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: 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 addition, in 2020 we accelerated our 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 program 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 Charitable Foundation (ELCCF)
Fueled by our company values and employees’ passions, the mission of the ELCCF is to improve the well-being of our diverse global communities, with an emphasis on women and girls. We focus our efforts on three pillars: health, education and the environment and make annual grants to organizations in the United States and around the world that align with these pillars.
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The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign
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 program. Together, The Breast Cancer Campaign and The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation have funded more than $118 million for lifesaving global research, education and medical services.
Funded more than $93 million for medical research through the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF)
Distributed approximately 180 million pink ribbons worldwide
Supports more than 60 organizations around the globe
The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign
How it works:
The Estée Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Campaign unites and inspires people globally in its mission to create a breast cancer-free world. Through the collective actions of our consumers, employees and partners worldwide, The Campaign supports global research, education and medical services.
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 program.
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 organizations 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 $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 organizations 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 programs.
Jo Malone London is committed to supporting mental health and the profoundly restorative effect that nature has for those living with painful personal challenges.
Overview:
The brand’s support of mental health began in 2012. It now supports eleven charitable partners across the U.K who provide services across all stages and aspects of mental health; awareness, prevention, treatment and support.
To date the brand has supported the creation of seven charity gardens for its partners, providing communities with better access to nature, specifically concentrating efforts in urban areas where gardens may be scarce. The maintenance and care of these gardens reduce the mental health problems of those attending and form part of a therapeutic program and providing a sanctuary for many.
Although much of Jo Malone London’s commitment is financial, they also offer resources to their chosen charities. Staff volunteer across many of the programs helping in the gardens (each year staff donate approximately 1400 hours volunteering in the UK) and provide advice and consultancy to all of their partners, ensuring that they are given support across communications, event planning and increasing the awareness around their initiatives.
Learn more about Jo Malone London's support of mental health.
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Health
The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign
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 program. Together, The Breast Cancer Campaign and The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation have funded more than $118 million for lifesaving global research, education and medical services.
Funded more than $93 million for medical research through the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF)
Distributed approximately 180 million pink ribbons worldwide
Supports more than 60 organizations around the globe
The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign
How it works:
The Estée Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Campaign unites and inspires people globally in its mission to create a breast cancer-free world. Through the collective actions of our consumers, employees and partners worldwide, The Campaign supports global research, education and medical services.
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 program.
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 organizations 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 $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 organizations 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 programs.
Jo Malone London is committed to supporting mental health and the profoundly restorative effect that nature has for those living with painful personal challenges.
Overview:
The brand’s support of mental health began in 2012. It now supports eleven charitable partners across the U.K who provide services across all stages and aspects of mental health; awareness, prevention, treatment and support.
To date the brand has supported the creation of seven charity gardens for its partners, providing communities with better access to nature, specifically concentrating efforts in urban areas where gardens may be scarce. The maintenance and care of these gardens reduce the mental health problems of those attending and form part of a therapeutic program and providing a sanctuary for many.
Although much of Jo Malone London’s commitment is financial, they also offer resources to their chosen charities. Staff volunteer across many of the programs helping in the gardens (each year staff donate approximately 1400 hours volunteering in the UK) and provide advice and consultancy to all of their partners, ensuring that they are given support across communications, event planning and increasing the awareness around their initiatives.
Learn more about Jo Malone London's support of mental health.
Introducing: The Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund
Mission:
Building a generation of emerging leaders who redefine leadership.
Overview:
The Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund mission is to redefine leadership by supporting a new generation of emerging leaders and challenging the gender stereotypes present in current expectations of leadership. The Fund's efforts focus on 3 pillars:
IMMERSIVE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES: To help women from all walks of life self-identify as leaders
MENTORSHIP & COMMUNITY-BUILDING: To cultivate supportive communities that sustain women’s progress
ADVOCACY: To change the conversation about leadership and challenge perceptions of what it means to be a leader
The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation's Girls' Education Initiative
Objective:
To enhance girls’ access to quality education– particularly adolescent girls and young women –and providing the skills they need to bring about lasting change for themselves and their communities, while giving them the support to grow into leadership roles as women.
