As a global company, we have many opportunities for meaningful engagement with social impact causes that matter to our employees, customers and partners. In places where we work, source or sell our products, we dedicate resources to address issues focused around three pillars globally: health, education and the environment. We make financial, product, matching and in-kind donations across our company, our brands and through The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation (ELCCF).
In the UK & Ireland, we are committed to preparing disadvantaged young women to make plans for the future through work, education and training in partnership with the Young Women’s Trust and The Prince’s Trust. Furthering the company’s commitment to education, we partner with and the National Literacy Trust to deliver programmes that work towards raising literacy levels in areas of need in local communities. ELC also supports Beauty Banks’ work to end hygiene poverty in the UK. In addition, ELC UK & Ireland is a key funder of ‘Revere’, a nature restoration project development facility delivered by a partnership between Palladium and National Parks, which is designed to enable the restoration of natural habitats at scale in the UK’s National Parks using private capital. The Region has committed £500,000 over five years to fund pioneering nature restoration projects in the UK designed to help combat climate change, tackle the biodiversity crisis, and contribute to the UK's net zero ambition.
Globally, in 2020, ELC accelerated its efforts to make racial equity a priority by announcing a series of commitments across our business, focusing on U.S. operations. The company, its brands and the Lauder family pledged to give, including through The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation and the Company’s matching of employee gifts, a total of $10 million over three years to support racial and social justice and to continue to support greater access to education through groups such as NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Equal Justice Initiative and The Young Women’s Leadership Schools (TYWLS), a programme of the Student Leadership Network. The Estée Lauder Companies donated $5 million in Summer 2020 and will donate an additional $5 million over the following two years. This pledge includes and builds upon the company’s $1 million pledge to support racial and social justice organizations previously communicated to our employees. To learn about these commitments, read the letter from our Executive Chairman and President and CEO.
The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign
#TimeToEndBreastCancer
Mission:
The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign’s mission is to help create a breast cancer-free world for all.
Snapshot:
The Breast Cancer Campaign is The Estée Lauder Companies’ largest corporate social impact programme. Together, The Breast Cancer Campaign and The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation have funded more than $144 million for lifesaving global research, education and medical services.
Breast cancer survival has doubled in the last 50 years in the UK (Cancer Research UK). Yet breast cancer remains the most common cancer in the UK, and 1 in 7 women in the UK will develop the disease during their lifetime.
In the UK, the Campaign has achieved the following:
Funded $16 million for UK Medical Research Grants through the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Supported various local breast cancer charities through employee volunteering and donations, including Look Good Feel Better, Breast Cancer Now, and Future Dreams.
In 2017, breast cancer charity Future Dreams awarded William P. Lauder the Future Dreams Humanitarian Achievement Award in honour of Evelyn H. Lauder, for her pioneering work in breast cancer awareness and research.
In 2020, 3,471 individuals from across the UK tuned into ‘Time To Unite’, which aimed to encourage viewers to be more breast aware. The live self-check tutorial hosted during the event is believed to be the largest collective self-examination breast check moment ever held in the UK.
In 2022, The Estée Lauder Companies UK and Ireland’s Breast Cancer Campaign appointed four new Ambassadors to help spread awareness of the importance of regularly self-checking amongst under-represented communities.
The Estée Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Campaign unites and inspires people globally in its mission to create a breast cancer-free world for all. Through the collective actions of our consumers, employees and partners worldwide, The Campaign supports global research, education and medical services.
The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign
Founded in 1992 by the late Evelyn H. Lauder with the launch of the iconic Pink Ribbon, The Breast Cancer Campaign is The Estée Lauder Companies’ largest corporate social impact programme.
To support the health and rights of people of All Ages, All Races and All Genders.
Overview:
M·A·C created VIVA GLAM in 1994 — a line of lipstick to raise awareness and funds for HIV/AIDS. Every cent of the selling price of VIVA GLAM products is donated to organisations that support the health and rights of people of All Ages, All Races, All Genders.
M·A·C VIVA GLAM products are promoted through campaigns with provocative, alternative and influential spokespeople who reflect diverse communities.
