Testing no ordeal for L'Oreal

 

According to SCMP (2013), animal testing is a bad practice and sits uneasily with western ethics and practices. However, the Swiss cosmetics giant is mandated by law to assess its products on animals in China. The firm has embraced this practice because of the need to expand to one of the largest cosmetics markets in the world. Thus, as much as the firm has implemented policies that forbid animal testing, it is part and parcel of their operations in countries such as China. Without this, it would have been difficult for the firm to expand to China which permits animal testing by law.

Reference:

South China Morning post (2013), ‘Testing no ordeal for L'Oreal’, 23 August, Available at: http://www.scmp.com/business/companies/article/1298705/testing-no-ordeal-loreal (Accessed: 4 January, 2014)