The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
10/28/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/28/2026 14:21
Brands in Action
As featured in The Estée Lauder Companies FY26 Social Impact and Sustainability report, published October 28, 2026.
In addition to the efforts led by The Estée Lauder Companies' Charitable Foundation and The Breast Cancer Campaign, our brands continue to help drive meaningful impact by supporting the causes that matter most to their teams, their consumers, and the communities where they live, work, and source.
Through bold campaigns, thoughtful partnerships, and purpose-driven investments, our brands are helping advance health equity, champion education, promote environmental stewardship, and create opportunity-rich communities worldwide.
THE BREAST CANCER CAMPAIGN
30+ Years of Impact in Breast Cancer Awareness, Research, and Advocacy
ELC has been at the forefront of supporting the global breast cancer community for more than 30 years. At a time when breast cancer wasn't openly discussed, Evelyn H. Lauder saw an opportunity to bring awareness to the disease and address stigmas in women's health. In 1992, she co-created the pink ribbon and founded The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign (The Campaign), inspiring a global movement around its mission to help create a breast cancer-free world for all. Together, The Estée Lauder Companies Charitable Foundation (ELCCF) and The Campaign have funded, through the end of fiscal 2026, more than $167 million for lifesaving research, education, and medical services around the world, with more than $131 million funding medical research through the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF).
BCC Global Ambassador Elizabeth Hurley joins UK&I BCC Ambassadors: Lauren Mahon, Dr. Zoe Williams, Kreena Dhiman, and Leanne Pero MBE.
As part of its global impact, The Campaign funds numerous grants and programs that help accelerate opportunities for women in STEM, having funded more than 400 annual research grants through BCRF. By supporting scientific research and education, The Campaign continues to help empower women across generations to advocate for their breast health.
AVEDA
Every April since 1999, Aveda has mobilized its global network of employees, partner salons and spas, Institutes, Experience Centers, and customers during Earth Month to raise awareness and funds for clean water access, with initiatives totaling over $72 million. Since 2018, Aveda has partnered with global nonprofit, charity: water, to deliver safe drinking water to more than 178,000 people in India, Ethiopia, Nepal and Madagascar.
Fiscal 2026 also marked the launch of Aveda's hero styling product, Miraculous Oil. To celebrate the launch, Aveda welcomed press and influencers to the Willamette Valley in Oregon to spotlight the sourcing story of Daikon Seed oil, one of the product's unique botanical ingredients, grown and harvested by more than 50 local farms in the region. Guests learned firsthand how this oil is sustainably cultivated and harvested using waterwise and soil-friendly practices like no-till farming and crop rotation, which help protect biodiversity and preserve soil for future generations. The experience connected guests with Miraculous Oil's powerful plant-derived benefits and the sustainable, local sourcing that reflects Aveda's mission of care for people and planet.
LA MER
As a brand born from the power of Giant Sea Kelp used to create the cell-renewing Miracle Broth™, La Mer's mission is to help it thrive by educating the world on kelp's crucial role in helping regulate the climate through youth education and scientific innovation initiatives that demonstrate tangible impact and inspire action.
In fiscal 2026, the La Mer Blue Heart Oceans Fund renewed its grant to EarthEcho International in support of their youth advocacy efforts and kicked off a new three-year partnership with ecological innovation leader Terreform ONE. Together, La Mer and Terreform ONE are advancing a multi-year research initiative that explores Giant Sea Kelp as a nature-based solution for climate resilience. Officially unveiled in September, the partnership has already produced a first-of-its-kind 3D-printed regenerative landscape system designed to restore fire-damaged ecosystems through ocean-derived bioregenerative materials.
BOBBI BROWN
The Bobbi Brown Pretty Powerful Fund supports global nonprofit organizations that champion education and economic empowerment for women and girls. One of its longest-running partnerships is with U.K.-based charity Smart Works, which provides coaching, clothing, and confidence to help women enter the workforce.
In its 13th year of partnership, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics stood behind Smart Works' mission to help unemployed women across the U.K. return to work - sustained by proceeds from this year's limited-edition Highlighting Powder, and by Bobbi Brown Cosmetics PRO Artists, who continued offering Smart Works clients confidence-building makeup sessions.
In October 2025, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics supported The Estée Lauder Companies' Breast Cancer Campaign with its Limited-Edition Powerful Pink Highlighting Powder, donating $110,000 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) to help fund research, education, and access to medical services.
Through fiscal 2026, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics has donated over $2M to women's empowerment and health causes, with the Pretty Powerful Fund and Breast Cancer Campaign continuing to be key expressions of the brand's commitment to advancing equality and wellbeing for all genders.
