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" We cannot eliminate poverty without enabling developing countries to engage more people in economic activity that use natural resources, and we cannot resolve runaway climate change without creating wealth in a more equitable and less carbon intensive way. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Simply put, the low-carbon economy is better for growth. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" It is our responsibility as businesses to deliver ambitious solutions and technologies to bring us low-carbon, inclusive and sustainable growth. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" We need new, dynamic models for growth through the sharing economy, using big data to unlock new insights and adopting closed-loop cycles. "

" The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change. "

" Too many companies are running their business into the ground, I would argue, by being myopically short-term focused on the shareholder. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" It cannot be right in a world of increasing human progress - whether in medicine, space exploration or renewable energy - that so many people are denied the most basic human rights. "