Happi Staff03.26.20
L’Oréal USA has unveiled a multi-faceted initiative to support Americans during the COVID-19 outbreak and recovery. This commitment is made in addition to L’Oréal’s Europe-wide Coronavirus Solidarity Program, which includes a one-million euro donation to non-profit organizations across Europe.
L’Oréal USA’s initiative will be implemented immediately and includes the following measures:
“I know I speak for all of my colleagues when I say that we at L’Oréal USA feel a deep responsibility to do our part to help address this crisis in the many communities in which we live and work,” said Stéphane Rinderknech, president and CEO of L'Oréal USA, and executive vice president, North America. “We stand in solidarity with the brave people who are tirelessly and selflessly working to end this pandemic, and it is our hope that, through these actions, we are able to provide some relief during this challenging time.”
L’Oréal USA’s initiative will be implemented immediately and includes the following measures:
- L’Oréal USA will donate $250,000 to the US hunger relief organization Feeding America to provide emergency support for their COVID-19 Response Fund and help relieve food-insecure families across America. This is part of a company-wide giving campaign in which L'Oréal USA will match additional employee donations dollar for dollar up to $25,000.
- L’Oréal’s production facilities will begin producing alcohol-based hand sanitizer this week to be provided free of charge to US employees, partners, and healthcare professionals working on the frontlines of this emergency.
- The company will make a donation of personal care products valued at more than $1 million, including cleansers and moisturizers, to the non-profit organization Feed the Children as part of its community-based emergency response to COVID-19.
- L'Oréal USA will donate protective masks from its operations facilities in North Little Rock, Arkansas and Franklin, New Jersey, to local hospital systems in each surrounding community.
- The company will freeze the payments of very small and small-sized enterprises in its distribution network, including hair salons, until their businesses resume. Additionally, L’Oréal will shorten its payment times for small suppliers who have been most exposed to this economic crisis.
“I know I speak for all of my colleagues when I say that we at L’Oréal USA feel a deep responsibility to do our part to help address this crisis in the many communities in which we live and work,” said Stéphane Rinderknech, president and CEO of L'Oréal USA, and executive vice president, North America. “We stand in solidarity with the brave people who are tirelessly and selflessly working to end this pandemic, and it is our hope that, through these actions, we are able to provide some relief during this challenging time.”
