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" 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. "

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" When the climate hurts, people and businesses also feel the pain. "

" I wanted to be a priest. I could have done that. I wanted to be a doctor. I could have done that. Circumstances didn't lead me to it, so my fallback option was business. I wasn't really motivated to this. "

" I don't have a problem crying when I need to cry. "

" Purpose has always been part of Unilever's DNA. Our founder, William Lever, built a business around the sale of Lifebuoy soap that was not only profitable and sustainable but also helped transform the health of the poor in Victorian Britain. "

" I say to a lot of people you have to measure success in terms of progress, not in terms of end state. "

" My own fear, if I have one myself, is a fear of being obsolete. This is a world that changes very fast, and one of the main human desires is to belong to, to be part of, something. It's probably one of our greatest needs next to oxygen. "

" I grew up in a small town in the Netherlands which, for years, had been a center of textile production. "

" The planet's forests are essential for life. "

" The basic skills of leaders are always the same: be driven by a deeper purpose, be a human being, have a passion for what you do, and it's also about hard work and ethics. "

" As economies have evolved, the nature of work has always changed. "

" Businesses and governments need to work together and make a joint commitment if we want to address climate change effectively and quickly. "

" I think the most important thing is to achieve what you set out to achieve. Just being a CEO in itself is not success. I would not relate success to a title or a position. "

" It is our responsibility as businesses to deliver ambitious solutions and technologies to bring us low-carbon, inclusive and sustainable growth. "

" While we have created prosperity for many, too many are being left behind. "

" I do not work for the shareholder, to be honest. I work for the customer. "

" If we tackle deforestation in the right way, the benefits will be far-reaching - greater food security, improved livelihoods for millions of small farmers and indigenous people, more prosperous rural economies, and above all, a more stable climate. "

" The ideal is a world in which every woman and girl can create the kind of life she wishes to lead, unconstrained by harmful norms and stereotypes. "

" Our political leaders have great responsibilities, but as with many situations in life, people often rise or fall to meet your expectations. Our responsibility as citizens is to expect our leaders to lead and to give them enough support so that they may do so. "

" The commitment to put an end to illegal deforestation and develop sustainable alternatives for commodities like palm oil and soy, for example, is an inspiring illustration of what can be achieved when governments and industry partners come together determined to bring about transformational market-wide changes. "

" Why would you invest in a company which is out of synch with the needs of society, that does not take its social compliance in its supply chain seriously, that does not think about the costs of externalities or of its negative impacts on society? "

" It is not possible to have a strong, functioning business in a world of increasing inequality, poverty, and climate change. "

" 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. "

" Leading businesses are making large strides in ensuring a sustainable future, but ultimately, they can only do so much. "

" Renewable energy could reduce emissions but also create jobs and improve public health. "

" My career has been a level of serendipity all along. I've never planned anything out more than a few years. All the places we lived - the 12, 13 countries - and the companies I worked for were a combination of circumstances. "

" Left unchecked, climate change risks not only making the poorest poorer, but pulling the emerging middle classes back into poverty, too. "

" Let's work together to make our economies strong and our climate sustainable. It can be done. "

" If too many people feel excluded from the system and cannot access its benefits, they will ultimately rebel against it. "

" Companies are the first to see the costs of climate change. "