M·A·C VIVA GLAM has raised over US$500 million since its inception in 1994, exclusively through the sale of M·A·C VIVA GLAM lip products. Formerly the M·A·C AIDS Fund, it focuses on healthy futures and equal rights for women, girls, and the LGBTQIA+ communities while maintaining its decades-long support for those living with HIV/AIDS. To date, the sale of VIVA GLAM products has funded more than 1,800 organisations around the globe.
M·A·C employees are committed to supporting the mission of VIVA GLAM through the sale of the product and committing their own time to M∙A∙C grantees around the world by through signature volunteer programmes.
The founders of M·A·C, Frank Angelo and Frank Toskan, banded together with M·A·C Artists to create the M·A·C AIDS Fund (Canada). This grass roots effort aimed to make a difference in the world through HIV/AIDS community outreach.
1997
Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter k.d. lang stars in M∙A∙C’s VIVA GLAM II campaign as the second VIVA GLAM spokesperson. The AIDS Walk Matching Programme is established where the M·A·C AIDS Fund matched every dollar a M·A·C employee raises for an AIDS Walk in the U.S. and Canada.
1999
The M·A·C Global Foundation was created (after the completion of the acquisition of M·A·C Cosmetics by The Estée Lauder Companies in 1998) and later renamed M·A·C AIDS Fund (2007), and then the M∙A∙C VIVA GLAM Fund (2019).
2002
M·A·C Good Spirits Programme is created as a skills-based volunteer programme for M·A·C Artists to teach makeup artistry to people living with HIV/AIDS.
2004
Chloë Sevigny teams up with Christina Aguilera, Linda Evangelista, Missy Elliott and Boy George for VIVA GLAM’s 10th anniversary.
2006
VIVA GLAM VI Lipstick launches with spokespeople Eve, Lisa Marie Presley, Debbie Harry and Dita Von Teese.
2007
M·A·C AIDS Fund reaches $100 million fundraising milestone with programmes in 57 countries.
2009
M·A·C Cosmetics employees make a global impact during M·A·C’s first Global Volunteer Day on World AIDS Day.
2010
M·A·C becomes the top corporate funder globally of HIV/AIDS programmes.
2012
$2 million is contributed to UNICEF over two years to help prevent the spread of HIV from pregnant mothers to their babies.
2013
The M∙A∙C AIDS Fund launches a registered charity in the United Kingdom.
2014
The M·A·C Team Grants Programme is created for employees to raise grant funds for HIV/AIDS organisations by volunteering their time.
M∙A∙C launches It’s Not Over, a documentary, which tells the story of three young people from different parts of the world who are living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. The film is available in 14 languages on 26 digital platforms and one broadcast network.
2016
M∙A∙C launches the M·A·C Transgender Initiative, making $1.2 million in grants to support trans-specific work.
2017
M∙A∙C celebrates 23 years of VIVA GLAM with Taraji P. Henson.
2018
Sia is the VIVA GLAM Ambassador. Through the sale of VIVA GLAM, the M·A·C AIDS Fund was able to reach 11 million people, serve 9 million meals, and distribute 10 million clean needles to prevent the spread of HIV in one year.
2019
VIVA GLAM reaches $500 through sales in 92 countries; M∙A∙C evolves its philanthropic mission to support the health and rights for people of All Ages, All Races, All Genders.
In the UK, the full recommended retail price (RRP) minus VAT from the sale of VIVA GLAM II Lipstick, VIVA GLAM III Lipstick and the new limited-edition 25th anniversary VIVA GLAM 25 Lipstick in the original VIVA GLAM I shade, is donated to organisations that support the health and rights of people of All Ages, All Races and All Genders. We make grants to non-profit organisations we believe can make a meaningful impact on health, rights and equality.
2020
M∙A∙C launches VIVA GLAM 26 starring international icon Rosalía to celebrate 26 years of giving back.
In 2020, $10,000,000 was donated to 250 organisations that provide essential needs and services on the front lines serving communities affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
2021
To celebrate 27 years of giving back, M·A·C VIVA GLAM announces a collaboration with Keith Haring.
2022
M·A·C VIVA GLAM holds it’s first ever UK fundraising stunt on December 1st, donating 100% of the sales of ALL M·A·C lipsticks for 24h only to the M·A·C VIVA GLAM fund, raising over £65,000 for those who need it most.
