Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2024
Collapse and restructuring under Aurelius
The UK administration and related international insolvency proceedings exposed severe financial and operational problems, including creditor claims, store closures, and job losses.
2009
Daabon palm-oil supply-chain dispute
Campaigners alleged that a Colombian palm-oil supplier was connected to the forced eviction of families from land at Las Pavas. The Body Shop later dropped the supplier after it could not establish that it was uninvolved.
2006
Controversy over L'Oréal ownership
The acquisition attracted criticism because L'Oréal's presence in China overlapped with animal-testing requirements affecting some cosmetics, creating tension with The Body Shop's cruelty-free activism.
1994
Business Ethics investigation into brand origins
An investigation alleged that Anita Roddick had borrowed substantially from an earlier, unrelated American Body Shop's name, shop design, marketing concept, and product ideas.