Economic globalization creates wealth, but only for the elite who benefit from the surge of consolidations, mergers, global scale technology, and financial activity.

You've got so many groups that have no voice in this world - the indigenous, the poor. So how can I use the resources that I have and bring them up, highlight them. And it's not that difficult. It's just choosing and concentrating and focusing.

Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.

Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing and shopping involve a moral choice.

I don't think I'm a risk-taker. I don't think any entrepreneur is. I think that's one of those myths of commerce. The new entrepreneur is more values-led: you do what looks risky to other people because that's what your convictions tell you to do. Other companies would say I'm taking risks, but that's my path - it doesn't feel like risk to me.

The movement for the environment really only started in the mid 1970's.

The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental activism. We don't tend to support big agencies.