Anita Roddick
Anita Roddick
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick, DBEwas a British businesswoman, human rights activist and environmental campaigner, best known as the founder of The Body Shop, a cosmetics company producing and retailing natural beauty products that shaped ethical consumerism. The company was one of the first to prohibit the use of ingredients tested on animals and one of the first to promote fair trade with third world countries...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth23 October 1942
movement accumulation public-good
All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.
exciting vigilante consumers
The most exciting thing happening in business is the rise of vigilante consumers.
social profit conscience
a social conscience is not incompatible with profit.
money past people
The trouble with the new world we have watched being created over the past decade is that it sees no further than money. People have always been obsessed with money, of course - greed is as old as history. But when the institutions that govern all our lives forget there was ever anything else, then it gets dangerous.
creativity irritation energy
Irritation is a great source of energy and creativity.
money two way
There are only two ways of making money: the hard way and the very hard way!
bored people bears
I can't bear to be around people who are bland or bored or uninterested (or to employ them).
military war research
It's frustrating sometimes to see the mismatch in resources between the pointless and the urgent, isn't it. Like the gap between the vast resources poured into military technological research to make war more sophisticated, and the trickle that goes into developing techniques that might prevent war instead.
voice way just-being
Retiring isn't even a word I'd understand. Taking what makes you feel alive, and everyone's looking for ways of making them feel alive, in whatever they do - relationships, business or work - and not just being a voice for a money making business.
loss suitcases doe
The aging process is fascinating because it doesn't disturb me, because this is what it is supposed to be like. But I'll tell you what does - it's the lack of strength - you can't hold up suitcases and do it yourself. Loss of physical strength.
voice use world
You've got so many groups that have no voice in this world - the indigenous, the poor. So how can I use the resources that I have and bring them up, highlight them. And it's not that difficult. It's just choosing and concentrating and focusing.
people needs roles
One of the most intriguing things in management and in business is the role of storytelling - people need the anecdotes to do the work that they do.
businesses call pursued smaller tried
Over the past decade... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,' I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one that tried to put idealism back on the agenda.
character people
The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.