2023
In the UK, M·A·C VIVA GLAM hit the milestone of raising £25M for the VIVA GLAM fund through the sales of VIVA GLAM lip products since 1994.
Jo Malone London – Shining a Light on Mental Health
Our Charity Mission:
Shining a light on mental health: Jo Malone London and UNICEF working together to support children’s mental health.
For more than 10 years, Jo Malone London has been committed to helping shine a light on mental health, focusing on raising awareness and providing support through inspirational charities.
Having begun a partnership with UNICEF in 2022 as part of its wider charitable efforts, from 2023 Jo Malone London has chosen UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organisation as its global charity partner. UNICEF works in more than 190 countries to reach the children and young people in greatest need. Its mental health and psychosocial support programmes enable more than 47 million children – and their caregivers – globally to access support.
With half of all mental health challenges starting by the age of 14 and three quarters by age 25 – and more than one in seven adolescents aged 10-19 now living with a diagnosable mental health condition – it is clear that, today, collectively protecting and promoting our mental health has never been more important.
Acting early to support young people and caregivers has a major impact when it comes to breaking the cycle of mental health challenges that affect so many. Working together with UNICEF, Jo Malone London can continue the work already undertaken in this area, proactively changing the future by investing in the mental health and wellbeing of young people.
To date Jo Malone London has donated more than £3 million to charities working in mental health.
Our Global Charity Partner - UNICEF
UNICEF works in more than 190 countries, often in the world’s toughest places, to reach the children and young people in greatest need. UNICEF advocates for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand opportunities so that they fulfil their potential. Working to promote positive connections and conversations by tackling stigma, shame and lack of understanding on mental health, UNICEF’s mental health and psychosocial programmes reach more than 47 million children and caregivers in 130 countries.
Our Foundation
In 2022 we launched the Shining A Light On Mental Health Foundation, supported by Jo Malone London. The foundation supports individuals and families affected by mental health problems through dedicated projects with our chosen charity – UNICEF.
We are also furthering our commitment to mental health by donating $2 million globally between Monday 10 October 2022 and Monday 9 October 2023. This includes a $1 million donation to our new global charity partner, UNICEF, and a further $1 million donation divided across local charities through our Charity Candle collection.
From 2023 to 2025, Jo Malone London is committed to raising a further $3.5 million for UNICEF’s work through the sale of the Charity Candle collection, as well as consumer check-out donations and employee fundraising activities.
Our Charity Candles
Our mission has always been to inspire, connect and uplift people through fragrance. Our Charity Candle collection, first introduced in 2012, supports this.
The five-piece collection of Charity Candles includes: tender and delicate Elderflower & Gooseberry, fresh and inviting Hemlock & Bergamot, grounding and verdant Peony & Moss, daring White Lilac & Rhubarb and captivating and sparkling Lily Of The Valley & Ivy.
For over 24 years, ELC UK & Ireland has partnered with Look Good Feel Better, offering volunteer hours and donating products to help women, men and teenagers manage the visible side effects of cancer treatment.
Snapshot:
ELC UK & Ireland is one of Look Good Feel Better's largest providers and typically donates over 600 volunteer hours and over 50,000 products to LGFB workshops around the UK annually.
ELC UK & Ireland Beauty Volunteers offer their expertise at Look Good Feel Better’s free confidence-boosting skincare and makeup workshops held across the UK, for women, men and teenagers undergoing treatment for any type of cancer. The workshops are an opportunity for attendees to meet others in a similar situation and learn beauty techniques, such as how to draw on missing eyebrows and eyelashes.
The ELC has been an active partner and supporter of LGFB since its inception; Evelyn H. Lauder was involved when the industry launched the charity in the USA and encouraged the UK to participate. Look Good Feel Better sits at the heart of ELC’s global social responsibility programme, closely aligned with our Breast Cancer Campaign, which supports breast cancer research and treatment around the world.
The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign
#TimeToEndBreastCancer
Mission:
The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign’s mission is to help create a breast cancer-free world for all.
Snapshot:
The Breast Cancer Campaign is The Estée Lauder Companies’ largest corporate social impact programme. Together, The Breast Cancer Campaign and The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation have funded more than $144 million for lifesaving global research, education and medical services.
