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" Addressing the weaknesses of capitalism will require us, above all, to do two things: first, to take a long-term perspective, and second, to re-set the priorities of business. "
Two
Business
Capitalism
" Africa is a vibrant, varied continent with a growing consumer base. "
Base
Africa
Consumer
" Africa's vibrancy and entrepreneurial spirit is un-matched. There's huge potential here to grow business, create jobs, and to improve living standards. "
Grow
Business
Potential
" Around the world, businesses and investors are increasingly taking action to climate-proof their own organizations. "
Own
Action
Around
" As a consumer goods company serving billions of consumers every day, Unilever understands the drivers and motivations that create the norms that lie behind people's behaviour. "
Lie
Create
People
" As CEO of Unilever, my personal mission is to galvanize our company to be an effective force for good. "
Company
Personal
Force
" As economies have evolved, the nature of work has always changed. "
Work
Always
Changed
" At the end of the day, people will follow you or people will be energised by you if they buy into your vision or purpose. So the most important thing is to be true to yourself. That's why I would say to be a great leader - you, first and foremost, have to be a great human being. And sharing that purpose and sharing the values. "
Day
Yourself
Vision
" At Unilever, we are committed to building an inclusive organisation where all individuals feel safe, valued, and supported - irrespective of gender, background, or any other difference. "
Safe
Building
Difference
" At Unilever, we operate in 190 countries with two billion people using our products daily. We take climate seriously because we know that it impacts those two billion people - and that means it impacts us, too. "
People
Know
Daily
" Businesses and governments need to work together and make a joint commitment if we want to address climate change effectively and quickly. "
Need
Change
Commitment
" Business has a responsibility and opportunity to be the driving force for the advancement of universal human rights. "
Responsibility
Business
Opportunity
" Business must go on reiterating its absolute commitment to embedding human rights in all it does, driving industry change through collaboration with governments, international organizations, and each other. "
Business
Driving
Change
" Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality it is about changes in our very way of life. "
Life
Change
Weather
" Companies are the first to see the costs of climate change. "
See
Change
Climate Change
" Consumers in both emerging and developed markets want it all - high-performing products, the right price, and a purpose that they can connect with. "
Purpose
Want
Products
" Empowering women is one of the most important things we - and indeed, every business - can do. "
Business
Important
Most
" Every few decades, we have an opportunity to make a drastic change to the way we live our lives. We get a chance to design the building blocks of our daily routines, the infrastructure that will support and accompany us for the years to come - from the trains and trams we ride, the offices we work in, to the energy that powers our homes. "
Change
Daily
Live
" Every region in the world faces challenges - and Africa is hugely diverse, so its own challenges are varied. "
World
Challenges
Own
" Forest nations willing to do more than their fair share to solve the climate crisis should be rewarded through results-based payments. "
Crisis
Fair
Forest
" For Unilever, investing in women is an imperative. The business and social cases for doing so are inextricably linked. "
Doing
Cases
Business
" I actually am a capitalist, and I believe in shareholders. But I believe in them as a result of what I do, not as a reason for what I'm doing. The same with profits - profits alone cannot be an objective. It has to have a purpose. "
Alone
Believe
Result
" I am very confident about the Modi government. "
Government
Am
About
" I believe that the financial crisis of 2008/9 exposed more a lack of ethics and morality - especially by the financial sector - rather than a problem of regulation or criminality. There were, of course, regulatory lessons to be learned, but at heart, there was a collective loss of our moral compass. "
Believe
Loss
Heart
" I discovered a long time ago that if I focus on doing the right thing for the long term to improve the lives of consumers and customers all over the world, the business results will come. "
Business
Long
Time
" I do not work for the shareholder, to be honest. I work for the customer. "
To Be Honest
Honest
Customer
" I don't have a problem crying when I need to cry. "
Cry
Need
Crying
" I don't subscribe to, 'Here are the top ten tips to successful leadership,' or, 'How to learn leadership in ten minutes.' A leader is someone who gives positive energy to others which then results in a better change than would have happened. I think everyone is a leader. "
Change
Positive
Leadership
" If the short-term decisions you make damage the long term, you should resist those. But there are many short-term decisions that you need to make to be a successful manager. "
Successful
Need
You
" If the world wants a climate deal and new development agenda that's good for the economy, for the poor, and for businesses, the path forward needs to include forests. "
Good
Path
Forward
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