rabswood
Wise Old Thumper
The Body Shop—Still Cruelty-Free!
I have taken this info from the BUAV website.
Over the years The Body Shop, with their firm and consistent stance against animal testing, has fought alongside the BUAV to end the suffering endured by animals in the cosmetics industry.
While it came as a shock to many of us when it was recently bought out by L’Oreal, the BUAV are happy to announce that The Body Shop is set to remain a cruelty-free business-as-usual. A letter from The Body Shop to BUAV has confirmed that the company will operate as a separate independent entity within the L’Oreal family, their whole management and executive team will remain in place, and they have pledged to continue to adhere to the strict standards which made them the first international cosmetics company to sign up to the Humane Cosmetics Standard.
With corporate buy-outs becoming more and more frequent, ethical companies like The Body Shop will continue to be bought out by larger corporations because of their increasingly profitable nature. That’s why it’s important that compassionate consumers should send a strong message to major corporations like L’Oreal that cruelty-free cosmetics continue to be a lucrative business. A boycott of The Body Shop could hamper the further expansion and distribution of a brand that has done so much to champion the cause of laboratory animals. Rather than turning our backs on trusted companies that are looking to expand their businesses and make their products more mainstream and widely available, we should continue to support The Body Shop – who continue to lead the charge in ending the use of animals for cosmetic testing, regardless of who their parent company might be.
The BUAV will continue to monitor the animal testing policies of The Body Shop and L’Oreal and will, of course, challenge those policies whenever necessary to protect the interests of animals. In the coming months the BUAV hope to meet with L’Oreal and The Body Shop to discuss The Body Shop’s continuing adherence to the Humane Cosmetics Standard.
I never buy anything by L'Oreal, it's good to know The Body Shop stuff is still OK.
Rabswood
I have taken this info from the BUAV website.
Over the years The Body Shop, with their firm and consistent stance against animal testing, has fought alongside the BUAV to end the suffering endured by animals in the cosmetics industry.
While it came as a shock to many of us when it was recently bought out by L’Oreal, the BUAV are happy to announce that The Body Shop is set to remain a cruelty-free business-as-usual. A letter from The Body Shop to BUAV has confirmed that the company will operate as a separate independent entity within the L’Oreal family, their whole management and executive team will remain in place, and they have pledged to continue to adhere to the strict standards which made them the first international cosmetics company to sign up to the Humane Cosmetics Standard.
With corporate buy-outs becoming more and more frequent, ethical companies like The Body Shop will continue to be bought out by larger corporations because of their increasingly profitable nature. That’s why it’s important that compassionate consumers should send a strong message to major corporations like L’Oreal that cruelty-free cosmetics continue to be a lucrative business. A boycott of The Body Shop could hamper the further expansion and distribution of a brand that has done so much to champion the cause of laboratory animals. Rather than turning our backs on trusted companies that are looking to expand their businesses and make their products more mainstream and widely available, we should continue to support The Body Shop – who continue to lead the charge in ending the use of animals for cosmetic testing, regardless of who their parent company might be.
The BUAV will continue to monitor the animal testing policies of The Body Shop and L’Oreal and will, of course, challenge those policies whenever necessary to protect the interests of animals. In the coming months the BUAV hope to meet with L’Oreal and The Body Shop to discuss The Body Shop’s continuing adherence to the Humane Cosmetics Standard.
I never buy anything by L'Oreal, it's good to know The Body Shop stuff is still OK.
Rabswood