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" Permissible growth in the future has to be based on sustainable and equitable models. "

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" I am very confident about the Modi government. "

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

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

" Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality it is about changes in our very way of life. "

" You can put yourself to the purpose of others, and in doing so, you can be better off. "

" 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? "

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

" Working together on solving something requires a high level of humility and a high level of self-awareness. "

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" More and more businesses are seeing the potential of a more sustainable business model, driven both by the firm belief that business can be a force for good and by the realization that the cost of inaction often exceeds the cost of action - notably when it comes to the growing threat of climate change and water scarcity. "

" Around the world, businesses and investors are increasingly taking action to climate-proof their own organizations. "

" Business has a responsibility and opportunity to be the driving force for the advancement of universal human rights. "

" Unilever has been around for 100-plus years. We want to be around for several hundred more years. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I see business as an ecosystem. "

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

" My father worked in a tyre factory. My mother worked as a teacher. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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