L'Oréal

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L'Oréal is a French cosmetics company that sells skin‑lightening creams ^[1], engages in anti‑competitive price‑fixing ^[2], and has been accused of false advertising, including airbrushing pictures of models ^[3][4][5]. The company has also fired a transgender model who spoke against racism ^[6], employed racist hiring and model selection practices ^[7], engaged in greenwashing ^[8], supplied giveaways to the Israeli military ^[9], and its supply chain is marred by child labour ^[10][11], human rights violations and environmental damage ^[12], while its headquarters occupy land taken from Holocaust victims ^[13] and the company's founder was a known Nazi ^[14][15].