LIVING OUR VALUES
Values repOrt 2009
wOOD AND PAPER PRODUCTS
the body shop is a long term member of WWf uk’s forest and trade network (ftn), a group founded in 1991 to ensure that
timber and paper supplies used by uk businesses comes from well managed forests. We are committed to making sure that our
wood use does not contribute to deforestation and strive to buy wood that is certified as coming from well-managed sources by
the forest stewardship Council (fsC).
We buy small volumes of wood-based products, in ranges such as our eye-pencils, massagers, and diffusers. sourcing from fsC
sources means that forests are managed to ensure long term timber supplies while protecting the environment and the lives of
forest dependent peoples.
UPDATE ON PROgRESS
wHAT wE SAID wE wOULD DO wHAT wE DID
source 100% of wooden items from fsC sources by 2010 2007 – 49% of wooden items fsC
2008 – 63%
wHERE DOES OUR wOOD COmE fROm? 2008
23% NON fSC
14% TEDDY ExPORTS
63% fSC CERTIfIED
the move of retail wooden articles to fully fsC certified sources by 2010 is well underway, with the number of non-fsC articles
dropping by half from 30 in 2007 to 15 in 2008. in 2007 and 2008 we:
moved all of our eye definers and lip liners from non-fsC to fsC.
sourced fsC wood for one of our 2 remaining wooden accessories.
initiated a project to source fsC wood for our last remaining accessory, the big nail filer. this will be completed in 2009.
initiated a project to source fsC for the remaining 6 non fsC Cosmetic Concealer pencils. this will be completed in 2009.
“I’m personally really concerned about the destruction of
the rainforests. When is it going to stop? We really have to
do something about this” Louise Christian – Store Manager, Ipswich, England
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