooperatives or associations both provide a fair return for women, fair redistribution of profits, training support and funding for a development fund to support these women groups in their projects.
EMBLEM OF OUR COMMITMENT TO TRACEABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY For its Andiroba oil, which is a Beautifying Dry Oil, Yves Rocher has used a Brazilian supplier that has strong values and shares the Brand’s approach. The harvest of the Andiroba seeds is performed by men and women from northeastern Brazil, who are organized in cooperatives and voluntary groups. It is performed very early in the morning on the banks of the Amazon, after the river has deposited the seeds. Importance is given to the sustainability of the sector, the involvement of the communities and the transfer of expertise and added value to them.
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FORMULATION – THE QUINTESSENCE OF BOTANICAL INGREDIENTS FOR EVEN MORE EFFICIENCY
New exclusive active principles are created and developed every year by the Yves Rocher research team. Plant ingredients are from sustainable resources, based on our plant supply chains, guaranteeing the quality, traceability, and protection of local populations. This is always done using the most environmentally-friendly extraction technology.
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Each ingredient of the formula has a role and a benefit to the skin. It is introduced to its right concentration for optimal effectiveness and guaranteed safety. Artificial useless or discredited ingredients are discarded beyond regulation.
We achieve the following thanks to the implementation of formulation guidelines: • All rinse-off products have a formula which is easily biodegradable, for improved protection of aquatic ecosystems. • 73% of our raw materials come from a natural source. • Since 1989 and as a forerunner in the cosmetics industry, Yves Rocher decided to stop all animal testing for its products and ingredients. • Preference is given to certified organic botanical ingredients from the agricultural center of La Gacilly in France. • We refuse more than 1600 ingredients for our formulas.
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FACTORIES CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
The 4 production sites in Brittany and Ireland are considered management models and have received the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards. The industrial sites place a lot of importance on the fight against global warming by reducing their fossil energy consumption. Yves Rocher therefore seeks to promote renewable energies, by providing wood heating for 950 employees (saving nearly 1 600 t of CO2 per year). In addition, industrial sites have reduced CO2 emissions per product by 25% since 2010 (gCO2/product). Water is a valuable resource for Yves Rocher. Sites work and invest in order to respect and protect this precious resource. Sites have thus improved their water efficiency (quantity of water consumed per tonne of bulk produced) by 21% since 2010.
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AN ECO-DESIGN PROCESS FOR ALL PACKAGING For Yves Rocher, eco-designing packaging is an alternative way to design, using the following tools: Innovation, Creativity and Desirability. Packaging eco-design prioritises use and pleasure values. The two main objectives of this procedure are: to REDUCE non renewable resource consumption and to RECYCLE by designing packaging that can be recycled at existing facilities and encouraging our customers to sort their packaging waste.
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In order to accompany teams engaged in product development, Yves Rocher has, over the last 4 years, developed "packaging eco-design guidelines". This tool, which is updated annually, is shared by marketing, purchase, development and R&D teams. It provides the regulations and instructions to follow in terms of eco-design for all the Green Book products.
KEY FIGURES IN 2014 : In 2014, the new Ecotube was launched within the Expert Repair range for a certified organic fair trade Shea butter this tube uses 25% less plastic. This saving was made through the use of an innovative service capsule. Extending the Ecotube to other products will lead to saving 10 tonnes of plastic in 2015.
: 51 Yves Rocher products already contain plastic from recycled bottles (PET), i.e. a target of 97 tonnes of virgin plastic to be saved in 2015. The Yves Rocher brand has set itself a target of including recycled PET in 50% of its PET packaging by 2015.
: 160 staff members were educated about eco-design between 2012 and 2014. Training of all new product development team employees.
SUPPLIER ECOSYSTEM
The Yves Rocher Purchasing and Quality management team works in collaboration with its partners to develop and spread those values associated with the respect of nature and mankind backed by the Group, ie. : • Environment and biodiversity conservation; • Innovation and audacity as drivers of differentiation and competitivity; • The refusal to engage in any form of concealment or deception. At the heart of their concerns and with the view to attaining excellence for products and services for the purpose of continued improvement and competitivity, the Group develops balanced relations for the future, established presently with suppliers.
Signing of the « Charte Relations Fournisseurs Responsables » The Director of Operations of the Yves Rocher Group signed the Charte Relations Fournisseurs Responsables , ie. "the 10 engagement Charter for responsible purchasing".
Supplier Portal At the end of 2013, the Yves Rocher Group launched its Supplier Portal www.group-rocher-suppliers.com an internet site for all the Group's suppliers. The supplier portal has a double objective: attract current and future suppliers of the Yves Rocher Group & drive innovation, by acknowledging suppliers as a source of proposals.
The 4th edition of the Supplier Trophies of the Yves Rocher Group took place on the 9th January 2014. 11 suppliers, from all categories, were awarded for their efforts based on the themes of Competitivity, Innovation, Sustainable Development and Quality.
A LOCALLY IMPLANTED
Yves Rocher has for long been greatly concerned about disability issues. Thus, since 1994, a sheltered workshop, « les Primevères » located in La Gacilly employs more than 25 disabled employees. The company is a subsidiary and is part of Group Rocher.
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ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT Some 200 hives are installed on our 55 acres of flowers in organic farming. Besides producing a delicious honey, bees, as sentinels, are excellent indicators of biodiversity. Via its facilities in favor of pollinators, Yves Rocher wants to develop an exemplary model in agro- ecology.
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SOCIAL FOOTPRINT In 2014, the Group's businesses employ 2,727 people directly in Brittany, including 1,548 in La Gacilly. For the 2nd consecutive year, Yves Rocher has been awarded and recognized as one of the most attractive companies in the region during the 2013 edition of the Employers Awards ! And more widely more than 150,000 people worldwide have access to employment through the Yves Rocher Brand.
For its consideration of environmental issues and its low impact on climate and biodiversity, the hotel meets the need to reconnect with nature. It is certified High Environmental Quality (at a French level), labeled European Ecolabel and Green Globe certified (at an international level).
Yves Rocher & the Yves Rocher Foundation - Institut de France - are patrons of the Photo Festival "People and Nature" largest open air photography festival in France, which celebrates its 12 years in 2015. More than 350 000 people benefit each year from the work of famous international photographers, exhibited in the streets and gardens of the village.
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CULTURAL FOOTPRINT
