L’Oréal Groupe showcases its sustainability advancements at the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, in Line with UAE Net Zero Goals\r\n

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L’Oréal Groupe showcases its sustainability advancements at the 2026 Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, in Line with UAE Net Zero Goals

L’Oréal Groupe in the Middle East this week showcases its transformative progress in advancing sustainable beauty during Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2026. Strategically aligned with the UAE’s Vision 2030 and Net Zero by 2050 ambitions, L’Oréal Middle East is demonstrating how its global L’Oréal for the Future sustainability program is embedded into high-impact, locally relevant actions across its operations in the region.

During Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, L’Oréal will highlight significant milestones achieved within the Emirates across four strategic pillars: stewarding the climate transition, safeguarding nature, driving circularity and supporting communities.

Steward the Climate Transition

L’Oréal works with UAE-based partners to reduce emissions across its operations, logistics and retail. This includes transitioning its Dubai office to renewable energy backed by International REC Standard certification, deploying electric vehicle fleets with Mohebi Logistics, and introducing biodiesel fuels through its partnership with Aramex to lower carbon emissions across cross-border operations.

Drive Circularity

Across the GCC, and particularly in the UAE, L’Oréal offers consumers refillable options across beauty categories— makeup, skincare, haircare, fragrance, and more, — empowering consumers to refill and reuse their favourite beauty products while reducing their environmental impact. The impact is measurable: fragrance icons such as the Prada Paradoxe refillable format reduce material use by 44% glass, 67% plastic, 100% metals and 61% cardboard.

L’Oréal Middle East is also an active member of the Circular Packaging Association, collaborating with industry partners to advance circular packaging solutions and accelerate innovation at scale.

Retail partnerships have also been central to progress. Through joint sustainability roadmaps, L’Oréal Middle East is increasing the availability and visibility of refillable and reusable products. Today, 100% of its Point-of-Sale Materials (POSM) are eco-designed; and the company works with suppliers to measure, report and optimize the CO2 footprint of the point-of-sale materials.

Support Communities

L’Oréal’s commitments to the UAE extend beyond environmental action to social and economic impact. Through its Inclusive Sourcing Programme, L’Oréal supported over 100 beneficiaries in 2025, alongside continued investment in education, empowerment and health initiatives, including the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Middle East programme, which has supported 23 UAE-based researchers, as well as long-standing partnerships focused on health equity and women’s safety.

As part of its broader commitment to social inclusion and gender equity, L’Oréal Middle East has signed the UAE Gender Balance Council SDG 5 Pledge, reinforcing gender equality as both a core value and a strategic business priority. With women representing 56% of its workforce and more than half of leadership roles, the pledge formalises L’Oréal’s long-standing commitment to inclusive workplaces, while aligning closely with the UAE’s national vision for gender balance.

“The UAE has shown what becomes possible when sustainability is backed by clear national ambition and real collaboration,” said Rohini Behl, Chief Sustainability Officer, L’Oréal South Asia Pacific, Middle East and North Africa. “We are at a point where sustainability is no longer about ambition – it is about accountability, measured through action rather than intention. In the UAE, we have moved from commitments to execution – driving progress across environmental impact, people and economic inclusion, enabling us to translate our global sustainability commitments into tangible, locally relevant impact.”

At Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, L’Oréal is showing its sustainability pillars at the Youth4 Sustainability Hub, engaging students and young professionals through real-world examples of circular solutions and sustainability-driven careers, as well as a keynote from Rohini Behl on the evolution of L’Oréal for the Future and the role of youth, innovation and accountability in accelerating impact. L’Oréal’s presence at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week underscores a broader shift in how sustainability is being shaped in the region – grounded in national ambition, enabled by partnerships, and measured through action rather than intention.