Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most powerful institution? Business is more powerful than politics, and it's more powerful than religion. So it's going to have to be the vigilante consumer.

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The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental...

The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental...

I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses,...

I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses,...

I want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the...

I want to work for a company that contributes to and is part of the...

Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most...

Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most...

Look at the Quakers - they were excellent business people that never lied, never stole;...

Look at the Quakers - they were excellent business people that never lied, never stole;...

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be...

If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be...

The movement for the environment really only started in the mid 1970's.

The movement for the environment really only started in the mid 1970's.

But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use...

But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use...

At The Body Shop we had always been measured by how many jobs we had...

At The Body Shop we had always been measured by how many jobs we had...

Years ago nobody was elected on the economic ticket. It was either the education platform,...

Years ago nobody was elected on the economic ticket. It was either the education platform,...

Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures...

Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures...

The money that we make from the company goes into The Body Shop Foundation, which...

The money that we make from the company goes into The Body Shop Foundation, which...

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the...

All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the...

Over the past decade... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,'...

Over the past decade... while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual,'...

If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped...

If I had learned more about business ahead of time, I would have been shaped...

But the minute we went public on the stock market, which is how our wealth...

But the minute we went public on the stock market, which is how our wealth...

The market controls everything, but the market has no heart.

The market controls everything, but the market has no heart.

Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing...

Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing...

There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to...

There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to...

I didn't go to business school, didn't care about financial stuff and the stock market.

I didn't go to business school, didn't care about financial stuff and the stock market.