L’Oréal appoints new Europe Chief Sustainability Officer

L’Oréal has named Iñigo Larraya Tejero as Europe Chief Sustainability Officer, replacing Joël Tronchon, who took on a new role within the group in March.

Larraya Tejero joined L’Oréal as CSR and Sustainability Director for Spain in 2017, and was promoted to Chief Sustainability Officer of its products division in 2021. He started his career in marketing at the cosmetics group in 2005, and left after nearly seven years to enroll in a sustainability management masters at Columbia University.

He then held marketing and business positions at LATAM Airlines before returning to L’Oréal.

“Thrilled to embark on a new chapter in the L'Oréal For The Future journey! After four fantastic years leading sustainability for L'Oréal Professionnel Products Division, I'm stepping into the role of Chief Sustainability Officer Europe. Lot of challenges ahead but I am more determined than ever to drive positive change,” he said in a post announcing his new role.

As Europe CSO, Larraya Tejero will work under the leadership of Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer Ezgi Barcenas and Europe President Vianney Derville – both of whom sit on L’Oréal’s executive committee.

L’Oréal for the future programme

The Europe sustainability team was previously led by Joël Tronchon from 2021 to March 2025, when he took on the new position of Global VP of Sustainability, Divisions and Zones.

Under his leadership, L’Oréal Europe, which posted consolidated sales of €14.2 billion in 2024 – about a third of its global revenue – converted its power supply to 100% renewable sources (a goal achieved as of December 2024).

This contributed to a 6% reduction in L’Oréal’s overall carbon footprint between 2019 and 2024.

The company has a science-based target to reduce Scopes 1 and 2 emissions by 57% and Scope 3 emissions by 28% for goods and services purchased by the group, business travel, upstream transportation and distribution, by 2030.

By 2050, L’Oréal aims to reduce global emissions by 90%, with any residual emissions offset to achieve net zero.

Its climate transition strategy, ‘L’Oréal for the future’ was updated in April 2025, with more specific goals around nature and biodiversity, namely the sourcing of 90% biobased materials in formulas and packaging and the use of 100% recycled or reused water for industrial purposes by 2030.