Key figures
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
- 88 Patents for packaging and processes
- >70 000 Suppliers of packaging and raw materials
- 42 Factories worldwide
- 8 Distribution channels (2)
- 15 Sites with carbon neutrality
- >500 000 Delivery points
Our commitments
- + 60nationalities represented in Communications teams
- 25,000 employees took part in the Citizen Day in 2015
- 82% of new products have an improved environmental or social profile
- 67% of reduction of CO2 emissions from a 2005 Baseline with a production volume that has increased by 29% over the same period
- 67 533 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) hair salons, mass-market retail channels, perfumeries, pharmacies, drugstores, medispas, branded retail, travel retail, e-commerce
(3) Sales achieved on the brands' own websites and estimated sales achieved by the brands corresponding to sales through retailers' websites (non-audited data).