MICROBEADS COMMITMENT SCORECARD

The world’s 30 biggest personal care companies were surveyed on their microbeads commitments.
The scorecard reveals the survey results based on four main criteria: commitment presence and
microbeads definition, transparency, global application and deadline. Company size refers to place in
the world’s biggest 30 personal care companies, based on 2015 sales revenue data from Euromonitor.
Full details of the results here.

COMPANY NATIONALITY SIZE COMMITMENT TRANSPARENCY GLOBAL DEADLINE MICROBEADS

sales revenue DEFINITION STRENGTH
End of
BEIERSDORF 7 th 2015

Since end
COLGATE-
PALMOLIVE 4 th of 2014

January
L BRANDS 6 th 2016

Start of
HENKEL 11 th 2016

Since
CLARINS 26 th December
2014

Since end
UNILEVER 3 rd of 2014

July
BOTICA 20 th 2016

End of
ORIFLAME 30 th 2016

By
SHISEIDO 8 th 2018

In
AVON 9 th 2017

By
COTY 10 th 2017

End of
KAO 12 th 2016

2016 -
NATURA 16 th 2017
 COMPANY NATIONALITY SIZE COMMITMENT TRANSPARENCY GLOBAL DEADLINE MICROBEADS
sales revenue DEFINITION STRENGTH
By
RECKITT
BENCKISER 27 th 2018

By
AMORE-
PACIFIC 15 th Limited December
2015

End of
L’ORÉAL 2 nd 2017

Already
CHANEL 19 th done

End of
PROCTER
& GAMBLE 1 st 2017

End of
JOHNSON
& JOHNSON 6 th 2017

LG End of
HOUSEHOLD &
HEALTH CARE
21 st Limited
2016

Since
YVES
ROCHER 29 th April
2016

Not
PUIG 28 th using

Since
KOSÉ 25 th Partial
2014

LVMH MOËT December

HENNESSY
LOUIS VUITTON
13 th 2017

Early
MARY KAY 14 th 2017

To be
GLAXOSMITH-
KLINE 17th confirmed

Not Not
ESTÉE
LAUDER 5 th stated stated

Not Early
AMWAY 22 nd stated 2017

Not Not
REVLON 24 th Limited
stated stated

EDGEWELL
PERSONAL
CARE BRANDS
23 rd No reply or publicly available information