Why Girls’ Education?:
Educating a girl creates ripple effects that can benefit an entire community. Evidence increasingly demonstrates that more educated women tend to be healthier, participate more in the formal labor market, earn more income, and contribute to increases in economic growth. Educating girls and women leads to increased health and educational attainment across generations. Nevertheless, gaps still remain.1 As of 2019, only 50% of countries had reached gender parity in lower secondary school education enrollment and only 25% in upper secondary school.2 Additionally, conflict and disasters further exasperate gender disparity in education, with the likelihood of girls not attending school in conflict-affected countries being 2.5 times more compared to girls in other areas.3
Overview:
To help address this global need, The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation (ELCCF) launched programming in fiscal year 2016, providing corporate funds and resources to support education programs in more than 13 countries. Today, ELCCF’s Girls’ Education Initiative supports organizations working to enhance girls’ access to quality education – particularly girls age 12-18 years old - and providing the skills they need to bring about lasting change for themselves and their communities, while giving them the support needed to grow into leadership roles as women.
The Initiative takes a comprehensive approach and supports groups that focus not only on education but also health, counseling, tutoring, extracurricular activities, social and family support, life-skills training, entrepreneurial skills-building and mentorship. Some of this support includes a focus on underserved communities and at-risk populations. The program also seeks to reach boys alongside girls, recognizing that to change social norms and ensure equitable outcomes for girls, boys must also be reached.
The Company remains committed to expanding and deepening ELCCF’s Initiative for Girls’ Education over time, to provide more young women with the life and leadership skills necessary to help them reach their full potential.
For nearly 20 years, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics has worked hard to help empower women and girls beyond makeup. By partnering with non-profit organizations that fight for gender equality through education, the Pretty Powerful Fund continues to support the creation of new possibilities around the world.
Learn more about Bobbi Brown Cosmetics Pretty Powerful.
Introducing: The Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund
Mission:
Building a generation of emerging leaders who redefine leadership.
Overview:
The Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund mission is to redefine leadership by supporting a new generation of emerging leaders and challenging the gender stereotypes present in current expectations of leadership. The Fund's efforts focus on 3 pillars:
IMMERSIVE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES: To help women from all walks of life self-identify as leaders
MENTORSHIP & COMMUNITY-BUILDING: To cultivate supportive communities that sustain women’s progress
ADVOCACY: To change the conversation about leadership and challenge perceptions of what it means to be a leader
The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation's Girls' Education Initiative
Objective:
To enhance girls’ access to quality education– particularly adolescent girls and young women –and providing the skills they need to bring about lasting change for themselves and their communities, while giving them the support to grow into leadership roles as women.
Why Girls’ Education?:
Educating a girl creates ripple effects that can benefit an entire community. Evidence increasingly demonstrates that more educated women tend to be healthier, participate more in the formal labor market, earn more income, and contribute to increases in economic growth. Educating girls and women leads to increased health and educational attainment across generations. Nevertheless, gaps still remain.1 As of 2019, only 50% of countries had reached gender parity in lower secondary school education enrollment and only 25% in upper secondary school.2 Additionally, conflict and disasters further exasperate gender disparity in education, with the likelihood of girls not attending school in conflict-affected countries being 2.5 times more compared to girls in other areas.3
Overview:
To help address this global need, The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation (ELCCF) launched programming in fiscal year 2016, providing corporate funds and resources to support education programs in more than 13 countries. Today, ELCCF’s Girls’ Education Initiative supports organizations working to enhance girls’ access to quality education – particularly girls age 12-18 years old - and providing the skills they need to bring about lasting change for themselves and their communities, while giving them the support needed to grow into leadership roles as women.
The Initiative takes a comprehensive approach and supports groups that focus not only on education but also health, counseling, tutoring, extracurricular activities, social and family support, life-skills training, entrepreneurial skills-building and mentorship. Some of this support includes a focus on underserved communities and at-risk populations. The program also seeks to reach boys alongside girls, recognizing that to change social norms and ensure equitable outcomes for girls, boys must also be reached.
The Company remains committed to expanding and deepening ELCCF’s Initiative for Girls’ Education over time, to provide more young women with the life and leadership skills necessary to help them reach their full potential.
For nearly 20 years, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics has worked hard to help empower women and girls beyond makeup. By partnering with non-profit organizations that fight for gender equality through education, the Pretty Powerful Fund continues to support the creation of new possibilities around the world.
Learn more about Bobbi Brown Cosmetics Pretty Powerful.
To love, celebrate and raise funds to protect people, animals and the environment.
