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" I say to a lot of people you have to measure success in terms of progress, not in terms of end state. "
Paul Polman
People
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" My father worked in a tyre factory. My mother worked as a teacher. "
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" Left unchecked, climate change risks not only making the poorest poorer, but pulling the emerging middle classes back into poverty, too. "
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" I do not work for the shareholder, to be honest. I work for the customer. "
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" Large-scale deforestation can be prevented while increasing food production through better, smarter agriculture. "
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" When we empower women, society benefits, grows, and thrives. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" It's easy to be a short-term hero. It is very easy for me to get tremendous results very short term, get that translated into compensation, and be off sailing in the Bahamas. But the goal for this company - and it's very difficult to do - the goal is to follow a four- or five-year process. "
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" You can put yourself to the purpose of others, and in doing so, you can be better off. "
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" 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? "
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" Companies are the first to see the costs of climate change. "
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" Too often, we are being programmed by the environment around us to behave differently. But I think a true leader is an authentic person who feels good about who he is. "
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" The moral case for gender equality is obvious. It should not need any explanation. "
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" I've always been bothered by systems that don't work for everybody. It doesn't mean we're all equal. I am not naive about that. But we should have a more inclusive society. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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" It is not possible to have a strong, functioning business in a world of increasing inequality, poverty, and climate change. "
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" We need more food, more forests, better livelihoods for smallholder farmers, and lower emissions. If we want any of them, we must have all of them. "
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" While we have created prosperity for many, too many are being left behind. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" As CEO of Unilever, my personal mission is to galvanize our company to be an effective force for good. "
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