Our CSR commitments | NUXE
Our CSR commitments
NUXE puts commitments and actions with a positive impact into practice around 3 key pillars: ensuring responsible supply chains and preserving biodiversity; developing products with respect for people and the environment, from formula to packaging; and ensuring the well-being and fulfilment of its employees. The company works to make a positive impact on society and the environment.
Sustainable sourcing
Going beyond current regulations, NUXE promotes sustainable and responsible ingredient sourcing without compromising quality or safety. The company assesses its suppliers through the independent rating organisation Ecovadis. Selected partners then sign our ethical charter and undertake to comply with it. We work with our suppliers on complex issues such as compliance with the Nagoya Protocol (biodiversity) and CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora).
Committed supply chains
NUXE selects its active ingredients by assessing their sustainability against demanding criteria: geographical origin, social and environmental initiatives, and manufacturing processes that respect people and the environment. For example, Huile Prodigieuse® contains Argan Oil sourced mainly from an argan grove in Morocco. It comes from our supplier OLVEA Morocco, which, through its endowment fund, created the MarocaVie association to support projects protecting the argan grove and promoting socio-economic development. In 2023, NUXE and OLVEA Foundation jointly launched a breast cancer awareness and screening campaign among rural populations.
traceability of ingredients
Laboratoire NUXE aims to ensure the traceability of 100% of its ingredients by 2025. We use DNA analysis with the DNA Gensee laboratory to genetically trace our key ingredients: these tests precisely verify each plant’s geographical origin and quality. NUXE is a member of the RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) and has joined the ASD (Action for Sustainable Derivatives) initiative to ensure transparency and sustainable sourcing. NUXE is also a founding member of the TRASCE Consortium, a collaborative initiative bringing together several cosmetics brands and suppliers to improve the traceability of our supply chains.
continuous improvement of packaging
The brand is committed to continuously improving its packaging. Each new packaging design is assessed using the SPICE (Sustainable Packaging Initiative for Cosmetics) tool, which measures its environmental impact throughout its life cycle.
NUXE tackles excess packaging by fitting its cartons as closely as possible around its face cream jars to avoid waste.
In 2022, NUXE reduced the amount of plastic in its Merveillance LIFT packaging by 35%⁽¹⁾. The Christmas gift sets are made with 0% plastic and 100% fully recyclable cardboard. By 2025, NUXE aims to reduce its use of plastic in packaging by a further 20%.
Responsibility at the heart of the company
Responsibility begins within the company itself, with employee fulfilment. NUXE supports employees with disabilities with expert assistance from Handifeels. Occupational health is also a pillar of its inclusion policy. As a partner of Institut Curie, NUXE involves its employees in the fight against breast cancer. In 2024, NUXE entered into a partnership with the Fondation pour la Recherche sur l’Endométriose. Through the EndoPRO programme, NUXE positions itself as an “endo-responsible” company that supports female employees affected by this condition. Committed to diversity and inclusion, Laboratoire NUXE also has a gender equality score of 93/100. Laboratoire Lécousse (LCL) does not have a calculable score out of 100: - Indicator for the difference in individual pay rise rates: 35/35 - Indicator for the percentage of female employees who received a pay rise in the year following their return from maternity leave: 15/15 - Indicator for the number of employees of the under-represented sex among the 10 highest-paid employees: 5/10
Putting commitments into action
Working hand in hand with its partners, NUXE extends its commitments across society and the planet. Together with Institut Curie, the company organises fundraising initiatives, particularly during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October. The brand also supports women with cancer through its support for CEW (the international network of beauty professionals), whose beauty centres design and equip free supportive beauty care programmes in hospitals.
Laboratoire NUXE works with Agence du Don en Nature, which redistributes its surplus stock and unsold products to charities helping people in vulnerable circumstances throughout France: in 2022, this represented more than 129,000 products distributed. The brand also works around the world with the association 1001fontaines, which develops sustainable solutions to provide drinking water to vulnerable populations in Africa and Asia. NUXE has funded the installation of 4 drinking water production stations in Cambodia and supports the “Water in school” programme in Madagascar. Since 2013, this initiative has provided daily access to safe water for nearly 72,000 people, including 38,000 schoolchildren.
acting for the planet
With Un Toit pour les Abeilles, NUXE supports bee conservation and helps preserve biodiversity by sponsoring beehives in the Vosges. The company also tackles plastic pollution in the oceans with the NGO OCEANOPLASTIC. NUXE has contributed to 6 major waste collections on beaches in Martinique, removing nearly 60 m³ of large plastic waste from the Caribbean Sea.
⁽¹⁾ Comparative study (June 2021). Results for the new Merveillance LIFT range versus the former Merveillance Expert range.
