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The Estée Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer
Awareness (BCA) Campaign, a campaign my
mother founded, we give special tribute in
celebrating her extraordinary and inspiring life.
More than anything, it was her recognition of
the critical need to fight breast cancer through
medical research — an emblem of her dedication to
people and to philanthropy — that has become one
of the pillars of our Company’s commitment to
corporate responsibility.
That commitment — toward our world, our
communities and our people — is especially
meaningful to me, and I am pleased with the
progress we continue to make as responsible
corporate citizens. From our Company’s BCA
Campaign to M.A.C’s incredibly successful VIVA
GLAM campaign, and through many more
initiatives across the organization, our employees
and brands have raised critical awareness and
support for key social issues in the priority areas of
women’s health, women’s empowerment,
education, health and human services, and global
emergency disaster relief. We remain focused on
environmental stewardship efforts, including water
security, sustainable ingredient sourcing, renewable
energy and sustainable packaging. We look forward
to releasing our most comprehensive Corporate
Responsibility Report later this year, which
highlights the positive strides we are making as
a Company and serves as a record for measuring
our progress.
One of the joys of my role as Executive Chairman is
spending more time focused on relationship
building. Fiscal 2012 made it more evident than
ever that the social and political boundaries of our
world are changing. To sustain the success of
our business, particularly in increasingly regulated
environments, relationships are critical — with our
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employees, our consumers, our customers and our
communities at large. Visiting local markets and
operations to meet with employees, industry
leaders and consumers is an important part of my
role and one that I value deeply. For over 60 years,
The Estée Lauder Companies has been committed
to working together, with all of our stakeholders,
with uncompromising ethics and integrity. I am
personally dedicated to strengthening that
commitment, ensuring good governance and
continuing to enhance our corporate reputation
around the world.
Despite the global
economic and political
uncertainties that marked
fiscal 2012, we enter the
fourth year of our strategic
journey having achieved
a number of record highs.