Change: It’s in Your Hands

The Body Shop, a UK based cosmetic company rooted in the belief that business can be a force for good, is entering the final month of its “Enrich not Exploit” campaign. Until the end of June, The Body Shop is selling a Limited Edition Hemp Hand Protector, where a portion of the proceeds goes toward a cause of your choice, allowing you to enrich the world with your pocketbook.  One of the organizations The Body Shop is donating money to through this campaign is Responsible Sourcing Network! When you purchase the Hemp Hand Protector, you will be instructed to vote for a type of cause that is closest to your heart.  The Body Shop gives you three options: Our Planet, Our Oceans, and Our People and Animals. Responsible Sourcing Network falls under the cause Our Planet. For RSN to receive the largest contribution from this campaign, please select the option Our Planet. This campaign allows you to protect not only your hands, but also our environment and those who inhabit it.

The money RSN raises through The Body Shop’s campaign will go towards transforming the cotton industry in Uzbekistan. Due to the mismanagement of water and exploitation of its citizens, the Aral Sea is now only about 10% of its original mass and nurses, teachers, and university students are forced to weed fields and harvest cotton. The depletion of the Aral Sea and Uzbekistan’s unethical labor practices are deeply intertwined. RSN is dedicated to understanding the complexities of the supply chains that are supporting these unfair and unsafe practices. Working side by side with retailers and companies, RSN is committed to ending forced labor and protecting the environmental health of the Aral Sea. By purchasing The Body Shop’s Hemp Hand Protector, you are choosing to support RSN’s efforts to bring transparency and tangible change to Uzbekistan.

In order to purchase The Body Shop’s Limited Edition Hemp Hand Protector and support RSN, follow these steps:

  1. Visit: http://www.thebodyshop-usa.com/change/
  2. Scroll down and Click “Add to Cart”
  3. Proceed to Checkout
  4. Either create an account with The Body Shop or continue as a guest 
  5. Complete shipping information and save address
  6. Proceed to payment
  7. After completing payment information, select “Our Planet” so a larger amount of proceeds will benefit RSN
  8. Ask your friends and family to do the same and promote on social media

Thank you for your purchase, your vote, your support of RSN, and for helping to enrich the planet and its people!

RSN Staff