
The Body Shop
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Today, over 25,000 people in 31 communities, ranging from Russia to Ghana, are benefiting from the program. Schools, hospitals and running water now exist where previously there were none. The Body Shop’s latest initiative is linked to a small group of islands in the South Pacific called Samoa (see above), where they’re producing organic virgin coconut oil, the key ingredient in the newly re-formulated Coconut Bath & Body range. For The Body Shop, working with small, knowledgeable farm operations means gaining a better quality final product, without the use of chemicals. For 200 Samoans, it will mean paying for their kids to go to school. For the rest of us, it can mean peace of mind about where our dollars for dream creams are going. And for Anita Roddick, her legacy will carry on inside every last recyclable bottle.
Photography by Jane Ussher. Headshot courtesy of The Body Shop.
Read all about our beauty adventure in Samoa in the August issue of Flare Magazine.
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