Dear Mr. William Lauder,

I am writing to you again on behalf of the collective of Estee Lauder employees and allies of the Black community who have initiated a petition with two goals: Ronald Lauder’s removal from the company board, and an increase in the company’s planned donation towards relief for the Black community.

As I’m sure you’ve seen reiterated throughout today’s news coverage in Bloomberg, Business Insider, Teen Vogue, Yahoo News, Business of Fashion, Dazed Digital, and Women’s Wear Daily, our employee-generated petition has gained further support from Estee Lauder Companies employees.

Our consensus is made evident in over 2,000 petition signatures, an amount that will continue to grow.

As stated in our petition and in my letter to you yesterday, the public believes (and we still believe) that supporting a company by purchasing its products is akin to supporting the leadership of that company and their values.

For this reason, the corporate response published in Women’s Wear Daily, “While we respect everyone’s right to make their own political decisions, no single individual represents the views of our company”, is not acceptable to those who have signed the petition thus far.

As you continue to consider an internal response to your employees, we will continue to circulate this petition and acquire more signatures. We hope you will also answer all questions posed in yesterday’s letter.

We look forward to your response.

Best regards,

Your Employees