Breast cancer survival has doubled in the last 50 years in the UK (Cancer Research UK). Yet breast cancer remains the most common cancer in the UK, and 1 in 7 women in the UK will develop the disease during their lifetime.
In the UK, the Campaign has achieved the following:
Funded $16 million for UK Medical Research Grants through the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
Supported various local breast cancer charities through employee volunteering and donations, including Look Good Feel Better, Breast Cancer Now, and Future Dreams.
In 2017, breast cancer charity Future Dreams awarded William P. Lauder the Future Dreams Humanitarian Achievement Award in honour of Evelyn H. Lauder, for her pioneering work in breast cancer awareness and research.
In 2020, 3,471 individuals from across the UK tuned into ‘Time To Unite’, which aimed to encourage viewers to be more breast aware. The live self-check tutorial hosted during the event is believed to be the largest collective self-examination breast check moment ever held in the UK.
In 2022, The Estée Lauder Companies UK and Ireland’s Breast Cancer Campaign appointed four new Ambassadors to help spread awareness of the importance of regularly self-checking amongst under-represented communities.
The Estée Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Campaign unites and inspires people globally in its mission to create a breast cancer-free world for all. Through the collective actions of our consumers, employees and partners worldwide, The Campaign supports global research, education and medical services.
The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign
Founded in 1992 by the late Evelyn H. Lauder with the launch of the iconic Pink Ribbon, The Breast Cancer Campaign is The Estée Lauder Companies’ largest corporate social impact programme.
To support the health and rights of people of All Ages, All Races and All Genders.
Overview:
M·A·C created VIVA GLAM in 1994 — a line of lipstick to raise awareness and funds for HIV/AIDS. Every cent of the selling price of VIVA GLAM products is donated to organisations that support the health and rights of people of All Ages, All Races, All Genders.
M·A·C VIVA GLAM products are promoted through campaigns with provocative, alternative and influential spokespeople who reflect diverse communities.
M·A·C VIVA GLAM has raised over US$500 million since its inception in 1994, exclusively through the sale of M·A·C VIVA GLAM lip products. Formerly the M·A·C AIDS Fund, it focuses on healthy futures and equal rights for women, girls, and the LGBTQIA+ communities while maintaining its decades-long support for those living with HIV/AIDS. To date, the sale of VIVA GLAM products has funded more than 1,800 organisations around the globe.
M·A·C employees are committed to supporting the mission of VIVA GLAM through the sale of the product and committing their own time to M∙A∙C grantees around the world by through signature volunteer programmes.
The founders of M·A·C, Frank Angelo and Frank Toskan, banded together with M·A·C Artists to create the M·A·C AIDS Fund (Canada). This grass roots effort aimed to make a difference in the world through HIV/AIDS community outreach.
1997
Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter k.d. lang stars in M∙A∙C’s VIVA GLAM II campaign as the second VIVA GLAM spokesperson. The AIDS Walk Matching Programme is established where the M·A·C AIDS Fund matched every dollar a M·A·C employee raises for an AIDS Walk in the U.S. and Canada.
1999
The M·A·C Global Foundation was created (after the completion of the acquisition of M·A·C Cosmetics by The Estée Lauder Companies in 1998) and later renamed M·A·C AIDS Fund (2007), and then the M∙A∙C VIVA GLAM Fund (2019).
2002
M·A·C Good Spirits Programme is created as a skills-based volunteer programme for M·A·C Artists to teach makeup artistry to people living with HIV/AIDS.
2004
Chloë Sevigny teams up with Christina Aguilera, Linda Evangelista, Missy Elliott and Boy George for VIVA GLAM’s 10th anniversary.
2006
VIVA GLAM VI Lipstick launches with spokespeople Eve, Lisa Marie Presley, Debbie Harry and Dita Von Teese.
2007
M·A·C AIDS Fund reaches $100 million fundraising milestone with programmes in 57 countries.
2009
M·A·C Cosmetics employees make a global impact during M·A·C’s first Global Volunteer Day on World AIDS Day.
2010
M·A·C becomes the top corporate funder globally of HIV/AIDS programmes.
