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Developing a more sustainable value chain for shea nut butter with women's cooperatives in Burkina Faso

Sector
Consumer Goods
Region of Initiative
Africa
SDG contribution
SDG 5: Gender equality, SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and production

L'OCCITANE en Provence, a leading natural ingredient-based cosmetics firm, has joined the Business Call to Action (BCtA)  as it launched an environmental and social project for traditional shea butter production in Burkina Faso. The project aims to improve working conditions, encourage young women to enter the shea butter industry, and reduce the environmental impacts of processing.

Renowned for its natural ingredients luxury products, the company has been active in Burkina Faso since the early 1980s, when its founder, Olivier Baussan first discovered the properties of shea butter. Since this time, L'OCCITANE has continued to build a strong relationship focusing on development and fair trade with local communities which was strongly accelerated and developed since early 2000. Today the company is active working with unions and cooperatives representing more than 15,000 women in 10 provinces.

A key component of L'OCCITANE's commitment to the region includes plans to scale up its ongoing work with female shea butter nut pickers and processors. The company is committed to preserving the skills required to process shea butter, while also reducing the environmental impacts of the production process. In addition, L'OCCITANE is professionalizing the customary shea butter extraction process in an effort to improve women's working conditions by reducing the manual labor requirements and conserving their traditional know-how.

sans_titre_056By 2016, L'Occitane plans to achieve 100% organic production of shea butter and establish a soap factory that allows women to develop their own processed products through a system of participatory management, providing added value and additional income generating opportunities.

The Foundation L'OCCITANE will also continue to empower women in Burkina Faso through education and entrepreneurial skills training. The company supports women in improving literacy and developing income-generating activities and small businesses through training and microcredit programs.  To date, over 9,700 women have benefited from these initiatives.

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L’Occitane

The L’OCCITANE Group strives to improve the lives of women farmers and their families through its collaboration with their unions and its...

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How L’OCCITANE promotes an holistic approach of development in favor of its women producers in...

By Justine Humbert, Biodiversity & Sustainable Ingredients Specialist, L’OCCITANE EN PROVENCE   It's quite something to be invited to...

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Comment L’OCCITANE promeut une approche globale du développement en faveur des femmes productrices...

Par Justine Humbert, Biodiversity & Sustainable Ingredients Specialist, L’OCCITANE EN PROVENCE Avoir rencontré ces femmes du Karité du...

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Inclusive business is a key solution in the post Covid-19...

14 Jul 2020 - Joining efforts to make inclusive business the ‘new normal’ can help build more resilient and equitable societies.​ By Sahba Sobhani, director, Istanbul International Centre for Private Sector Development;...

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The L’OCCITANE Group and Burkina Faso: a long-term...

01 Dec 2017 - Geneva, 1 December 2017 – The L’OCCITANE Group has been working to improve the lives and working conditions of Burkinabe women for more than 30 years. To measure the impact of its ongoing support, the natural cosmetics...

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