Category - Anita Roddick

Business should feed the human spirit

Peter Heslam — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 01:35:18 +0100

Peter Heslam looks at the late Anita Roddick's legacy, and her argument that because it has surpassed both church and state in power and influence, business should assume moral leadership in society. It has to shift its emphasis from the material to the spiritual, she declared.

Roddick: Greenbelt challenged my bias against religion

staff writers — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:35:18 +0100

Speaking to the Church Times newspaper ahead of her appearance at the Greenbelt Christian arts festival back in 2004, Dame Anita Roddick - who died yesterday - declared at the time: “What’s wonderful about being my age is having to face your prejudices."

Make ethical business the norm, not a luxury

Press Office — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:41:11 +0100

Simon Barrow, co-director of the Christian think tank Ekklesia, said today that the best way to honour the memory of Anita Roddick - who died on 10 September 2007 - was to take forward the case for

Tributes pour in for ethical business pioneer Anita Roddick

staff writers — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 08:36:06 +0100

Tributes have been pouring in for ethical business pioneer Anita Roddick, who died on 10 September 2007 aged 64 after a major brain haemorrhage. A supporter of numerous causes, she disliked institutional religion but loved the alternative Christian arts festival Greenbelt.