COmmUNITY INvOLvEmENT
the body shop is a global retailer with offices in europe middle east and africa (emea), asia pacific, americas (ame) and the uk
& republic of ireland (uk/rOi). each of these 4 regions plays a significant part in living our Values and improving our impact in
local communities.
AmERICAS AND mExICO (AmE)
CHARITY SHOP
in 2008, ame opened a Charity shop in Wake forest to allow employees to enjoy products at reduced prices, with all proceeds
going to the body shop foundation. in 2008, ame raised $101,670 for the foundation.
COmmUNITY INvOLvEmENT
ame took part in canned food drives, collecting over 2 tons of much-needed food for local food banks. the region also took part
in ‘toy drives’ for a local shelter, donating over 600 toys.
SAvE THE CHILDREN PARTNERSHIP
the body shop® americas partnered with save the Children in both the usa and Canada to raise funds for the myanmar relief
efforts when Cyclone nargis hit in may 2008. $20,000 was raised over a period of 1 month with the donation raised from a
percentage taken from the sales of our bag for life.
Uk & REPUBLIC Of IRELAND
‘TRAffICkINg IS TORTURE’ CAmPAIgN
in the weeks following anita roddick’s death we launched a ‘trafficking is torture’ campaign, a subject that was very close to
anita’s heart. in Collaboration with the helen bamber foundation uk & rOi sold ‘the Journey’ postcards in store and collected
signatures for a petition to the uk home secretary to ratify the Council of europe Convention on action against the trafficking
in human beings. the campaign, which ran in stores and online for 2 weeks, received support from actress and activist emma
thompson raised in excess of £10,000. the uk government has subsequently ratified the convention. independently of the
postcard sales, the body shop donated an additional £50,000 to the helen bamber foundation.
SINg
following a direct approach from singer annie lennox, a close friend of anita, to sell her campaign Cd single in store,
the body shop raised in excess of £9,000 for treatment action Campaign a southern african based hiV charity.
fRONT LINE
in 2008, we launched a partnership between our irish franchisee and ‘front line’ an ngO working with human rights
defenders on the anniversaries of un human rights defenders day and the universal declaration of human rights.
vOLUNTEERINg
employees of the body shop uk both in stores and offices carried out significant levels of volunteering. this work ranged
from individuals to large groups of employees working with charities and schools. 80 store teams signed up to work with
local women’s refuges in an initiative supported by domestic Violence charity Women’s aid.
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