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" 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. "

Paul Polman

Business

Driving

Change

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" 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. "

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

" P&G started in 1837, Nestle in 1857. These companies have been around for so long because they are in tune with society. They are very responsible companies, despite the challenges that they sometimes deal with, all the criticism they get. "

" We all have responsibility to stop violence and discrimination against women, whether it's in our businesses, in our homes, or on our streets. "

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

" There are some basic human needs that are the same. Everybody wants to succeed. "

" Africa is a vibrant, varied continent with a growing consumer base. "

" Practically, systemic thinking can be used to identify problems, analyze their boundaries, design strategies and policy interventions, forecast and measure their expected impacts, implement them, and monitor and evaluate their successes and failures. "

" Sustainability makes good business sense, and we're all on the same team at the end of the day. That's the truth about the human condition. "

" 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. "

" Africa's vibrancy and entrepreneurial spirit is un-matched. There's huge potential here to grow business, create jobs, and to improve living standards. "

" There are billions of people in the world who deserve the better quality of life that products such as soap, shampoo, and clean drinking water can provide. "

" 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. "

" Every region in the world faces challenges - and Africa is hugely diverse, so its own challenges are varied. "

" There is still too much pressure on short-termism in terms of the drivers of success. "

" I see business as an ecosystem. "

" In certain cases, empowering women starts with making their lives easier and removing unnecessary burdens. "

" System-wide changes rely on a critical mass of interested parties, all willing to enter into deep partnerships and collaborations, founded on new levels of trust and a commitment to action, not debate. "

" The great challenge of the 21st century is to provide good standards of living for 7 billion people without depleting the earth's resources or running up massive levels of public debt. To achieve this, government and business alike will need to find new models of growth that are in both environmental and economic balance. "

" We can no longer pretend that business is immune from the rising tide of environmental or social challenges or that companies can create value in isolation from the communities of which they are a part. "

" Safe working conditions, fair wages, protection from forced labor, and freedom from harassment and discrimination - these must become standard global operating conditions. "

" I work a lot with blind people in my spare time outside of Unilever, and I count my blessings every day. "

" To achieve policy stability and certainty, we need to establish a meaningful price on carbon and cut the billions of dollars spent each year on fossil-fuel subsidies, along with well-structured financial tools and rules. "

" For Unilever, investing in women is an imperative. The business and social cases for doing so are inextricably linked. "