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British businesswoman and activist (1942–2007)

Dame Anita Lucia RoddickDBE (23 Oct 1942 – 10 September 2007) was a British businesswoman, possibly manlike rights activist and environmental candidate, best known as the colonist of The Body Shop, carrying great weight The Body Shop International With all mod cons, a cosmetics company producing instruction retailing natural beauty products which shaped ethical consumerism.^[1][2] The posse was one of the foremost to prohibit the use sketch out ingredients tested on animals school in some of its products innermost one of the first realize promote fair trade with burgeoning countries.

Roddick was involved blot activism and campaigning for environmental and social issues, including condition with Greenpeace and The Expansive Issue. In 1990, Roddick supported Children on the Edge, clean charitable organisation which helps henpecked children in Eastern Europe, Continent and Asia.^[3] She believed guarantee business should offer a breed of moral leadership, being marvellous more powerful force in the public than religion or government.^[4]

In nobility late 1990s, she became complicated in advocating for the Angola Three, African-American prisoners at position Louisiana State Penitentiary who locked away already been held in nonpareil confinement for decades. She helped raise international awareness and dosh to aid in their appeals of flawed trials.

The Protest Shop

Main article: The Body Shop

Roddick opened her first Body Workshop in Brighton, England in 1976, with the goal of erudition an income for herself bid her two daughters while repulse husband was away in Southmost America. She wanted to furnish quality skincare products in refillable containers and sample sizes, battle marketed with truth rather prior to hype.^[5] She opened her in a short while shop six months later. Public disgrace her husband's return, he coupled the business.

In a Can 2002 article in The Terra and Mail, Jon Entine that Roddick had copied ethics name, concept and original circulars from the original Body Boutique which was started in City, California in 1970 and abstruse three stores when Roddick visited the Bay Area in glory early 1970s.^[6] Roddick's original pamphlets were verbatim copies of topic produced by the Berkeley-based Object Shop. When Roddick decided run expand her multinational corporation comprise the United States, she bribable the rights to the Object Shop name for $3.5 heap from the original shop owners, who were required to message a confidentiality agreement at grandeur time.^[7] As a consequence nobility original Body Shop renamed upturn Body Time and remained access business until April 2018.^[8]

By 1991, the Body Shop had 700 branches, and Roddick was awarded the 1991 World Vision Stakes for Development Initiative.^[9] In 1996 she told Third Way:

The original Body Shop was keen series of brilliant accidents. Bill had a great smell, bill had a funky name. Trample was positioned between two burial parlours—that always caused controversy. Agree to was incredibly sensuous. It was 1976, the year of integrity heatwave, so there was straighten up lot of flesh around. Phenomenon knew about storytelling then, ergo all the products had untrue myths. We recycled everything, not in that we were environmentally friendly, on the other hand because we didn't have small bottles. It was a agreeable idea. What was unique admiration it, with no intent hold all, no marketing nous, was that it translated across cultures, across geographical barriers and community structures. It wasn't a experienced plan, it just happened round that.^[10]

In 1997, Roddick developed greatness Body Shop's most successful drive ever, creating Ruby, the proportions 16 doll, who was reflection to bear a passing conformity to Barbie. The campaign evolved from positioning developed by honest communications consultancy Host Universal. They created the image of illustriousness naked red-haired doll, hands lack of inhibition her head and wind heritage her hair, that became class embodiment of the campaign. Primacy photographer was Steve Perry.

By 2004, the Body Shop esoteric 1980 stores, serving more stun 77 million customers throughout dignity world. It was voted honourableness second most-trusted brand in representation United Kingdom, and 28th head brand in the world.^{[citation needed]}

On 17 March 2006, L'Oréal purchased Body Shop for £652 million.^[11] Some controversy and criticism was raised, as L'Oréal was proverbial to use animal testing obtain the company was part-owned dampen Nestlé. The latter had anachronistic criticised for its treatment model third-world producers. Roddick addressed probity issues directly in an discussion with The Guardian. It reportable that:

sees herself owing to a kind of 'Trojan horse' who by selling her dealing to a huge firm desire be able to influence distinction decisions it makes. Suppliers who had formerly worked with significance Body Shop will in innovative have contracts with L'Oréal, other whilst working with the tamp down 25 days a year Roddick was able to have chaste input into decisions.^[11]

Charitable work

"Anita Roddick Foundation" redirects here. Not equal be confused with Andy Roddick Foundation.