(L to R) Dr. Nada Elbuluk, SOCS President; Dr. Victoria H. Barbosa, Associate Professor of Dermatology at The University of Chicago; Dr. Katrina Abuabara; Caroline Robinson; and Kelly Fanning, SVP/General Manager, Clinique, Origins, and Dr.Jart+ North America
CLINIQUE
Since its founding as a dermatologist guided brand in 1968, Clinique has continued its close relationship with the dermatological community to create great skin for all. It is this deep commitment that drives Clinique to cultivate future generations of dermatologists and support health equity. In 2025, the brand was proud to announce its partnership with the Skin of Color Society Foundation (SOCSF) for a scholarship program to broaden access to the specialty of dermatology.
The Dermatologists of Tomorrow Scholarship presented by Clinique and SOCSF provides financial support and mentorship to medical students who are committed to achieving health equity in their pursuit of a career in dermatology. The distribution of funds focuses on grants to a projected 100 medical students over 3 years to provide financial support for the expenses incurred during the residency program application process.
Since the partnership launched in 2025, Clinique has supported 66 medical students through the Dermatologists of Tomorrow Scholarship and SOCSF. In 2026, the program completed its first full-year scholarship cycle and confirmed its second cohort.
JO MALONE LONDON
Jo Malone London deepened its long-standing commitment to mental health by advancing its global partnership with UNICEF, the brand's official charity partner since 2023.
Together, they worked to support the mental well-being of children, young people, and caregivers in more than 190 countries.
In fiscal 2026, Jo Malone London continued to make donations in line with its $3.5 million pledge to UNICEF through the sale of its Charity Candle collection, checkout donations, and employee fundraising in the US and UK. This contribution helps fund UNICEF's mental health and psychosocial support programs, which have reached more than 47 million children and caregivers globally.
DECIEM
Since 2020, DECIEM has contributed over $2.7M USD to humanitarian and climate crises. Their philosophy is simple: respond when it matters, act transparently, and use its platform to help empower others. In fiscal year 2026 alone, DECIEM contributed over $1M USD to emergency relief, as well as climate restoration and protection efforts.
In response to global emergencies, DECIEM provides financial support, product donations, restoration commitments, and advocacy. The brand shares information about these efforts publicly to support transparency and accountability, including where its support is directed, why it is responding, and how members of its community can participate.
Awardees of the 2025 Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund Beautiful Forces Grants (L to R): Stella Kasdagli, founder of WHEN Equity Empowerment Change in Greece; Pauline Otila, founder of Apiculture Venture Limited in Kenya; Hilda Joanna Teran Romero, Executive President of Kuska Collective in Peru; Oluwaseyi Kehinde-Peters, founder of Pan African Women Empowerment Network in Nigeria; Srishti Pragat, founder of Sky Social in India; and Aishworya Shrestha, founder of Antardhoni Nepal.
ESTÉE LAUDER
The Estée Lauder Emerging Leaders Fund (ELELF) is redefining what leadership looks like by investing in a new generation of changemakers around the world. In fiscal 2026, the Fund expanded its Beautiful Forces grants in partnership with longtime collaborator Vital Voices (VV), awarding six Vital Voices network alumni for bold, community-focused projects spanning climate action, media equity, economic empowerment, and gender-based violence prevention.
Since its launch, ELELF has trained over 600 emerging leaders from more than 80 countries through the VV Visionaries Leadership Program.
ORIGINS
For more than 15 years, Origins has championed reforestation through its Green the Planet™ initiative, reflecting the brand's longstanding belief that caring for the planet is inseparable from caring for people. Since its founding in 2009, the initiative has helped plant more than 2.3 million trees, creating greener, healthier communities around the world.
In fiscal 2026, Origins expanded Green the Planet through a new partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation, investing in two kinds of futures: healthier urban forests today and the next generation of sustainability leaders. The partnership supports tree planting in underserved U.S. communities while helping college students pursuing careers in sustainability, forestry, and environmental justice through mentorship, financial stipends, industry connections, and campus-based sustainability initiatives.
By creating greener neighborhoods and empowering future environmental leaders, Origins continues to advance meaningful, long-term impact for people and the planet.
M·A·C
Through June 2026, M·A·C VIVA GLAM has raised over $545 million for charity since its launch in 1994-more than any other beauty brand globally-and continues to donate 100% of the selling price of every VIVA GLAM Lipstick to organizations advancing sexual, gender, racial and environmental equality.
In fiscal 2026, M·A·C donated more than $2.5 million across 50 NGOs worldwide. The brand also named GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Chappell Roan as the new face of VIVA GLAM, introducing a special-edition lip collection co-created with the artist herself. Featuring three show-stopping shades, all proceeds from sales of the collection are donated to charities who are dedicated to driving equality for all.
In honor of the collaboration, M·A·C VIVA GLAM has donated $300,000 USD to Chappell's Midwest Princess Project and its partner organizations, which provide critical resources, care and advocacy for LGBTQ+ communities across the United States.
More than three decades in, VIVA GLAM remains one of the beauty industry's most powerful philanthropic forces as it works toward raising its next half-billion dollars for equality and healthy futures for all.
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