Overview:
Instead of celebrating Earth Day alone, the Aveda network celebrates Earth Month for the entire month of April (and beyond) to raise funds for environmental causes.
Since 1999, Aveda has made an incredible impact through annual Earth Month campaigns, raising more than $69 million for hundreds of local and global environmental organizations, with over $60 million directed to protecting and providing clean water.
Aveda Earth Month fundraising initiatives have provided clean water to over 1.5 million people, and protect thousands of watersheds globally.
Aveda raises money for Earth Month in two ways: through limited-edition product sales and promotions, and through fundraising events held by Aveda’s global network of salons, artists, guests, students and experience centers, including Appointments for the Earth and Catwalks for Water.
Since inception, Origins has been committed to the well-being of your skin and our planet. We believe it’s our responsibility to give back to nature and we endeavor to make choices that help reduce our impact on the planet. For over a decade, we’ve been on a mission to Green The Planet™, partnering with various non-profit organizations to not only help restore and conserve ecosystems, but also help support disadvantaged communities through tree planting initiatives.
Overview:
At Origins, we believe every tree has the power to change the future of our planet for the better.
We partner with various non-profit organizations to aid reforestation and conservation projects through tree-planting initiatives to help restore ecosystems, offset carbon emissions, combat climate change and more.
Today, more than ever, we recognize the disproportionate impact that environmental degradation and global warming have on disadvantaged communities and communities of color. We recognize that it is not enough to strive for environmental quality—we must strive for human equality. Our Green The Planet mission is our commitment to trigger real, meaningful change for the lives of present and generations to come.
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 honor 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 hopes to 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.
To love, celebrate and raise funds to protect people, animals and the environment.
Overview:
Instead of celebrating Earth Day alone, the Aveda network celebrates Earth Month for the entire month of April (and beyond) to raise funds for environmental causes.
Since 1999, Aveda has made an incredible impact through annual Earth Month campaigns, raising more than $69 million for hundreds of local and global environmental organizations, with over $60 million directed to protecting and providing clean water.
Aveda Earth Month fundraising initiatives have provided clean water to over 1.5 million people, and protect thousands of watersheds globally.
Aveda raises money for Earth Month in two ways: through limited-edition product sales and promotions, and through fundraising events held by Aveda’s global network of salons, artists, guests, students and experience centers, including Appointments for the Earth and Catwalks for Water.
Since inception, Origins has been committed to the well-being of your skin and our planet. We believe it’s our responsibility to give back to nature and we endeavor to make choices that help reduce our impact on the planet. For over a decade, we’ve been on a mission to Green The Planet™, partnering with various non-profit organizations to not only help restore and conserve ecosystems, but also help support disadvantaged communities through tree planting initiatives.
Overview:
At Origins, we believe every tree has the power to change the future of our planet for the better.
We partner with various non-profit organizations to aid reforestation and conservation projects through tree-planting initiatives to help restore ecosystems, offset carbon emissions, combat climate change and more.
Today, more than ever, we recognize the disproportionate impact that environmental degradation and global warming have on disadvantaged communities and communities of color. We recognize that it is not enough to strive for environmental quality—we must strive for human equality. Our Green The Planet mission is our commitment to trigger real, meaningful change for the lives of present and generations to come.
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 honor 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 hopes to 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.
The Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund, a social impact initiative committed to helping support a new generation of emerging women leaders and challenging the gender stereotypes present in today’s representations of leadership. The EL Emerging Leaders Fund will help support organizations that provide opportunities for leadership development, cultivate supportive communities, and advocate for emerging leaders who have a daring vision for change. Because we believe with more voice, more courage, and more compassion, more extraordinary leaders are made.
La Mer Blue Heart
La Mer is committed to supporting the protection of ocean habitats for generations to come. A secret kingdom that belongs to future generations, the sea has always enchanted the brand. See it through the eyes of a child, and join in the journey to help protect this place of mystery, where wonderment thrives and life is renewed.
Celebrating 25 years of M·A·C VIVA GLAM
M·A·C Cosmetics’ philanthropic arm, the M·A·C VIVA GLAM Fund, has raised over $500 million since its inception in 1994
Aveda Earth Month
Aveda, together with charity: water, will help bring clean water to people in developing nations from Earth Month 2019 and beyond.
It’s more than a ribbon. It unites us.
Our mission to create a breast cancer-free world is stronger than ever as we continue to fund global research, education and medical services. Because it’s always been more than a ribbon.