2012
$2 million is contributed to UNICEF over two years to help prevent the spread of HIV from pregnant mothers to their babies.
2013
The M∙A∙C AIDS Fund launches a registered charity in the United Kingdom.
2014
The M·A·C Team Grants Programme is created for employees to raise grant funds for HIV/AIDS organisations by volunteering their time.
M∙A∙C launches It’s Not Over, a documentary, which tells the story of three young people from different parts of the world who are living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. The film is available in 14 languages on 26 digital platforms and one broadcast network.
2016
M∙A∙C launches the M·A·C Transgender Initiative, making $1.2 million in grants to support trans-specific work.
2017
M∙A∙C celebrates 23 years of VIVA GLAM with Taraji P. Henson.
2018
Sia is the VIVA GLAM Ambassador. Through the sale of VIVA GLAM, the M·A·C AIDS Fund was able to reach 11 million people, serve 9 million meals, and distribute 10 million clean needles to prevent the spread of HIV in one year.
2019
VIVA GLAM reaches $500 through sales in 92 countries; M∙A∙C evolves its philanthropic mission to support the health and rights for people of All Ages, All Races, All Genders.
In the UK, the full recommended retail price (RRP) minus VAT from the sale of VIVA GLAM II Lipstick, VIVA GLAM III Lipstick and the new limited-edition 25th anniversary VIVA GLAM 25 Lipstick in the original VIVA GLAM I shade, is donated to organisations that support the health and rights of people of All Ages, All Races and All Genders. We make grants to non-profit organisations we believe can make a meaningful impact on health, rights and equality.
2020
M∙A∙C launches VIVA GLAM 26 starring international icon Rosalía to celebrate 26 years of giving back.
In 2020, $10,000,000 was donated to 250 organisations that provide essential needs and services on the front lines serving communities affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
2021
To celebrate 27 years of giving back, M·A·C VIVA GLAM announces a collaboration with Keith Haring.
2022
M·A·C VIVA GLAM holds it’s first ever UK fundraising stunt on December 1st, donating 100% of the sales of ALL M·A·C lipsticks for 24h only to the M·A·C VIVA GLAM fund, raising over £65,000 for those who need it most.
2023
In the UK, M·A·C VIVA GLAM hit the milestone of raising £25M for the VIVA GLAM fund through the sales of VIVA GLAM lip products since 1994.
Jo Malone London – Shining a Light on Mental Health
Our Charity Mission:
Shining a light on mental health: Jo Malone London and UNICEF working together to support children’s mental health.
For more than 10 years, Jo Malone London has been committed to helping shine a light on mental health, focusing on raising awareness and providing support through inspirational charities.
Having begun a partnership with UNICEF in 2022 as part of its wider charitable efforts, from 2023 Jo Malone London has chosen UNICEF, the world’s leading children’s organisation as its global charity partner. UNICEF works in more than 190 countries to reach the children and young people in greatest need. Its mental health and psychosocial support programmes enable more than 47 million children – and their caregivers – globally to access support.
With half of all mental health challenges starting by the age of 14 and three quarters by age 25 – and more than one in seven adolescents aged 10-19 now living with a diagnosable mental health condition – it is clear that, today, collectively protecting and promoting our mental health has never been more important.
Acting early to support young people and caregivers has a major impact when it comes to breaking the cycle of mental health challenges that affect so many. Working together with UNICEF, Jo Malone London can continue the work already undertaken in this area, proactively changing the future by investing in the mental health and wellbeing of young people.
To date Jo Malone London has donated more than £3 million to charities working in mental health.
Our Global Charity Partner - UNICEF
UNICEF works in more than 190 countries, often in the world’s toughest places, to reach the children and young people in greatest need. UNICEF advocates for the protection of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand opportunities so that they fulfil their potential. Working to promote positive connections and conversations by tackling stigma, shame and lack of understanding on mental health, UNICEF’s mental health and psychosocial programmes reach more than 47 million children and caregivers in 130 countries.
Our Foundation
In 2022 we launched the Shining A Light On Mental Health Foundation, supported by Jo Malone London. The foundation supports individuals and families affected by mental health problems through dedicated projects with our chosen charity – UNICEF.
