Is The Body Shop Cruelty-Free & Vegan in 2021? (What You Need To Know!)

May 2, 2020December 29, 20205min read

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The Body Shop is a popular cosmetics, skincare, and fragrance brand with retail stores all around the world but is The Body Shop cruelty-free and vegan?

Is The Body Shop Cruelty-Free?

Yes, The Body Shop is Cruelty-free! None of The Body Shop’s ingredients, formulations, or finished products are tested on animals, anywhere in the world.

It is important to note that The Body Shop used to be owned by L’Oreal, however, in 2017, L’Oreal sold The Body Shop to Natura Cosmeticos. We have also confirmed that Natura is a cruelty-free corporation.

In addition, The Body Shop and Natura are both certified cruelty-free by Leaping Bunny.

The Body Shop has confirmed they do not test their products or ingredients on animals, they do not allow others to test on their behalf, their suppliers also do not test on animals, and their products are not sold in stores in mainland China or any other country that may require animal testing by law.

Below is what’s currently stated on The Body Shop’s website:

Who Owns The Body Shop?

The Body Shop was previously acquired by L’Oreal in 2006, however, The Body Shop is no longer owned by L’Oreal.

In 2017, L’Oreal sold The Body Shop to a Brazilian personal care cosmetics group called Natura.

Is Natura Cruelty-Free? Yes, The Body Shop’s parent company, Natura is a cruelty-free corporation and is also Leaping Bunny certified.

The Body Shop is included on our List of Cruelty-Free Brands.

You can find The Body Shop products at thebodyshop.com

Is The Body Shop Vegan?

The Body Shop is 100% Vegetarian but not all of The Body Shop’s products are vegan as some of their products contain animal by-products. However, The Body Shop does have some vegan options.

Please reference below for a list of The Body Shop vegan products.

Which of The Body Shop Products is Vegan?

Below is a list of The Body Shop products that are suitable for vegans and do not contain any animal by-products.

You can also find out which of their products are vegan on The Body Shop’s website.

Vegan Body Care – The Body Shop

Vegan Skin Care – The Body Shop

Vegan Hair Care – The Body Shop

Vegan Makeup – The Body Shop

This vegan product list is updated as frequently as possible, please be aware that formulations may have changed since the publication of this post. If you have new information to suggest one of the above products isn’t vegan, please email me at [email protected] to let me know.

Is The Body Shop Ethical?

Based in: UK

The Body Shop is a Certified B Corporation, meeting the highest verified standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability.

Sustainability & Environmental Initiatives: The Body Shop claims they:

Favor ingredients classified as readily biodegradable
Strive to ensure they have a low water footprint value and low eco-toxicity
Measure and aim to increase the levels of ingredients from natural origin, which is any ingredient that comes from plant matter formed from physical, fermentation and other low-impact processing methods
Use of ingredients from ‘Green Chemistry’ in which those that come from environmentally friendly processes and techniques, reducing the generation of chemicals which are hazardous to the environment
Working fairly with their farmers and suppliers and helping communities thrive through their Community Trade Program of sourcing quality ingredients and accessories from expert producers across the world and enriching economically vulnerable communities.

Eco-Friendly Packaging Initiatives: “We’ve started using our Community Trade recycled plastic in our 250ml Shampoo and Conditioner bottles (100% recycled plastic with 15% Community Trade recycled plastic, excluding our bottle caps.) In the future, we want to buy even more Community Trade recycled plastic from our partners so we can use it in more of our product packaging and strive to be even more sustainable.” Learn more on The Body Shop’s goals on using more post-consumer recycled plastic in the future.

The Body Shop also has a recycling program with TerraCycle where you can bring your empty bottles to be recycled in exchange loyalty members will get a credit.

Giving Back Initiatives: The Body Shop continuously supports and donates to countless charities, causes, and organizations. Learn more about The Body Shop’s giving back initiatives.

I hope this article helped you to understand The Body Shop’s cruelty-free and vegan status and by choosing cruelty-free together, we can help end animal testing for cosmetics once and for all!

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Is The Body Shop Cruelty-Free & Vegan in 2021? (What You Need To Know!)