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L’Oréal welcomes the second cohort of 13 change makers to its L’AcceleratOR programme for breakthrough sustainable solutions
L’Oréal, the world’s leading beauty company, today named its second cohort of 13 pioneering companies from eight countries selected to join the group’s flagship sustainable innovation programme, L’AcceleratOR. This programme endowed with €100M aims to identify, pilot and scale sustainable solutions of the future to solve the most urgent challenges we all face in climate, nature and circularity.
Building on the success of its first cohort of start-ups and SMEs, the L’AcceleratOR programme’s second edition is marked by its expanded geographical footprint. It has also extended the range of sustainability challenges addressed, including the first water-technology selection.
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L’AcceleratOR at ChangeNOW 2026
From March 30th to April 1st, L’AcceleratOR was present at the ChangeNOW Summit in Paris. Aimed at accelerating the transition, ChangeNOW annually brings together thousands of key players, including major corporations, startups, NGOs, and activists.
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L'Oréal announces the first 13 change makers chosen to join its EUR 100 million sustainable innovation "L'AcceleratOR" program
After reviewing nearly 1,000 applications from 101 countries L'Oréal Groupe today announced the first 13 startups and SME’s to join “L'AcceleratOR”, its flagship sustainable innovation program. Endowed with €100 million over five years and run in partnership with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), “L’AcceleratOR” aims to be a catalyst for scalable sustainable solutions of the future to solve the most urgent challenges in climate, nature, and circularity.
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Highlights from New York Climate Week, as L’AcceleratOR call for applications ends
From September 21 to 28, the 16th annual edition of Climate Week was held in New York. Organized on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, this event aims to strengthen collective momentum toward a lower carbon economy and greater resilience by mobilizing governments, multilateral organizations, business leaders, and civil society actors.
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L’Oréal Groupe and CISL co-host a roundtable at London Climate Action Week 2025
Midway through London Climate Action Week 2025, L’Oréal and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) joined forces to co-host a roundtable focused entirely on sustainable innovation.
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Unveiling L'Accelerator at the L'Oréal Europe Zone event
On June 23 and 24, L'Oréal’s Europe zone brought together over 140 external stakeholders – including media, public representatives, retailers, and NGOs – for an unprecedented event themed "Leading with Partners for Sustainable Impact in Europe.” This event not only reaffirmed L'Oréal's leadership in sustainability and showcased the advancements of the “L'Oréal for the Future” program, but also served as the strategic platform for the official international opening of L'Accelerator's call for applications.