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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Sarah Butler

The Body Shop’s fair trade suppliers left with ‘more than $1m’ of ingredients

Women preparing shea butter
Shea butter being prepared by fair trade suppliers to The Body Shop. Photograph: The Body Shop International

The Body Shop’s fair trade suppliers who work with vulnerable people from the Amazon to Africa say they have been left with more than $1m worth of beauty ingredients that may now never be ordered or paid for by the ethical beauty chain.

The retailer, which called in administrators to its UK arm last week, has partnerships with 18 community fair trade partnerships around the world via its own scheme. Many of the relationships have been in place for more than 20 years.

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