Paul Polman

Many businesses understand the advantages of gender parity.

— Paul Polman

I see business as an ecosystem.

— Paul Polman

I don't have a problem crying when I need to cry.

— Paul Polman

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

— Paul Polman

The planet's forests are essential for life.

— Paul Polman

The world we want is an enormous responsibility.

— Paul Polman

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

— Paul Polman

I am very confident about the Modi government.

— Paul Polman

It is unacceptable that more than 1 billion people are hungry every day while another billion are obese.

— Paul Polman

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

— Paul Polman

For Unilever, investing in women is an imperative. The business and social cases for doing so are inextricably linked.

— Paul Polman

Large-scale deforestation can be prevented while increasing food production through better, smarter agriculture.

— Paul Polman

Africa is a vibrant, varied continent with a growing consumer base.

— Paul Polman

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

— Paul Polman

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

— Paul Polman

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

— Paul Polman

When women are provided with training and entrepreneurial opportunities in distribution networks, they become role models in their communities, showing it is…

— Paul Polman

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

— Paul Polman

Unilever brings together the resources and experience of a multinational company alongside our deep local roots, which enables us to grow a…

— Paul Polman

Businesses and governments need to work together and make a joint commitment if we want to address climate change effectively and quickly.

— Paul Polman

Purpose has always been part of Unilever's DNA. Our founder, William Lever, built a business around the sale of Lifebuoy soap that…

— Paul Polman

If the short-term decisions you make damage the long term, you should resist those. But there are many short-term decisions that you…

— Paul Polman

I discovered a long time ago that if I focus on doing the right thing for the long term to improve the…

— Paul Polman

The young give us hope because young people are certain their best days still lie ahead - which explains why they're absolutely…

— Paul Polman

What is success? I think the most important thing is to achieve what you set out to achieve. Just being a CEO…

— Paul Polman

My biggest fear is that we [Unilever company] at one point in time will not be able to attract the best and…

— Paul Polman

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

The commitment to put an end to illegal deforestation and develop sustainable alternatives for commodities like palm oil and soy, for example,…

— Paul Polman

Providing financial incentives for both local communities and national governments to conserve and restore forests also makes sense. It will put an…

— Paul Polman

Practically, systemic thinking can be used to identify problems, analyze their boundaries, design strategies and policy interventions, forecast and measure their expected…

— Paul Polman

More and more businesses are seeing the potential of a more sustainable business model, driven both by the firm belief that business…

— Paul Polman

I don't think our fiduciary duty is to put shareholders first. I say the opposite. What we firmly believe is that if…

— Paul Polman

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

— Paul Polman

We put a gender lens on our whole value chain.

— Paul Polman

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

— Paul Polman

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

— Paul Polman

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

— Paul Polman

Empowering women is one of the most important things we - and indeed, every business - can do.

— Paul Polman

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

— Paul Polman

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

— Paul Polman