We are also furthering our commitment to mental health by donating $2 million globally between Monday 10 October 2022 and Monday 9 October 2023. This includes a $1 million donation to our new global charity partner, UNICEF, and a further $1 million donation divided across local charities through our Charity Candle collection.
From 2023 to 2025, Jo Malone London is committed to raising a further $3.5 million for UNICEF’s work through the sale of the Charity Candle collection, as well as consumer check-out donations and employee fundraising activities.
Our Charity Candles
Our mission has always been to inspire, connect and uplift people through fragrance. Our Charity Candle collection, first introduced in 2012, supports this.
The five-piece collection of Charity Candles includes: tender and delicate Elderflower & Gooseberry, fresh and inviting Hemlock & Bergamot, grounding and verdant Peony & Moss, daring White Lilac & Rhubarb and captivating and sparkling Lily Of The Valley & Ivy.
For over 24 years, ELC UK & Ireland has partnered with Look Good Feel Better, offering volunteer hours and donating products to help women, men and teenagers manage the visible side effects of cancer treatment.
Snapshot:
ELC UK & Ireland is one of Look Good Feel Better's largest providers and typically donates over 600 volunteer hours and over 50,000 products to LGFB workshops around the UK annually.
ELC UK & Ireland Beauty Volunteers offer their expertise at Look Good Feel Better’s free confidence-boosting skincare and makeup workshops held across the UK, for women, men and teenagers undergoing treatment for any type of cancer. The workshops are an opportunity for attendees to meet others in a similar situation and learn beauty techniques, such as how to draw on missing eyebrows and eyelashes.
The ELC has been an active partner and supporter of LGFB since its inception; Evelyn H. Lauder was involved when the industry launched the charity in the USA and encouraged the UK to participate. Look Good Feel Better sits at the heart of ELC’s global social responsibility programme, closely aligned with our Breast Cancer Campaign, which supports breast cancer research and treatment around the world.
In 2013, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics embarked on a philanthropic partnership with UK charity Smart Works, to launch the Pretty Powerful Campaign – targeted at promoting confidence in women through natural beauty. Smart Works exists to empower unemployed women to enter the workforce by harnessing the power of clothing, coaching and confidence.
Snapshot:
Since 2013, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics has raised over £1,000,000 for Smart Works in the UK through Pretty Powerful’ product sale donations, and donations at the checkout on the brand site.
Since the partnership’s inception, these donations have contributed to the opening of 9 different centers across the UK.
The partnership has helped over 30,000 women, with 69% of all clients going on to get the job within a month of their first visit to Smart Works.
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics delivers in excess of 200 x 1-2-1 How-To appointments to Smart Works clients each year through the Artists in Residence programme.
Launched in March 2013, the campaign was targeted at promoting confidence in women through natural beauty. This has since evolved into a philanthropic project aimed at empowering women to ‘be who they are’ by supporting career training programmes, which provide them with crucial knowledge, skills and experience needed to overcome the inequities and disadvantages that far too many face each day.
Each year, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics celebrates The Pretty Powerful Campaign for Women & Girls with a new product launch on International Women’s Day (8th March), which is available to purchase all year round. The full RRP of all sales made in the UK are donated to Smart Works, a UK charity that gives high quality interview clothes, styling advice and interview training to out-of-work women. Customers are also able to donate online at bobbibrown.co.uk at checkout, with the option of adding a donation of £1, £3 or £5 to their order.
Kate Stephens, Chief Executive of Smart Works says: "Bobbi Brown Cosmetics sets the standard when it comes to philanthropic partnerships. The secret to success has been the natural synergy between our purposes – to allow women to be their best and connect to their full potential. This has enabled us to keep the women we exist to support, our clients, at the heart of the partnership. Over the last ten years, we’ve seen the creation of glorious Pretty Powerful products to raise vital funds, alongside Bobbi Brown Cosmetics PRO Artists donating their time to our centres across the UK, as well as helping to spread the word about our charity. Together, we’ve gone from one centre to eleven, and helped 30,000 women with the tools they need to succeed at their job interview and transform their lives. With huge thanks to every single supporter who has made this possible, the teams at Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and the wonderful collaborators Lulu Guinness, Elizabeth Scarlett, Needle & Thread, Never Fully Dressed, and Erica Davies."
