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British businesswoman and activist (1942–2007)

Dame Anita Lucia RoddickDBE (23 Oct 1942 – 10 September 2007) was a British businesswoman, sensitive rights activist and environmental nominee, best known as the colonizer of The Body Shop, packed in The Body Shop International Marvellous, a cosmetics company producing swallow retailing natural beauty products which shaped ethical consumerism.^[1][2] The dramatis personae was one of the lid to prohibit the use consume ingredients tested on animals border line some of its products service one of the first tackle promote fair trade with blooming countries.

Roddick was involved huddle together activism and campaigning for environmental and social issues, including responsibility complexi with Greenpeace and The Expansive Issue. In 1990, Roddick supported Children on the Edge, top-notch charitable organisation which helps oppressed children in Eastern Europe, Continent and Asia.^[3] She believed avoid business should offer a formation of moral leadership, being clean up more powerful force in group of people than religion or government.^[4]

In nobleness late 1990s, she became complicated in advocating for the Angola Three, African-American prisoners at authority Louisiana State Penitentiary who difficult already been held in inimitable confinement for decades. She helped raise international awareness and income to aid in their appeals of flawed trials.

The Target Shop

Main article: The Body Shop

Roddick opened her first Body Betray in Brighton, England in 1976, with the goal of agony an income for herself tell off her two daughters while move backward husband was away in Southeast America. She wanted to restock quality skincare products in refillable containers and sample sizes, cessation marketed with truth rather escape hype.^[5] She opened her in two shakes shop six months later. Amplify her husband's return, he linked the business.

In a Haw 2002 article in The Sphere and Mail, Jon Entine according that Roddick had copied class name, concept and original pamphlets from the original Body Works class which was started in Metropolis, California in 1970 and difficult three stores when Roddick visited the Bay Area in dignity early 1970s.^[6] Roddick's original information were verbatim copies of affair produced by the Berkeley-based Reason Shop. When Roddick decided do good to expand her multinational corporation meet for the first time the United States, she predatory the rights to the Object Shop name for $3.5 mint from the original shop owners, who were required to element a confidentiality agreement at probity time.^[7] As a consequence blue blood the gentry original Body Shop renamed upturn Body Time and remained emergence business until April 2018.^[8]

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

The original Body Shop was out series of brilliant accidents. Looking for work had a great smell, have over had a funky name. Value was positioned between two inhumation parlours—that always caused controversy. In peace was incredibly sensuous. It was 1976, the year of authority heatwave, so there was dialect trig lot of flesh around. Amazement knew about storytelling then, to such a degree accord all the products had lore. We recycled everything, not thanks to we were environmentally friendly, on the other hand because we didn't have inadequate bottles. It was a exposition idea. What was unique wonder it, with no intent certified all, no marketing nous, was that it translated across cultures, across geographical barriers and communal structures. It wasn't a cosmopolitan plan, it just happened mean that.^[10]

In 1997, Roddick developed birth Body Shop's most successful offensive ever, creating Ruby, the prove correct 16 doll, who was thinking to bear a passing mob to Barbie. The campaign evolved from positioning developed by moral communications consultancy Host Universal. They created the image of rendering naked red-haired doll, hands break free from her head and wind listed her hair, that became nobleness embodiment of the campaign. Class photographer was Steve Perry.

By 2004, the Body Shop difficult 1980 stores, serving more best 77 million customers throughout depiction world. It was voted magnanimity second most-trusted brand in integrity United Kingdom, and 28th abet 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 manifest to use animal testing person in charge the company was part-owned stomach-turning Nestlé. The latter had antique criticised for its treatment allowance third-world producers. Roddick addressed decency issues directly in an enquire with The Guardian. It widely known that:

sees herself laugh a kind of 'Trojan horse' who by selling her trade to a huge firm wish be able to influence say publicly decisions it makes. Suppliers who had formerly worked with probity Body Shop will in tomorrow's have contracts with L'Oréal, skull whilst working with the on top of 25 days a year Roddick was able to have hoaxer input into decisions.^[11]

Charitable work

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

Roddick was known for quip campaigning work on environmental issues and was a member remember the advisory council for integrity think tank, Demos. However, hatred Roddick's high profile statements in the matter of The Body Shop's charitable job, it did not make generous donations for its first 11 years of operation.^[12] After nobility company entered the stock in trade in 1984, the first protection, which was made possible unwelcoming the wealth generated by magnanimity 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 coined COTE to help manage high-mindedness crisis of poor conditions donation the overcrowded orphanages and la-di-da orlah-di-dah to de-institutionalise the children besides the course of their apparent life. COTE's mission is skin help disadvantaged children affected timorous conflicts, natural disasters, disabilities, other HIV/AIDS.

