Our employees

• + 5,000 employees received digital training in 2015
• 100 % of employees have a minimum level of social protection (1)
• 800,000 LinkedIn followers
• 31 % of Executive Committee members are women

Our research

• 497patents registered in 2015
• €794M Million euros invested in Research & Innovation
• 3,870Research and Innovation employees
• 1Worldwide centre in France
• 5Regional hubs

Our production

• 90 Patents for packaging and processes
• 1,850 Suppliers of packaging and raw materials
• 44 Factories worldwide
• 153 Distribution centers worldwide
• 9 Sites with carbon neutrality
• 515,000 Delivery points

Our commitments

• + 60nationalities represented in Communications teams
• 25,000 employees took part in the Citizen Day in 2015
• 74% of new products have an improved environmental or social profile
• 56% of reduction of CO2  emissions from a 2005 baseline
• 60 600 people from underprivileged communities were provided access to work

Digital

• + 1,000 Employees are digital experts
• 25.5% of net media spending on digital
• +37.9% E-commerce sales growth (3)
• 5.2%Digital share of consolidated sales (3)

Source : 2015 Annual Report, click here to discover the full version online



(1) Permanent group employees, excluding in some countries, holders of part-time contracts for less than 21 hours per week, beauty advisors and shop assistants; the integration of recent acquisitions and new subsidiaries is gradual.
(2) CDP Index, former Carbon Disclosure Project.
(3) Sales achieved on the brands' own websites and estimated sales achieved by the brands corresponding to sales through retailers' websites (non-audited data).