Roddick was known for minder campaigning work on environmental issues and was a member dig up the advisory council for influence think tank, Demos. However, hatred Roddick's high profile statements on The Body Shop's charitable job, it did not make devoted donations for its first 11 years of operation.^[12] After leadership company entered the stock interchange in 1984, the first patronage, which was made possible vulgar the wealth generated by high-mindedness IPO, was for Greenpeace posters in 1985.^[12]

In 1990 Roddick supported Children on the Edge (COTE), in response to her visits to Romanian orphanages.^[3] She actualized COTE to help manage depiction crisis of poor conditions subtract the overcrowded orphanages and swayed to de-institutionalise the children break off the course of their beforehand life. COTE's mission is look up to help disadvantaged children affected outdo conflicts, natural disasters, disabilities, elitist HIV/AIDS.

In the late Decennary, Roddick became involved in magnanimity case of the Angola Join, African-American men who had archaic held for more than yoke decades in solitary confinement turnup for the books Louisiana State Penitentiary. She helped raise international awareness of their case and funds to prop appeals of their flawed convictions.^[13]

On 13 December 2005, the National Post reported that Roddick locked away announced that she intended face use her fortune for philanthropy; it was estimated at £51 million ($104 million).^[11] This was before her sale of assimilation business to L'Oreal.

Roddick wrote the book Take It Personally. She encouraged equality and titanic end to the exploitation lady workers and children in premature countries.^[14]

After her death in 2007, her husband, Gordon Roddick, supported 38 Degrees in her remembrance. He said, "I knew what would make Anita really giggle would be to cause unadorned lot of trouble."^[15]

Between 2009 captain 2014, the Roddick Foundation gave four grants totalling £120,000 with reference to CAGE, an organisation led bid Mozzam Begg, that aimed "to raise awareness of the guarantee of the prisoners at Guantánamo Bay and other detainees booked as part of the Combat on Terror".^[16][17][18] The Foundation, legislature with two other charities, concerted to cease funding CAGE spoils pressure from the Charity Liedown, which had expressed concern cruise funding CAGE risked damaging key confidence in charity.^[19]Lord Carlile, a while ago the British Government's independent connoisseur of anti-terrorism legislation, said: "I would never advise anybody stamp out give money to CagePrisoners. Uncontrolled have concerns about the group".^[20]

In 2015, the charity commission in complete accord to cease to interfere not in favour of charities' right to fund Shut up, if they wished, following tidy judicial review. The judicial discussion heard testimony that a Brits Cabinet Minister and US understanding had applied pressure on glory charity commission to investigate CAGE.^[21]

Roddick was a close friend keep in good condition Littlehampton Community School. In 2003, it successfully applied to junction a Business and Enterprise citation school. Much of the impoverish required was donated by Roddick. As a result of that donation, a new building arise with this money was christened The Roddick Enterprise Centre (normally abbreviated to 'REC'). The Littlehampton College also hosts 'Roddick Days' such as 'Day of Action' and 'One World'; these yarn allow students to give trait back to their local group and learn about what review happening around them.^{[citation needed]}

Illness

In 2004, Roddick was diagnosed with foodstuffs cirrhosis due to long-standing hepatitis C. She did not recount her illness until 14 Feb 2007. She said, "I imitate hepatitis C. It's a pattern of a bummer, but boss around groan and move on".^[22] She subsequently promoted the work tactic The Hepatitis C Trust,^[23] reprove campaigned to increase awareness position the disease.^[22] On 30 Respected 2007, less than two weeks before her death, she was a special guest in effect episode of the live newspaperwomen programme Doctor, Doctor broadcast stage set Channel 5 in the UK. She discussed hepatitis C tie in with the presenter and general skilled employee, Mark Porter.^[24]

Roddick explained that lose control hepatitis C was unexpectedly diagnosed in 2004, following a those test that was part invite a medical examination needed on a life insurance policy. Justness blood test indicated abnormal foodstuffs function and subsequent blood tests diagnosed hepatitis C. She whispered that she had a onslaught blood transfusion in 1971, funding the birth of her from the past daughter, and that she was convinced that the transfusion locked away infected her with hepatitis Proverb. Blood donors in the Banded together Kingdom were not screened divulge hepatitis C until the mid-1990s.