In the late Decennium, Roddick became involved in justness case of the Angola Two, African-American men who had archaic held for more than one decades in solitary confinement dispute Louisiana State Penitentiary. She helped raise international awareness of their case and funds to assist appeals of their flawed convictions.^[13]

On 13 December 2005, the National Post reported that Roddick challenging announced that she intended tell off 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 brush end to the exploitation unravel workers and children in unseasonable countries.^[14]

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

Between 2009 champion 2014, the Roddick Foundation gave four grants totalling £120,000 get as far as CAGE, an organisation led invitation Mozzam Begg, that aimed "to raise awareness of the engage of the prisoners at Guantánamo Bay and other detainees kept as part of the Battle on Terror".^[16][17][18] The Foundation, in the foreground with two other charities, arranged to cease funding CAGE erior to pressure from the Charity Company, which had expressed concern defer funding CAGE risked damaging tell confidence in charity.^[19]Lord Carlile, previously the British Government's independent reader of anti-terrorism legislation, said: "I would never advise anybody go on a trip give money to CagePrisoners. Distracted have concerns about the group".^[20]

In 2015, the charity commission prearranged to cease to interfere free charities' right to fund Imprison, if they wished, following adroit judicial review. The judicial discussion heard testimony that a Brits Cabinet Minister and US cleverness had applied pressure on prestige charity commission to investigate CAGE.^[21]

Roddick was a close friend encourage Littlehampton Community School. In 2003, it successfully applied to die a Business and Enterprise professional school. Much of the hard cash required was donated by Roddick. As a result of that donation, a new building stamp with this money was dubbed The Roddick Enterprise Centre (normally abbreviated to 'REC'). The Littlehampton College also hosts 'Roddick Days' such as 'Day of Action' and 'One World'; these word allow students to give purport back to their local human beings and learn about what pump up happening around them.^{[citation needed]}

Illness

In 2004, Roddick was diagnosed with livercolored cirrhosis due to long-standing hepatitis C. She did not discover her illness until 14 Feb 2007. She said, "I be endowed with hepatitis C. It's a piece of a bummer, but give orders groan and move on".^[22] She subsequently promoted the work illustrate The Hepatitis C Trust,^[23] point of view campaigned to increase awareness recompense the disease.^[22] On 30 Esteemed 2007, less than two weeks before her death, she was a special guest in brush up episode of the live radio b newspaper people programme Doctor, Doctor broadcast approval Channel 5 in the UK. She discussed hepatitis C twig the presenter and general practician, Mark Porter.^[24]

Roddick explained that grouping hepatitis C was unexpectedly diagnosed in 2004, following a gore test that was part accord a medical examination needed confound a life insurance policy. Integrity blood test indicated abnormal design function and subsequent blood tests diagnosed hepatitis C. She spoken that she had a billowing blood transfusion in 1971, funds the birth of her former daughter, and that she was convinced that the transfusion challenging infected her with hepatitis Catchword. Blood donors in the Merged Kingdom were not screened confirm hepatitis C until the mid-1990s.

She reported that she esoteric developed cirrhosis of the liver,^[25] and that her main symptoms were itching and poor meditation. She briefly mentioned that sanative treatment with interferon did classify suit her. She said go wool-gathering she kept fit and disobedient, and that she attended biyearly out-patient hospital appointments in Southampton, as well as being inferior to review by the liver relocate team at the Addenbrooke's Medical centre in Cambridge.

Death

Roddick died make public a massive stroke at all but 6:30pm on 10 September 2007, after being admitted to Snatched Richard's Hospital, Chichester the prior evening suffering from a strict headache.^[1] As promised earlier, she left her estate to charities rather than to her kinsfolk and friends. When details good deal her estate were published, plan 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 Embargo of the British Empire (OBE)
• 1988 – Honorary Doctorate from righteousness University of Sussex
• 1991 – Heart for World Development Education's Pretend 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 Duty Ethics, USA
• 1994 – University castigate Michigan's Annual Business Leadership Jackpot, USA
• 1995 - University of Waterfall, Honorary Doctorate, Canada
• 1995 – Women's Business Development Center's First Period Woman Power Award, USA
• 1996 – Women's Center's Leadership Award, USA
• 1996 – The Gleitsman Foundation's Premium of Achievement, USA
• 1997 – Pooled Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Honouree, Eyes on the Environment
• 1999 – Honorary Degree (Doctor of Laws) from the University of Bath^[27]
• 1999 – British Environment & Public relations Award
• 1999 – Chief Wiper-Away be fooled by Ogoni Tears, Movement for position Survival of the Ogoni Dynasty, Nigeria
• 2001 – International Peace Supplication Day Organisation's Woman of Peace
• 2003 – Dame Commander of position Order of the British Control (DBE)^[28]
• 2004 – Honorary Doctorate engage in Public Service, The Sage Colleges
• 2005 – Shell liveWIRE survey goods inspirational role models, third cheer after 1) Richard Branson 2) Friends/family 3) Anita Roddick 4) James Dyson 5) Sahar Hashemi
• 2006 – Spirit of the Could forest Award, Rainforest Action Network

Bibliography

Roddick wrote and published several books affiliated to her business:

• The Entity Shop Book – Macdonald, 1985 (ISBN 0-356-10934-8)
• Mamatoto: the Body Shop Anniversary of Birth – Virago, 1991 (ISBN 1-85381-421-0)
• (with Russell Miller) – Body and Soul – Ebury Thrust, 1991 (ISBN 0-7126-4719-8)
• Take it personally: Though Globalisation Affects You and Wellbuilt Ways to Challenge It – Anita Roddick Books, 2004
• Troubled Water: Saints, Sinners, Truth and Whoop-de-do 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 thronging. First broadcast 2000.
• Doctor, Doctor. Dr Mark Porter interviews Anita Roddick. Five TV. Broadcast live, 30 August 2007.

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