Business Philosophy
Our vision cements all of the work carried out by The Body Shop Foundation - to give a global helping hand to small charities and projects all over the world, using the expertise and local knowledge of staff, franchisees and consultants of The Body Shop International.
This local wisdom helps us to reach those who need it most, on issues relevant to that particular area.
We see more giving through our fundraising channels - at regional & local levels - working with the company and its suppliers by turning more end of line, discontinued or unwanted stock into cash to fund more projects and saving the company on environmental impact and landfill costs.
We see our volunteering reaching new heights - by encouraging staff to help the Foundation with monitoring & evaluating the grants given by their own particular region.
We believe that the vision that you keep in your mind, the ideal that you store in your heart, is the beat you will lead your life by and what you ultimately become.
Not a bad goal to have, really…..
Business Strategies
The Body Shop Foundation is The Body Shop International Plc’s charitable trust which supports innovative projects across the world working for social & environmental change.
We are funded by an annual donation from the company and through various fundraising initiatives.
Approximately 65% of the grants that we fund come from nominations from the staff, consultants or franchisees attached to the company – from all over the world.
The remaining projects we fund are researched by our own trustees and grants department.
To date, we’ve funded over 2,500 global projects to the tune of £18.3 million.
We’ve supported a wide variety of projects since we began in 1989, but have always stayed true to our main three areas, namely:
Animal Protection
Human Rights
Environmental Protection
Although we’d simply love to be able to help absolutely everybody, we follow a simple set of procedures to enable us to stay focused to our strategic vision and keep to our funding remit.
Our aim is to:
support organisations at the forefront of social & environmental change
support groups with little hope of conventional funding
support projects working to increase public awareness
As the majority of our applications come from projects nominated by staff, we do not ask for public applications or nominations. Nor do we:
sponsor individuals
fund sporting activities or the arts
sponsor or support fundraising events, receptions or conferences