High Environmental Quality certification is based on a rigorous approach, focusing on four criteria in particular: quality of life at work, responsible management, economic performance and respect for the environment.

Our Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône site has been awarded the prestigious ISO 14001 certification (environmental impact management and reduction) as well as ISO 45001 certification (workplace health and safety). Our Blois production site has also achieved this certification. 

All of our sites are designed to be attractive and are regularly landscaped so that our staff can work in a bright environment that encourages interaction.

Since 2011, our Blois production site has halved the average amount of energy needed to manufacture each product thanks to new investments and process improvements (thermal control, machine cycle working), which all generates savings across electricity and gas.

The 18,000 sq. m solar farm on the roof of our Val-d'Oise site is one of the biggest in the Paris region and meets all the offices' energy needs.

Transportation: We encourage our teams to use hybrid or electric vehicles and have installed electric charging points in our car parks. Our meeting rooms have videoconferencing facilities to limit travel between our sites.

Since 2021, our industrial sites have been powered by biogas, a green energy source that significantly reduces greenhouse gas emissions.

Our production site machines are set up to save water, with closed-loop circuits and a system that cleans containers using rotating nozzles and jets.

The treatment station at our Blois factory processes wastewater to limit water pollution further downstream, with all the water treated coming out fully clean.

At our production and packaging workshops, we reuse most packaging materials (bubble wrap, cardboard) and work to recycle our instore advertising assets.

We optimise the size and weight of boxes we send out for delivery.

We are in frequent contact with our suppliers, who suggest new ways to reuse our waste. This particularly applies to plastic (PVC, PS, PE).

Wherever possible, we use sustainable transport. In 2020, 80% of our products were shipped by sea, reducing CO2 emissions by an average of 90%. In 2021, we set up alternative solutions such as rail freight.

Sisley uses local distribution channels for procurement wherever these options are available. 70% of our production suppliers (components, raw materials and subcontractors) are French.

Since 2006, Sisley has increased the amount of stock held by our global warehouses and authorised retailers outside of Europe to continue our committment to replacing plane journeys as much as possible.

At our Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône site, we have installed ecofriendly, green roofs and green parking spaces to limit the building's impact on its surroundings and encourage rainwater to percolate (preventing flooding).

Sisley promotes and encourages responsible agriculture by reusing by-products from other industries. These include saffron flower extract, a key active ingredient in the Velvet skincare collection, which comes from the food industry.

Sisley supports projects that aim to protect the environment and biodiversity both in France and globally. On French Guyana's Cayenne Peninsula, the Sisley Foundation has partnered with the Coastal Protection Agency and the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) to create the Sisley Laurel Garden for studying and protecting these plants.

Sisley uses local distribution channels for procurement wherever possible. This makes France our top supplier of active ingredients. Buckwheat is one example: the extract found in some Sisley skincare and makeup is grown in Brittany.

Sisley selects partners who are committed to RSPO certification for palm-based ingredients (with the goal of improving sustainable palm oil traceability through to final use) and to protecting endangered species (CITES list and IUCN Red List).

We work with our suppliers to suggest increasingly innovative ideas, with the aim of designing packaging that requires fewer resources (optimising size and weight) in addition to using recycled or biosourced materials wherever possible.

To further reduce our packaging waste, we limit the use of documentation relating to purchased products.

In line with the Plastic Act, an action plan published by the Federation of Beauty Companies (FEBEA) in spring 2021 for sustainable cosmetics packaging. Sisley is committed to the four Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle packaging and Reincorporate recycled materials (plastic, glass and other recyclable materials).

They rally round and come up with new and innovative ways to encourage appropriate recycling. Our sites have different recycling options to help us do the right thing: Paper, card, metal tins, glass, plastic lids, batteries and compost

We create opportunities for our teams to meet local producers by arranging artisan and organic garden markets, and facilitating direct sales by the beekeeper who harvests our hives.

Local: 70% of our suppliers for production (components, raw materials and subcontractors) are French.

Long-term aspiration: We have commercial relationships dating back over 10 years with 69% of our strategic suppliers, and over 20 years with 30%.

Our suppliers are at the heart of what we do. Each year, we discuss how to keep improving social, environmental and ethical credentials (using the Ecovadis tool and internal/external audits) and remedial plans are introduced if required.

The SPICE tool (reducing the environmental impact of cosmetics), the Plastic Act (an ambitious and practical joint action plan for sustainable cosmetic packaging) and other tools and programmes promote good environmental practices within the beauty sector.