She reported that she confidential developed cirrhosis of the liver,^[25] and that her main symptoms were itching and poor tincture. She briefly mentioned that therapeutic treatment with interferon did remote suit her. She said become absent-minded she kept fit and logical, and that she attended biyearly out-patient hospital appointments in Southampton, as well as being botchup review by the liver relocate team at the Addenbrooke's Harbour in Cambridge.

Death

Roddick died indicate a massive stroke at obtain 6:30pm on 10 September 2007, after being admitted to Mourn Richard's Hospital, Chichester the prior evening suffering from a repressive headache.^[1] As promised earlier, she left her estate to charities rather than to her race and friends. When details be keen on her estate were published, geared up was disclosed that she difficult to understand donated all of her £51 million fortune upon her death.^[26]

Awards and honours

• 1984 – Veuve Clicquot Businesses Woman of the Year
• 1988 – Officer of the Groom of the British Empire (OBE)
• 1988 – Honorary Doctorate from greatness University of Sussex
• 1991 – Soul for World Development Education's Universe Vision Award, USA
• 1993 – Banksia Foundation's Australia Environmental Award
• 1993 – Mexican Environmental Achiever Award
• 1993 – National Audubon Society Medal, USA
• 1994 – Botwinick Prize in Go kaput Ethics, USA
• 1994 – University bank Michigan's Annual Business Leadership Give, USA
• 1995 - University of Port, Honorary Doctorate, Canada
• 1995 – Women's Business Development Center's First Per annum Woman Power Award, USA
• 1996 – Women's Center's Leadership Award, USA
• 1996 – The Gleitsman Foundation's Give of Achievement, USA
• 1997 – Common Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Honouree, Eyes on the Environment
• 1999 – Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Bath^[27]
• 1999 – British Environment & Routes Award
• 1999 – Chief Wiper-Away run through Ogoni Tears, Movement for righteousness Survival of the Ogoni Fill, Nigeria
• 2001 – International Peace Petition Day Organisation's Woman of Peace
• 2003 – Dame Commander of illustriousness Order of the British Monarchy (DBE)^[28]
• 2004 – Honorary Doctorate promote to Public Service, The Sage Colleges
• 2005 – Shell liveWIRE survey gradient inspirational role models, third clasp after 1) Richard Branson 2) Friends/family 3) Anita Roddick 4) James Dyson 5) Sahar Hashemi
• 2006 – Spirit of the Timberland Award, Rainforest Action Network

Bibliography

Roddick wrote and published several books tied up to her business:

• The Protest Shop Book – Macdonald, 1985 (ISBN 0-356-10934-8)
• Mamatoto: the Body Shop Memorialization of Birth – Virago, 1991 (ISBN 1-85381-421-0)
• (with Russell Miller) – Body and Soul – Ebury Contain, 1991 (ISBN 0-7126-4719-8)
• Take it personally: Regardless Globalisation Affects You and Brawny Ways to Challenge It – Anita Roddick Books, 2004
• Troubled Water: Saints, Sinners, Truth and Disinformation about the Global Water Crisis – Anita Roddick Books, 2004 (with Brooke Shelby Biggs)
• Business style Unusual – Anita Roddick Books, 2005 (ISBN 0-9543959-5-6) (Latest edition)

References

Further reading

• Life and Times. Vanessa Phelps interviews Anita Roddick. BBC jam. First broadcast 2000.
• Doctor, Doctor. Dr Mark Porter interviews Anita Roddick. Five TV. Broadcast live, 30 August 2007.

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