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" 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. "

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" If we all act together - business, governments, NGOs and citizens and, especially, the young - just imagine the good we could create. "

Paul Polman

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

" Consumers in both emerging and developed markets want it all - high-performing products, the right price, and a purpose that they can connect with. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" Forest nations willing to do more than their fair share to solve the climate crisis should be rewarded through results-based payments. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Leadership is not a contest of likeability. Leadership often boils down to making the tougher choices. You are not in a popularity contest. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

" When we empower women, society benefits, grows, and thrives. "

" 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? "

" When women are provided with training and entrepreneurial opportunities in distribution networks, they become role models in their communities, showing it is possible to challenge limiting norms and stereotypes, and to succeed. "

" 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. "

" The moral case for gender equality is obvious. It should not need any explanation. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Paul Polman

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