Responsible business
Our sustainability commitments and actions
We recognise the part we must play in addressing the challenges of rapid climate change, ensuring equality and inclusion, and shifting our business towards circularity and regeneration. We strive to make a positive impact, to leave the world better than we found it.
The heart of our business model is creating opportunities to earn and learn and for economic participation for our Beauty Advisers. From our employees through to our supply chain communities, we support human rights and women-owned businesses.
We run programmes through our Avon Foundations and local operations in more than 50 countries to create positive outcomes for women’s health and wellbeing.
And we’re open to all, regardless of gender and sexuality or any other characteristic such as race, age and ability.
We do this whilst working to reduce our environmental impact and operating as a company that makes and sells high-quality, responsibly sourced products.
Economic participation
We were founded to provide an opportunity to earn and learn – bringing economic freedom for Beauty Advisors so they can shape their own future. We continue to drive change for economic participation today, supporting women across the world to build their own business.
We take the same approach to advancing women in our business. We strive to attract and retain high performing female talent, as well as fostering an equitable and inclusive workplace.
Find out more about the initiatives we are implementing to support women's freedom to earn.
Avon: For Women
We believe in a better world for women, which is a better world for all.
We speak up and speak out on issues that matter to our communities; supporting causes that help women’s health and wellbeing. We are committed to improving the lives of 100 million women every year, as part of our global response to the barriers still holding women back from reaching their full potential.
Improving our environmental impact
We work to continually reduce our environmental footprint and responsibly manage our global operations.
Find out more about our endeavours to improve our environmental impact, including details on how we are tackling deforestation specifically.
Operating responsibly
We maintain a high level of integrity throughout our supply chain, the ingredients we use in our products, and the health, safety and development of our associates.
Fair for her programme
Fair for Her is a programme to help to improve working conditions for more than 250,000 women across our supply chain.
The programme aims to enhance the social procurement programmes already in place to ensure that women working in the third-party factories and fields that supply our products have the best opportunities to advance their careers.
A global stand against animal testing
We proudly became the first global beauty company to end animal testing across all products in every country in which we operate, and have been working for acceptance of non-animal methods for three decades.
Sustainability Vision 2030, Commitment to Life.
We’re part of the Natura &Co family – a group of purpose-led businesses, committed to making a positive difference. As part of Natura &Co, we don’t just want to be the best beauty company in the world, we want to be the best beauty company for the world.
We encourage our stakeholders to provide feedback on our corporate responsibility efforts and reporting. Please submit any questions or comments to media@avon.com.