The Body Shop

The Body Shop India has helped to register 10 million young voters in upcoming elections through their #BeSeenBeHeard campaign! Absolutely amazing work from the team 👏 #Why25 

🌟 We've been named the UK's most sustainable retailer! 🌟   The Great Green Sustainability study from Impact Analytics highlights the current frontrunners in sustainable practices. We're thrilled to have been named most sustainable retailer in the UK, and 5th most sustainable overall. And the best bit is, it was voted for by 4,000 members of the UK public.   From reusing plastic waste off the streets of India in our bottles, to our refill stations in stores around the world, and having the largest community fair trade programme of any beauty retailer – we’re always looking for new ways for our business to contribute to long-term change. Thank you to our customers for coming with us on this journey 💚 You can read the full report here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dc52ezqA https://lnkd.in/eSnt3GuM

Millions of eyes will roll around the world today as we proudly announce that we've become the world’s first global beauty brand to achieve 100% vegan product formulations across all our ranges!   This certification from The Vegan Society is a huge leap forward for us as a business and reflects our vision of a worldwide cruelty-free beauty industry. A vision that we've been campaigning for since our founder, Dame Anita Roddick, started the business in 1976.   We want a future where consumers shouldn't ever need to worry about whether their cosmetics are cruelty free and vegan. We're hoping more retailers will follow and join us in our vegan certification as we continue to use business as a force for good in the world 💚 #Vegan #CrueltyFree #ForeverAgainstAnimalTesting #Veganuary

Some fantastic news from our team in Canada to round off the year at The Body Shop…today, Bill C-47 has officially been implemented, banning cosmetic animal testing across Canada - forever!   This incredible feat could not have been possible without The Body Shop's passionate collective, and our campaign partner Cruelty Free International's fierce fight for change. Congratulations to everyone that played a part in this. Watch our journey here: https://lnkd.in/eaF2eYsV   In other countries, our fight continues. You might have seen that we’ve recently reignited our iconic Against Animal Testing campaign in the UK where we’re putting pressure on the government to reintroduce a full ban on cosmetic animal testing. Here's to more governments around the world stepping up to follow Canada’s example in 2024 💚 🐰

📣 PSA: We've dug out the 90s merch and we're back campaigning for a complete ban on Animal Testing in the UK 📣   Thanks to the team at Marie Claire who have brilliantly explained why, and how you can support the campaign...   After a 25 year ban dating back to 1998, the UK government has shockingly resumed animal testing on some cosmetics ingredients. The original ban was in part thanks to the success of our iconic #AgainstAnimalTesting campaign in partnership with Cruelty Free International, so we knew we had to stand up to this shift in policy and call for a full reinstatement of the ban.   To get your hands on one of our limited edition t-shirts, head to our website! 100% of the profits made will go to Cruelty Free International to support their work to bring an end to inhumane animal testing 💚 🐰 https://lnkd.in/ex2vDzQQ https://lnkd.in/e4ZBKqK3

🌟 We won Brand of the Year! 🌟   Last week The Body Shop headed to the World Branding Awards 2023-24 at Kensington Palace London, where we were thrilled to be named winner in the Health & Beauty – Natural category.   At The Body Shop we've always done things differently - pushing the boundaries in the beauty industry to be the best ethical, sustainable, inclusive, and inspiring company we can be.   Amber Pepper and Lorna Boyd from our Marketing Team had the honour of picking up the award. With 150,000 consumers around the world involved in the nomination process, we’re really proud to add this award to the trophy cabinet!   World Branding Forum https://lnkd.in/eKnshisT

🎄 Say hello to our very own Christmas angels! 🎄   Yesterday teams from our Global Head Office headed for a day of work in The Body Shop stores across the UK, as part of our annual Christmas Angels activity.   This is a great chance for our office colleagues to experience the heart of our business, getting to know our customers better, while working alongside our amazing store collective.   Thank you to our amazing teams for making this day such a success! Here are some of our fabulous angels hard at work, including Maddie Smith, Antonia Tony-Fadipe, Emma Ridgeon, Charlotte Hilliard, Zoe Cook

India is undeniably one of the world’s most dynamic retail markets, and it was my pleasure to speak with business leaders at the British High Commission in India yesterday about the importance of international trading partnerships.   I was there alongside Shriti Malhotra, the trailblazing CEO of The Body Shop India, whose entrepreneurial approach to reaching new customers while constantly innovating is inspiring.   For The Body Shop and India it’s a two way trading relationship. Take our Mango Body Butter - it features rich mango seed oil produced by our Community Fair Trade partner Manorama Industries Limited in Chhattisgarh. Plus, the packaging contains recycled plastic, collected from the streets and coastline of India through our founding partnership with Plastics For Change .   And here’s our first ever Community Fair Trade partners of nearly 40 yrs Teddy Exports in Thirumangalam - who created our beautiful Diwali gift pouches this year. It’s true to say our connection with India is woven into the very fabric of The Body Shop.  

Girls Aloud are going back on tour, scrunchies are trending and our #ForeverAgainstAnimalTesting t-shirts are back, and available now in our Battersea Power Station store and online 🐰 💚   Didn’t think that 25 years later we’d be back here again? Neither did we….   Join us and Cruelty Free International in our fight towards reinstating a full ban on animal testing for cosmetics in the UK 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejaGr5xj

The Body Shop is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees, customers, and partners. This Sunday 3rd December we’re celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities, and some of our most recent achievements in this area.   After achieving our Level 1 certification in 2022, we are proud to announce that The Body Shop UK& ROI has now been certified as a Disability Confident Level 3 Leader, which is the highest level of achievement offered to employers! We also want to highlight the successful roll out of the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower 💜 Scheme in every store across the UK &ROI Market, with Australia and New Zealand to follow in 2024.   None of this would be possible without our Employee Resource Group - Thisability and our amazing partners PurpleSpace, The Sunflower Scheme and Grant Neems FIEP from Ingeus, who have assisted us in taking these steps on our inclusivity journey. Watch this space for more amazing initiatives to come in 2024 💚