The Institute of Business Ethics invites you to the annual CABE Hugh Kay Lecture.
Hugh Kay was a journalist and broadcaster and an integral part of the founding of the IBE as a fund within CABE, which in 2018 was wound up so the IBE, as its former offshoot, has now taken over the mantle of this event.
In the spirit of the original annual lectures, we will invite an eminent speaker to talk about how their and their company’s values influence their business life, and providing insights for the future.
This year we are delighted to welcome Emmanuel Lulin, Senior Vice President and Chief Ethics Officer for L’Oréal.
Emmanuel oversees all of L’Oréal ethics strategy and operation and reports directly to the Chairman and CEO. He is also in charge of Human Rights for the Group. Emmanuel directs outreach efforts to policy makers and to the General Public to promote Business Ethics. He regularly visits all of the group’s operations worldwide (65 countries since 2015), and presides over the Group Human Rights Committee. He represents L’ORÉAL in a number of international organisations such as UN Global Compact, UN Women and the Institute of Business Ethics (London).
Under Emmanuel’s leadership, L’Oréal’s achievements in ethics are internationally recognised: Since 2007, the company has been recognised 10 times as a "World’s Most Ethical Company" by Ethisphere.
In 2019, the ethical reputation rating firm Covalence gave the highest Aa+ grade to L’Oreal and ranks it as N°1 in the world in all sectors of activity out of 6.600 companies. In 2017 and in 2018, L’Oréal received the Transparency Grand Prix. In 2018, the Group received both the first Award of Excellence for Leadership in Ethics and the first Award of Excellence for Ethical Governance by the Chair-Master of Law and Business Ethics of the University of Cergy-Pontoise.
Emmanuel will reflect on L’Oréal’s journey in Ethics and share insights about current and future challenges.