With World Fair Trade Day coming up this weekend (May 9th, to be exact), we thought that it was a good time to go back and highlight some of what we consider to be our most important initiatives. If you’re familiar with The Body Shop at all, then you know about how important our Core [...]

We’ve always had a special relationship with Divine Chocolate. Our Community Trade
partner, Kuapa Kokoo, that provides the moisturizing, melt-on-the-skin cocoa butter used in our Body Butter, is also one of the founders and major stakeholders in Divine Chocolate.
Their inspiring story, from humble beginnings in the cocoa fields of Ghana to the international commercial success we [...]

“Natural skin care” has become something of a buzz phrase these days, with companies using it very loosely to describe all kinds of products. People like the idea of using natural ingredients on their skin; why wouldn’t you choose something from the Earth rather than a chemical? But there are other benefits to committing to [...]

The Body Shop is a company founded on what we like to refer to as our Five Core Values; values that were important to our founder, Anita Roddick. We proudly carry on the business principles that she established, to take care of the people who provide us with ingredients, the environment, and ourselves.
One of our [...]