Mark Constantine is a man on several missions. Not satisfied with bringing the bath bomb to the world, the co-founder of Lush wants to put a rocket under recycling, chemicals testing, asset-stripping on the high street and numerous other issues.
Unsurprisingly for someone who has made a fortune from turning bathing into an art form at an ethical beauty brand, the centre of operations is his bath, where he likes to relax – at 4pm if at all possible. Constantine, who is 70 but looks a decade younger, with his colourful jacket and snow-white locks, says he is not a great sleeper, and if he misses that bathing moment he can find himself mulling over business issues at 3am.