In 2013, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics embarked on a philanthropic partnership with UK charity Smart Works, to launch the Pretty Powerful Campaign – targeted at promoting confidence in women through natural beauty. Smart Works exists to empower unemployed women to enter the workforce by harnessing the power of clothing, coaching and confidence.
Snapshot:
Since 2013, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics has raised over £1,000,000 for Smart Works in the UK through Pretty Powerful’ product sale donations, and donations at the checkout on the brand site.
Since the partnership’s inception, these donations have contributed to the opening of 9 different centers across the UK.
The partnership has helped over 30,000 women, with 69% of all clients going on to get the job within a month of their first visit to Smart Works.
Bobbi Brown Cosmetics delivers in excess of 200 x 1-2-1 How-To appointments to Smart Works clients each year through the Artists in Residence programme.
Launched in March 2013, the campaign was targeted at promoting confidence in women through natural beauty. This has since evolved into a philanthropic project aimed at empowering women to ‘be who they are’ by supporting career training programmes, which provide them with crucial knowledge, skills and experience needed to overcome the inequities and disadvantages that far too many face each day.
Each year, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics celebrates The Pretty Powerful Campaign for Women & Girls with a new product launch on International Women’s Day (8th March), which is available to purchase all year round. The full RRP of all sales made in the UK are donated to Smart Works, a UK charity that gives high quality interview clothes, styling advice and interview training to out-of-work women. Customers are also able to donate online at bobbibrown.co.uk at checkout, with the option of adding a donation of £1, £3 or £5 to their order.
Kate Stephens, Chief Executive of Smart Works says: "Bobbi Brown Cosmetics sets the standard when it comes to philanthropic partnerships. The secret to success has been the natural synergy between our purposes – to allow women to be their best and connect to their full potential. This has enabled us to keep the women we exist to support, our clients, at the heart of the partnership. Over the last ten years, we’ve seen the creation of glorious Pretty Powerful products to raise vital funds, alongside Bobbi Brown Cosmetics PRO Artists donating their time to our centres across the UK, as well as helping to spread the word about our charity. Together, we’ve gone from one centre to eleven, and helped 30,000 women with the tools they need to succeed at their job interview and transform their lives. With huge thanks to every single supporter who has made this possible, the teams at Bobbi Brown Cosmetics and the wonderful collaborators Lulu Guinness, Elizabeth Scarlett, Needle & Thread, Never Fully Dressed, and Erica Davies."
Our mission at Aveda is to care for the world we live in, from the products we make to the ways in which we give back to society. At Aveda, we strive to set an example for environmental leadership and responsibility, not just in the world of beauty, but around the world.
Overview:
One of the many ways we live our Aveda Mission is through our annual giving campaign, Earth Month.
Since 1999, every April, Aveda employees, Aveda Salons and Spas, Institutes and Experience Centres and Aveda customers have come together to raise funds to help provide clean water globally and protect clean water locally. Together we have raised over $71M for hundreds of non-profit partners including our global partner, charity: water. These funds have done a world of good providing over 1.5 million people with clean and safe water and protecting thousands of watersheds in the communities where we work and live.
Aveda raises money for Earth Month in two ways: through limited-edition product sales and promotions, and through fundraising events including Appointments for Clean Water and Walks for Water.
Since our founding in 1990, we have been guided by respect for the well-being of people and our planet. For over a decade, we have partnered with various non-profit organisations to plant trees around the world to aid reforestation projects and help fight climate change.
Through the creation of Origins’ Green The PlanetTM Fund and support from our longstanding global non-profit partner One Tree Planted, we are growing our commitment – one tree at a time – through planting initiatives that benefit local communities by restoring ecosystems, while supporting the work of environmental justice organisations to trigger real, meaningful change for the lives of present and generations to come.
Overview:
In 2023, Origins Green The PlanetTM Fund sponsored One Tree Planted’s portfolio of 27 high-impact urban forestry projects across 24 major US cities – nearly doubling the size of the brand’s project planting efforts from 2022. Origins also participated in the planting and care for trees in international urban areas across Asia and Europe (inclusive of key markets such as Malaysia, Thailand, Israel and Germany) in an effort to further expand the brand’s urban forestry impact across the globe.
