fair trade policy the body shop

Our Community Fair Trade (CFT) programme sources high-quality natural ingredients, gifts and accessories from the four corners of the globe, while helping to bring about social change among the smallholders and artisans who produce them. Based on the principles of fair trade,
CFT provides access to a market that would otherwise be out of reach to these people and their communities.
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To source high-quality ingredients, gifts and accessories in a fair way
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By doing so, to bring benefits to smallholders, artisans and their communities
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To share stories that inform, confirm and inspire our company mission
Our CFT programme is governed by The Body Shop
Community Fair Trade Charter, which sets out the expectations we have of our suppliers and our commitments to them in return. CFT is governed by the following principles: Paying a fair price for our ingredients and accessories, as well as a social premium, where applicable for community development programmes
A commitment to on-the-ground community engagement with our CFT suppliers, providing support and advice to enable their businesses to thrive
Providing a long-term, predictable trading relationship based on openness and trust, a relationship that extends beyond mere trade to one that can empower and inspire.
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Ensuring that the purchase of CFT ingredients, gifts and accessories produces significant and tangible benefits for the supplying community. If our demand does not satisfy these criteria, we cannot consider a CFT solution
Carefully managing a ‘sustainable business level’ with our
CFT suppliers, and sheltering the supplying communities, in the spirit of fair trade, from the variances of international markets and the fluctuations inherent in a trend-led business
Taking responsibility for the programme by employing a specialist team with the