My career has been a level of serendipity all along. I've never planned anything out more than a few years. All the… — Paul Polman Career Copy Share Image
It is unacceptable that more than 1 billion people are hungry every day while another billion are obese. — Paul Polman Billions Copy Share Image
It is our responsibility as businesses to deliver ambitious solutions and technologies to bring us low-carbon, inclusive and sustainable growth. — Paul Polman Ambitious Copy Share Image
As economies have evolved, the nature of work has always changed. — Paul Polman Always Copy Share Image
Taking proactive action on climate change is essential to ensuring that Unilever remains a viable business in the future. We will also… — Paul Polman Action Copy Share Image
Sustainability makes good business sense, and we're all on the same team at the end of the day. That's the truth about… — Paul Polman Business Copy Share Image
My biggest fear is that I become useless or less useful by not being up to date - be it with technology,… — Paul Polman Bars Copy Share Image
We need new, dynamic models for growth through the sharing economy, using big data to unlock new insights and adopting closed-loop cycles. — Paul Polman Big Copy Share Image
Why would you invest in a company which is out of synch with the needs of society, that does not take its… — Paul Polman Business Copy Share Image
Consumers in both emerging and developed markets want it all - high-performing products, the right price, and a purpose that they can… — Paul Polman Emerging Copy Share Image
My father worked in a tyre factory. My mother worked as a teacher. — Paul Polman Factory Copy Share Image
Let's work together to make our economies strong and our climate sustainable. It can be done. — Paul Polman Climate Copy Share Image
We cannot choose between [economic] growth and sustainability - we must have both — Paul Polman Business Copy Share Image
I say to a lot of people you have to measure success in terms of progress, not in terms of end state. — Paul Polman End Copy Share Image
System-wide changes rely on a critical mass of interested parties, all willing to enter into deep partnerships and collaborations, founded on new… — Paul Polman Action Copy Share Image
We can no longer pretend that business is immune from the rising tide of environmental or social challenges or that companies can… — Paul Polman Business Copy Share Image
At Unilever, we are committed to building an inclusive organisation where all individuals feel safe, valued, and supported - irrespective of gender,… — Paul Polman Building Copy Share Image
Too often, we are being programmed by the environment around us to behave differently. But I think a true leader is an… — Paul Polman Good Copy Share Image
Too many companies are running their business into the ground, I would argue, by being myopically short-term focused on the shareholder. — Paul Polman Being Copy Share Image
Runaway climate change would condemn millions to a life of poverty and cause us to fail to meet the Sustainable Development Goal… — Paul Polman Change Copy Share Image
At Unilever, we operate in 190 countries with two billion people using our products daily. We take climate seriously because we know… — Paul Polman Daily Copy Share Image
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 Believe Copy Share Image
Left unchecked, climate change risks not only making the poorest poorer, but pulling the emerging middle classes back into poverty, too. — Paul Polman Change Copy Share Image
If we tackle deforestation in the right way, the benefits will be far-reaching - greater food security, improved livelihoods for millions of… — Paul Polman Cybersecurity Copy Share Image