Garnier is committed to an innovative policy of packaging optimisation to promote the circular economy. We also look beyond our own products to fight plastic pollution, including collecting plastic waste. Our commitment to using Zero Virgin Plastic in all packaging, saving 40,000 tons of plastic each year, allowed us to mobilise our full ecosystem – both internally and externally – and to work together, as a brand, towards this goal. Although we celebrate our successes, we acknowledge that we are still facing some challenges, which we are working on.

One of the biggest challenges is to develop local sources of sustainable materials. We want to be able to buy our materials near our markets to help reduce our carbon footprint, and to ensure sufficient availability and quality of recycled material. This is why we introduced beauty grade recycled plastic, a specific standard for plastic material used in the cosmetic industry, which is different from that used in the food industry. Additionally, we strive to solve technical and aesthetic challenges that injecting recycled plastic into our product molds can have.

In addition, we are working in close partnership with our packaging suppliers and plastic manufacturers on technical challenges. We check that our recycled packaging reaches our quality standards, and is compliant with all our technical aspects, such as compatibility with the formula and stability over time. Our innovation teams are also investigating and working on developing new technologies that will allow us to integrate more recycled plastic in future packaging.

This year has taught us that reaching our ambitious goals will be a challenging and long process. This is why we have decided that the brand will need more time to achieve its Zero Virgin Plastic target, and it will be more realistic to postpone our goal and pledge for Zero Virgin Plastic by 2030 instead.

At the global level, Garnier has been committed to more sustainable sourcing of its ingredients and the L’Oreal Groupe’s Inclusive Sourcing program since 2008. The Inclusive Souring program directs a proportion of our global purchases to suppliers who employ people from vulnerable communities to allow them to have consistenta durable access to work and income. It is Garnier’s aim to continue sourcing more renewable ingredients through programs that are designed to have a positive social impact.

When Garnier selects its suppliers, we take into consideration ethical issues, the environmental impact of Garnier’s activities, and social factors. We want our ingredients to be produced and harvested in a more responsible and sustainable way. This includes considerations related to the farmers, the land being used, farming practices, local communities, and many other aspects of sourcing.

Garnier feels sustainable sourcing is important because our goal is to ensure that our renewable materials will regenerate in an abundant way, enhancing biodiversity and reducing the impact on climate change.

Since 2005, our plants and distribution centres have cut water by 54% and CO2 emissions by 69%. Today 62% of our industrial sites are carbon neutral thanks to renewable energy, and we’re developing Waterloop factories to further reduce our water consumption.

Our Great Barrier Reef experienced a devastating mass coral bleaching and urgently needs our help.

Stretching almost 2,300km along Australia’s north-eastern coastline, the Great Barrier Reef is one of the world’s seven natural wonders and is home to more than 9,000 known species of marine life. Rich in biodiversity, the Great Barrier Reef is both environmentally significant and culturally important to First Nations communities and Reef Traditional Owners – but climate change poses a major threat. Luckily, some great work is being done to help support the Reef, but there is still more to do.

The Great Barrier Reef Plant A Coral campaign is a partnership between Garnier and the Great Barrier Reef Foundation to raise funds to deliver coral conservation and restoration solutions to reefs in the Great Barrier Reef.

In 2023, in partnership with the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, we dispersed 500,000 baby corals onto damaged areas of the Reef.

This year, we’ll be planting an additional 700,000 corals onto areas of the Reef that need it most.

Garnier is part of the L'Oreal Family of Brands. At L’Oréal Australia & New Zealand, we are committed to delivering beauty for all, operating responsibly and sustainably, and fostering diversity, equality and inclusion across Australia & New Zealand. In Australia we are recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency.

We are working in close partnership with our packaging suppliers and plastic manufacturers on technical challenges. We check that our recycled packaging reaches our quality standards, and is compliant with all our technical aspects, such as compatibility with the formula and stability over time. Our innovation teams are also investigating and working on developing new technologies that will allow us to integrate more recycled plastic in future packaging.

One of the biggest challenges is to develop local sources of sustainable materials. We want to be able to buy our materials near our markets to help reduce our carbon footprint, and to ensure sufficient availability and quality of recycled material. This is why we introduced beauty grade recycled plastic, a specific standard for plastic material used in the cosmetic industry, which is different from that used in the food industry. Additionally, we strive to solve technical and aesthetic challenges that injecting recycled plastic into our product molds can have.