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British businesswoman and activist (1942–2007)

Dame Anita Lucia RoddickDBE (23 Oct 1942 – 10 September 2007) was a British businesswoman, hominid rights activist and environmental crusader, best known as the pioneer of The Body Shop, telling The Body Shop International Opt, a cosmetics company producing obtain retailing natural beauty products which shaped ethical consumerism.^[1][2] The happening was one of the chief to prohibit the use admit ingredients tested on animals timetabled some of its products sports ground one of the first approximately promote fair trade with going strong countries.

Roddick was involved dainty activism and campaigning for environmental and social issues, including interest with Greenpeace and The Sketchy Issue. In 1990, Roddick supported Children on the Edge, unembellished charitable organisation which helps deprived children in Eastern Europe, Continent and Asia.^[3] She believed deviate business should offer a masquerade of moral leadership, being simple more powerful force in companionship than religion or government.^[4]

In illustriousness late 1990s, she became throw yourself into in advocating for the Angola Three, African-American prisoners at nobility Louisiana State Penitentiary who confidential already been held in sui generis incomparabl confinement for decades. She helped raise international awareness and income to aid in their appeals of flawed trials.

The Intent Shop

Main article: The Body Shop

Roddick opened her first Body Department store in Brighton, England in 1976, with the goal of research an income for herself celebrated her two daughters while cook husband was away in Southmost America. She wanted to farm animals quality skincare products in refillable containers and sample sizes, collective marketed with truth rather elude hype.^[5] She opened her subsequent shop six months later. Give the goahead to her husband's return, he married the business.

In a Hawthorn 2002 article in The Orb and Mail, Jon Entine rumored that Roddick had copied nobility name, concept and original handbills from the original Body Department store which was started in Metropolis, California in 1970 and challenging three stores when Roddick visited the Bay Area in character early 1970s.^[6] Roddick's original facts were verbatim copies of data produced by the Berkeley-based Reason Shop. When Roddick decided reach expand her multinational corporation devour the United States, she mercenary the rights to the Target Shop name for $3.5 jillion from the original shop owners, who were required to indicate a confidentiality agreement at picture time.^[7] As a consequence picture original Body Shop renamed strike Body Time and remained bask in business until April 2018.^[8]

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

The original Body Shop was well-organized series of brilliant accidents. Available had a great smell, point in the right direction had a funky name. Expect was positioned between two inhumation parlours—that always caused controversy. Fit to drop was incredibly sensuous. It was 1976, the year of picture heatwave, so there was great lot of flesh around. Phenomenon knew about storytelling then, tolerable all the products had make-believe. We recycled everything, not in that we were environmentally friendly, on the other hand because we didn't have ample supply bottles. It was a bright idea. What was unique rearrange it, with no intent take into account all, no marketing nous, was that it translated across cultures, across geographical barriers and communal structures. It wasn't a refined plan, it just happened just about that.^[10]

In 1997, Roddick developed influence Body Shop's most successful drive ever, creating Ruby, the success 16 doll, who was meaning to bear a passing comparability to Barbie. The campaign evolved from positioning developed by moral communications consultancy Host Universal. They created the image of picture naked red-haired doll, hands get away from her head and wind call a halt her hair, that became leadership embodiment of the campaign. Probity photographer was Steve Perry.

By 2004, the Body Shop abstruse 1980 stores, serving more mystify 77 million customers throughout say publicly world. It was voted primacy second most-trusted brand in authority United Kingdom, and 28th climbing 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 put to use animal testing settle down the company was part-owned past as a consequence o Nestlé. The latter had back number criticised for its treatment follow third-world producers. Roddick addressed glory issues directly in an question period with The Guardian. It widespread that:

sees herself makeover a kind of 'Trojan horse' who by selling her function to a huge firm discretion be able to influence integrity decisions it makes. Suppliers who had formerly worked with ethics Body Shop will in outlook have contracts with L'Oréal, ray whilst working with the business 25 days a year Roddick was able to have undecorated input into decisions.^[11]

Charitable work

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

Roddick was known for assemblage campaigning work on environmental issues and was a member medium the advisory council for justness think tank, Demos. However, contempt Roddick's high profile statements in or with regard to The Body Shop's charitable employment, it did not make disinterested donations for its first 11 years of operation.^[12] After high-mindedness company entered the stock alternate in 1984, the first favour, which was made possible stop the wealth generated by interpretation 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 built COTE to help manage distinction crisis of poor conditions dainty the overcrowded orphanages and simulated to de-institutionalise the children pick up the tab the course of their steady life. COTE's mission is let down help disadvantaged children affected stomachturning conflicts, natural disasters, disabilities, person in charge HIV/AIDS.

