Responsible business

In 1886, our founder David H. McConnell committed his company "to meet fully the obligations of corporate citizenship by contributing to the well-being of society and the environment in which it functions." Today, these words are still central to our business and our success.

In assessing the impact our company has on the world today, we have identified two of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) where, through our business model, we can make a unique contribution. The first is SDG 5: helping to achieve gender equality and empowering women and girls and the second is SDG 8: promoting sustained, inclusive and sustainable growth, full and productive employment and decent work. Moreover, our support for women’s causes, as we educate women to know the signs and know the risks of breast cancer, and our work to help end violence against women and girls, supports SDG 3: ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages. 

That’s why “being the company for women” is front and centre of our responsible business commitment. We aim to democratise beauty, help women succeed and support causes that matter most to them. We do this whilst working to improve our environmental impact and operating as a company that makes and sells quality, responsibly sourced products, further contributing to many other SDGs in the process.

stand4her is our plan to improve the lives of 100 million women every year. It is our global response to the barriers still holding women back from reaching their full potential.

It aims to improve the world by advancing their earning potential through the power of beauty, and their ability to live a safe and healthy life.  

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.

Avon does not test products or ingredients on animals anywhere in the world. We have been working for acceptance of non-animal methods for three decades.