L’Oréal Joins DOE’s ‘Better Buildings, Better Plants’ Program

L'Oréal USA has joined the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Buildings, Better Plants Program, and has pledged to improve its energy intensity by 25% over the next 10 years. The pledge will ensure that the company strengthens its competitiveness while reducing its impact on the environment, the firm announced.
 
Through the Better Buildings, Better Plants Program L’Oréal USA will have its energy performance monitored and will gain access to the DOE’s energy analytics and experts to identify new opportunities for energy savings. In turn, by participating, L’Oreal USA can share key insights and best practices with the DOE for the greater benefit of manufacturers nation-wide.
 
To date the Better Buildings, Better Plants program encompasses 160 companies and has generated over $2.4 billion cumulatively in energy cost savings.
 
According to L’Oréal, joining the program is an important facet in the firm’s plan to achieve its carbon-reduction targets by 2020 as established under the its Sharing Beauty with All sustainability program. By 2020, the company pledges to reduce CO2 emissions at its plants and distribution centers by 60% in absolute terms, from a 2005 baseline. L’Oréal has already succeeded in reducing its CO2 emissions by 50.2% worldwide at end 2014, with L’Oréal USA attaining -58%.   
 
“L’Oréal USA’s commitment to energy-efficient manufacturing practices is ambitious and signals our resolve to lead as a low-carbon business,” said Frederic Roze, CEO of L’Oréal Americas. “We are dedicated to pursuing even greater energy savings across all of our facilities which will have a positive environmental impact in the communities in which we live and work, while also benefiting our operations and bottom line.”
 
 “L’Oréal’s commitment establishes the company as a leader in industrial energy efficiency and helps advance the nation’s progress towards a sustainable clean-energy future,” said Dr. Mark Johnson, director of the advanced manufacturing office in DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.