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" Let's work together to make our economies strong and our climate sustainable. It can be done. "
Paul Polman
Work
Climate
Done
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" 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. "
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" When the climate hurts, people and businesses also feel the pain. "
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" I grew up in a small town in the Netherlands which, for years, had been a center of textile production. "
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" 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. "
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" Empowering women is one of the most important things we - and indeed, every business - can do. "
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Most
" There is still too much pressure on short-termism in terms of the drivers of success. "
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Too Much
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" Unilever has been around for 100-plus years. We want to be around for several hundred more years. "
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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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You
Achieve
" Often people ask me what my job is, and I say, honestly, it is to make others successful, and the more you do that, the more you will see that you create prosperity. "
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Job
" 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 say to a lot of people you have to measure success in terms of progress, not in terms of end state. "
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Say
" 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. "
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World
Woman
" Taking proactive action on climate change is essential to ensuring that Unilever remains a viable business in the future. We will also reap the benefits in innovation, new product development, and cost efficiencies. "
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Future
Change
Business
" 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. "
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Business
Truth
" 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. "
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Changes
Together
" The planet's forests are essential for life. "
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Life
Forests
Essential
" The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change. "
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Environmental
Food
Challenges
" Permissible growth in the future has to be based on sustainable and equitable models. "
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" For Unilever, investing in women is an imperative. The business and social cases for doing so are inextricably linked. "
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Doing
Cases
Business
" 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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Business
Capitalism
" Runaway climate change would condemn millions to a life of poverty and cause us to fail to meet the Sustainable Development Goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030. This is not an acceptable outcome. "
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Poverty
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. "
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Ethics
Hard Work
Work
" I work a lot with blind people in my spare time outside of Unilever, and I count my blessings every day. "
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People
Work
Time
" Land is a great example of how we can manage and invest in sustainable infrastructure for economic, social, and environmental gains. Its use - and misuse - is at the heart of the challenge for food, fuel, and fibre. "
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Great
" Africa's vibrancy and entrepreneurial spirit is un-matched. There's huge potential here to grow business, create jobs, and to improve living standards. "
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" The young give us hope because young people are certain their best days still lie ahead - which explains why they're absolutely convinced they can change the world for the better. "
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People
" The moral case for gender equality is obvious. It should not need any explanation. "
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" Looking at the world through a sustainability lens not only helps us 'future proof' our supply chain, it also fuels innovation and drives brand growth. "
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World
Innovation
" 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. "
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Business
Growth
Great