Our Sustainable Development Policy
Being environmentally-friendly, reducing our carbon footprint and supporting our communities, while delivering safe and effective products
Being environmentally-friendly, reducing our carbon footprint and supporting our communities, while delivering safe and effective products
Since the Group’s inception, we have placed the importance of both corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSR), and sustainable development at the heart of our development model. The Green Mission Pierre Fabre approach reflects our eco-friendly and socially responsible commitment to sustainable innovation benefitting both nature and people.
We strongly believe that our economic model, which combines independence, a long-term vision, profitable growth and a responsible approach, creates value for all and is in line with our contribution to overall improved well-being.
Because we are aware of our responsibility, Pierre Fabre Group takes account of the social and environmental impacts of the company's business so as to consider sustainable development in each stage of the product life-cycle - from the fields used to grow our key ingredients to your bathroom.
In 2022, the group chose the Engagé RSE label from AFNOR Certification to affirm its contribution to sustainable development. We are certified at the exemplary level of Engagé RSE and Responsibility Europe label from AFNOR Certification.
For us, it is a concrete way to measure the performance of our CSR approach to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in line with the international standard ISO 26000.
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The Green Mission Pierre Fabre Department is leading the cross-functional approach that involves both CSR and Sustainable Development, incorporating centers of expertise such as agronomy, botanical expertise, the sourcing and development of innovative plant-based active ingredients, environmental and organic certification processes and ecodesign. This approach is organized into five pillars:
- nature as a source of innovation,
- ethical sourcing,
- a local presence all over the world,
- low environmental impact,
- the meaning of our actions and respect for people.
of 2 products of the Group's product catalog will be eco-designed by 2023
social and environmental commitment linked to each brand
social and environmental action proposed to all employees each year
Our contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Our contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Action taken by the Group and the Pierre Fabre Foundation is helping meet 16 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The two goals on which the Group has the most impact are numbers 8 and 12, "decent work and economic growth" and "responsible consumption and production", respectively.
Our CER certification and awards
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The Fair For Life standard applies to products traded between Southern and Northern countries. Four Pierre Fabre Group supply chains are involved in the fair trade process: ethical shea butter in Burkina Faso, henna leaves in Morocco, pfaffia in Brasil and camelia oil in France, all these supply chains are developped for René Furterer. |
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Over 180 ha of Pierre Fabre organic farmland is managed by a farm certified as being of High Environmental Value. |
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The ERI 360° (Eco-Responsible Ingredient) label aims to define the level of eco-responsibility of cosmetic ingredients using an analysis table based on 100 SMART indicators. |
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Our Gaillac industrial sites are certified per international standard OHSAS 18001, which recognizes the use of an occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS). |
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We are ISO 14001 certified for the environmental management of our pharmaceutical production unit in Pau and for four plants: Gaillac, Avène, Virrey del Pino (Argentina), and Palézieux (Switzerland).
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In order to assess its performance and demonstrate its commitment to lasting excellence, Botanical Expertise Pierre Fabre (BEPF) decided to employ the EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) assessment model, represented in France by AFNOR. |
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The HQE Green Building certification awarded to five Pierre Fabre sites is related to reducing a building's impacts on the environment in addition to optimizing living conditions for the comfort and safety of users. |
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The Refuge LPO (bird protection league refuge) standard embodies the Pierre Fabre Group's commitments and approaches to our sustainable development policy and allows us to enter into an active process to protect biodiversity. Two sites are concerned: the Avène site for Eau Thermale d’Avène and the Puylaurens site for A-DERMA. |
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More than 180 hectares of farmland belonging to Pierre Fabre's Madagascan subsidiary, as well as the Ranopiso Arboretum, have Ecocert "organic farming" certification. |
Limiting our carbon footprint
Limiting our carbon footprint
1. Avoiding the use of solvents
The Pierre Fabre green chemistry experts use environmentally-friendly active ingredient extraction technologies. In 2019, after 8 years of research, the Group is innovating and developing an extraction technology to avoid the use of solvents: Green Native Expression.
2. Reducing our carbon footprint
To reduce the Pierre Fabre Group's environmental footprint throughout the life cycle of our products, we act on two levers:
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Ecoproduction: reducing our consumption of resources and energy (solar panels, biomass boiler, etc.)
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Ecodesign and biodegradability: reducing our emissions into the air, water and soil (by 2023 50% of the Group's product catalog will be eco-designed)
Discover some of the concrete actions we have taken to reduce our carbon footprint:
In 2018, the Pierre Fabre Group obtained NF HQE certification in recognition of its commitment to reducing its buildings' impacts on the environment while optimizing living conditions for users The headquarters of Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmetics, "Les Cauquillous" in Lavaur, Tarn.
What if the residue from medicinal plants could help supply one of our plants with energy? This original idea became reality in 2012, taking the form of a biomass boiler commissioned in 2015, and received an award in 2015 by LEEM, the French pharmaceutical companies association.
300 m² of solar panels installed on the facades of our plant in Soual (Occitanie) produce some 30 megawatts per year, i.e. consumption equivalent to that of a small hamlet of 40 homes. All of this power is pumped back into the plant.
Triman is the result of the commitment from the Grenelle environment forum to standardize signage and recycling instructions. This logo indicates that your product may indeed be recycled. Over to you!
Employment of disabled people
Since 1989, the Pierre Fabre Group has been committed to integrating and employing disabled workers. Every three years, the company's Handi'Cap policy is renegotiated and signed by the social partners. Our employment rate for disabled workers was 5.93% in 2022, compared with the national average of 4%.
Regional and circular economy commitment
Regional and circular economy commitment
Pierre Fabre is all about sharing, about land and people. We see the importance of claiming our identity and being proud of our differences: we have always shown a desire to pool our development with that of the regions in which we are based worldwide and at home, in the Occitanie region of France.
We believe that our commitment to the regions in which we are based contributes to an overall improvement in well-being.
Find out about local wealth-sharing initiatives :
We are the main partner of the Castres Olympique rugby club, a civic commitment that provides an opportunity to offer happiness and pride in a region that shares our values of bravery, perseverance and team spirit.
Our Madagascan subsidiary has had its socio-economic footprint assessed by the independent firm Utopies, demonstrating that it has a significant impact on local employment, supporting over 1,000 jobs (one job created by our subsidiary generates 27 jobs on the island).
