Renewable energy could reduce emissions but also create jobs and improve public health. — Paul Polman Create Copy Share Image
When women are provided with training and entrepreneurial opportunities in distribution networks, they become role models in their communities, showing it is… — Paul Polman Fitness Copy Share Image
I don't subscribe to, 'Here are the top ten tips to successful leadership,' or, 'How to learn leadership in ten minutes.' A… — Paul Polman Change Copy Share Image
I grew up in a small town in the Netherlands which, for years, had been a center of textile production. — Paul Polman Been Copy Share Image
I do not work for the shareholder, to be honest. I work for the customer. — Paul Polman Customer Copy Share Image
The moment you discover in life that it's not about yourself, that it is about investing in others, I think you're entering… — Paul Polman About yourself Copy Share Image
In certain cases, empowering women starts with making their lives easier and removing unnecessary burdens. — Paul Polman Burdens Copy Share Image
When the climate hurts, people and businesses also feel the pain. — Paul Polman Business Copy Share Image
As CEO of Unilever, my personal mission is to galvanize our company to be an effective force for good. — Paul Polman Business Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, people will follow you or people will be energised by you if they buy into your… — Paul Polman Dreams Copy Share Image
I discovered a long time ago that if I focus on doing the right thing for the long term to improve the… — Paul Polman Business Copy Share Image
Practically, systemic thinking can be used to identify problems, analyze their boundaries, design strategies and policy interventions, forecast and measure their expected… — Paul Polman Design Copy Share Image
I work a lot with blind people in my spare time outside of Unilever, and I count my blessings every day. — Paul Polman Blessings Copy Share Image
If we achieve our sustainability targets and no one else follows, we will have failed. — Paul Polman Achieve Copy Share Image
More and more businesses are seeing the potential of a more sustainable business model, driven both by the firm belief that business… — Paul Polman Action Copy Share Image
For Unilever, investing in women is an imperative. The business and social cases for doing so are inextricably linked. — Paul Polman Business Copy Share Image
My biggest fear is that we [Unilever company] at one point in time will not be able to attract the best and… — Paul Polman Able Copy Share Image
The commitment to put an end to illegal deforestation and develop sustainable alternatives for commodities like palm oil and soy, for example,… — Paul Polman Come Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a priest. I could have done that. I wanted to be a doctor. I could have done that.… — Paul Polman Business Copy Share Image
The ideal is a world in which every woman and girl can create the kind of life she wishes to lead, unconstrained… — Paul Polman Create Copy Share Image
You can put yourself to the purpose of others, and in doing so, you can be better off. — Paul Polman Better Copy Share Image
It's easy to be a short-term hero. It is very easy for me to get tremendous results very short term, get that… — Paul Polman Difficult Copy Share Image
Every few decades, we have an opportunity to make a drastic change to the way we live our lives. We get a… — Paul Polman Building blocks Copy Share Image