With its partners, Green The PlanetTM has planted and cared for more than 2.3 million trees since 2009 (and counting!) – That is equivalent to more than 175,000 trees per year, 480 trees per day and 20 trees per hour.
In the UK, Origins have continued a partnership with The Future Forest Company and have recently finished planting 3,333 trees in Pleasantfield, among the Ayrshire countryside in Scotland, to help return the land back into a thriving woodland habitat. Since 2018, Origins UK have planted 44,618 trees throughout the UK to encourage woodland to thrive, creating habitats for animals and increasing biodiversity.
La Mer is committed to supporting the protection of ocean habitats for generations to come.
Overview:
The sea has always enchanted us, inspired us and given us hope. To honour our living muse, we are committed to supporting ocean conservation projects around the world. La Mer continues our mission of helping safeguard marine-protected areas by giving charitable donations through the La Mer Blue Heart Oceans Fund and awareness-raising initiatives, in the hope that this will ensure future flourishing seas for generations to come.
Each year, La Mer team members around the world lead an effort to clean their local shores and beaches. In the journey to protect the living connection we all have to the ocean, we know that even small acts of participation can make a huge impact.
Our mission at Aveda is to care for the world we live in, from the products we make to the ways in which we give back to society. At Aveda, we strive to set an example for environmental leadership and responsibility, not just in the world of beauty, but around the world.
Overview:
One of the many ways we live our Aveda Mission is through our annual giving campaign, Earth Month.
Since 1999, every April, Aveda employees, Aveda Salons and Spas, Institutes and Experience Centres and Aveda customers have come together to raise funds to help provide clean water globally and protect clean water locally. Together we have raised over $71M for hundreds of non-profit partners including our global partner, charity: water. These funds have done a world of good providing over 1.5 million people with clean and safe water and protecting thousands of watersheds in the communities where we work and live.
Aveda raises money for Earth Month in two ways: through limited-edition product sales and promotions, and through fundraising events including Appointments for Clean Water and Walks for Water.
Since our founding in 1990, we have been guided by respect for the well-being of people and our planet. For over a decade, we have partnered with various non-profit organisations to plant trees around the world to aid reforestation projects and help fight climate change.
Through the creation of Origins’ Green The PlanetTM Fund and support from our longstanding global non-profit partner One Tree Planted, we are growing our commitment – one tree at a time – through planting initiatives that benefit local communities by restoring ecosystems, while supporting the work of environmental justice organisations to trigger real, meaningful change for the lives of present and generations to come.
Overview:
In 2023, Origins Green The PlanetTM Fund sponsored One Tree Planted’s portfolio of 27 high-impact urban forestry projects across 24 major US cities – nearly doubling the size of the brand’s project planting efforts from 2022. Origins also participated in the planting and care for trees in international urban areas across Asia and Europe (inclusive of key markets such as Malaysia, Thailand, Israel and Germany) in an effort to further expand the brand’s urban forestry impact across the globe.
With its partners, Green The PlanetTM has planted and cared for more than 2.3 million trees since 2009 (and counting!) – That is equivalent to more than 175,000 trees per year, 480 trees per day and 20 trees per hour.
In the UK, Origins have continued a partnership with The Future Forest Company and have recently finished planting 3,333 trees in Pleasantfield, among the Ayrshire countryside in Scotland, to help return the land back into a thriving woodland habitat. Since 2018, Origins UK have planted 44,618 trees throughout the UK to encourage woodland to thrive, creating habitats for animals and increasing biodiversity.
La Mer is committed to supporting the protection of ocean habitats for generations to come.
Overview:
The sea has always enchanted us, inspired us and given us hope. To honour our living muse, we are committed to supporting ocean conservation projects around the world. La Mer continues our mission of helping safeguard marine-protected areas by giving charitable donations through the La Mer Blue Heart Oceans Fund and awareness-raising initiatives, in the hope that this will ensure future flourishing seas for generations to come.
Each year, La Mer team members around the world lead an effort to clean their local shores and beaches. In the journey to protect the living connection we all have to the ocean, we know that even small acts of participation can make a huge impact.
