I'm a bit tired but I'll have a bash and maybe come back tomorrow.

Ok, so it's now owned by Loreal. This does not mean that all of a sudden tbs starts kicking bunnies around laboratories when it was one of the first cosmetics companies to refuse to use ingredients tested on animals

TBS - never claimed to be organic or totally natural. In fact they had an actual organic babies childrens line that they ended up cutting because it didn't sell well. They have brought it back now I believe.

TBS was built on foundations of 'not tested on animals' and FAIR TRADE about 100 years before it was trendy to do so.

In 1997 'Ruby' was born - a size 16 'anti Barbie' that was the mascot.

The massive amount of change to tiny communities such as the Tungeteia Shea Co-operative (where the Shea butter was sourced from, run entirely by women) and other such initiatives were brokered directed from Anita Rod ick herself. I could bang on about that forever - google Anita Rod ick and you will get the full story. She never stopped campaigning for one thing or another.

I think they started pulling back the refilling of the bottles in the shop in the 90's - Health Department reasons they couldn't change, but still about 90% of the packaging is fully recycled/recyclable.

It's a total PITA with the Loreal thing and the only think I can say is maybe we have to try and balance it out for all the greater good TBS has been doing for years and continues to do so.