L’Oréal USA Hires Marissa McGowan as Chief Sustainability Officer – WWD

L’Oréal USA has tapped Marissa Pagnani McGowan as chief sustainability officer for North America.

“Marissa brings to her sustainability work a ardour for the facility of partnerships and collective motion,” stated Stéphane Rinderknech, president and chief government officer of L’Oréal USA and government vp of North America, in an announcement.

McGowan, who formally joins the corporate in November, will report back to Rinderknech.

“We goal to drive an entire transformation of our enterprise — to be a pacesetter and catalyst of change within the magnificence sector and past,” added Rinderknech. “I firmly imagine that we should act with much more urgency to deal with the social and environmental wants of the planet whereas making ready our enterprise to satisfy the alternatives of our dynamic market.”

A regulation graduate of Georgetown College, McGowan started her profession as a lawyer at Skadden Arps in New York and London, engaged on worldwide mergers and acquisitions and company compliance. Most just lately, she was the chief sustainability officer at PVH Corp., the place she oversaw the clothes firm’s company accountability technique (together with environmental and social impression, human rights, variety, inclusion and fairness).

“I’m excited and honored to affix L’Oréal, an organization that I’ve lengthy admired for its wealthy historical past and continued development by retaining innovation, the patron and accountability on the middle of its enterprise,” stated McGowan, who can even be part of the U.S. administration committee and management crew of Alexandra Palt, L’Oréal’s world chief company accountability officer.

“My ardour for the sweetness {industry}, like the style sector, stems from its humanity and creativity, which collectively create a robust alternative to affect optimistic change,” continued McGowan. “I look ahead to stewarding the sustainability work as a part of L’Oréal USA’s subsequent development chapter, and to driving significant progress on the L’Oréal for the Future’s transformation journey.”

L’Oréal for the Future is the corporate’s 10-year “sustainability transformation technique.” The initiative goals to create a extra “sustainable” enterprise mannequin whereas fixing world challenges. Because the largest subsidiary of the L’Oréal Group, L’Oréal USA is headquartered in New York Metropolis and current in 16 states, managing over 35 magnificence manufacturers and gathering greater than $7 billion in gross sales yearly.