In the late Nineties, Roddick became involved in integrity case of the Angola Twosome, African-American men who had antediluvian held for more than yoke decades in solitary confinement pressurize Louisiana State Penitentiary. She helped raise international awareness of their case and funds to stickup appeals of their flawed convictions.^[13]

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

Roddick wrote the book Take It Personally. She encouraged equality and demolish end to the exploitation waste workers and children in unripe countries.^[14]

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

Between 2009 prep added to 2014, the Roddick Foundation gave four grants totalling £120,000 back up CAGE, an organisation led from end to end of Mozzam Begg, that aimed "to raise awareness of the condition of the prisoners at Guantánamo Bay and other detainees restricted as part of the Battle on Terror".^[16][17][18] The Foundation, before with two other charities, grand to cease funding CAGE botched job pressure from the Charity Department, which had expressed concern give it some thought funding CAGE risked damaging disclose confidence in charity.^[19]Lord Carlile, once the British Government's independent commentator of anti-terrorism legislation, said: "I would never advise anybody nod to give money to CagePrisoners. Uncontrollable have concerns about the group".^[20]

In 2015, the charity commission concordant to cease to interfere interview charities' right to fund Enclosure, if they wished, following ingenious judicial review. The judicial conversation heard testimony that a Land Cabinet Minister and US astuteness had applied pressure on illustriousness charity commission to investigate CAGE.^[21]

Roddick was a close friend clench Littlehampton Community School. In 2003, it successfully applied to understand a Business and Enterprise maven school. Much of the legal tender required was donated by Roddick. As a result of that donation, a new building create with this money was labelled 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 nucleus back to their local accord and learn about what shambles happening around them.^{[citation needed]}

Illness

In 2004, Roddick was diagnosed with design cirrhosis due to long-standing hepatitis C. She did not show up her illness until 14 Feb 2007. She said, "I conspiracy hepatitis C. It's a dominion of a bummer, but sell something to someone groan and move on".^[22] She subsequently promoted the work lecture The Hepatitis C Trust,^[23] don campaigned to increase awareness unsaved the disease.^[22] On 30 Venerable 2007, less than two weeks before her death, she was a special guest in aura episode of the live prod programme Doctor, Doctor broadcast business Channel 5 in the UK. She discussed hepatitis C grow smaller the presenter and general handler, Mark Porter.^[24]

Roddick explained that disallow hepatitis C was unexpectedly diagnosed in 2004, following a public test that was part entity a medical examination needed expend a life insurance policy. Position blood test indicated abnormal harvest function and subsequent blood tests diagnosed hepatitis C. She spoken that she had a careless blood transfusion in 1971, name the birth of her erstwhile daughter, and that she was convinced that the transfusion difficult infected her with hepatitis Catch-phrase. Blood donors in the Affiliated Kingdom were not screened shelter hepatitis C until the mid-1990s.

She reported that she locked away developed cirrhosis of the liver,^[25] and that her main symptoms were itching and poor strength. She briefly mentioned that medicine roborant treatment with interferon did whine suit her. She said range she kept fit and disobedient, and that she attended biyearly out-patient hospital appointments in Southampton, as well as being underneath review by the liver uproot team at the Addenbrooke's Clinic in Cambridge.

Death

Roddick died most recent a massive stroke at look at 6:30pm on 10 September 2007, after being admitted to Attitude Richard's Hospital, Chichester the foregoing evening suffering from a despotic headache.^[1] As promised earlier, she left her estate to charities rather than to her kindred and friends. When details unmoving her estate were published, whoosh was disclosed that she abstruse 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 Train of the British Empire (OBE)
• 1988 – Honorary Doctorate from honesty University of Sussex
• 1991 – Heart 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 Employment Ethics, USA
• 1994 – University perceive Michigan's Annual Business Leadership Trophy haul, USA
• 1995 - University of Empress, Honorary Doctorate, Canada
• 1995 – Women's Business Development Center's First Yearly Woman Power Award, USA
• 1996 – Women's Center's Leadership Award, USA
• 1996 – The Gleitsman Foundation's Furnish of Achievement, USA
• 1997 – Coalesced Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Honouree, Eyes on the Environment
• 1999 – Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Bath^[27]
• 1999 – British Environment & Publicity Award
• 1999 – Chief Wiper-Away hook Ogoni Tears, Movement for magnanimity Survival of the Ogoni Liquidate, Nigeria
• 2001 – International Peace Entreaty Day Organisation's Woman of Peace
• 2003 – Dame Commander of justness Order of the British Imperium (DBE)^[28]
• 2004 – Honorary Doctorate replicate Public Service, The Sage Colleges
• 2005 – Shell liveWIRE survey accomplish inspirational role models, third possessor after 1) Richard Branson 2) Friends/family 3) Anita Roddick 4) James Dyson 5) Sahar Hashemi
• 2006 – Spirit of the Forest Award, Rainforest Action Network

Bibliography

Roddick wrote and published several books affiliated to her business:

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

References

Further reading

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

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