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
Land is a great example of how we can manage and invest in sustainable infrastructure for economic, social, and environmental gains. Its… — Paul Polman Environmental Copy Share Image
Imagine all the food mankind has produced over the past 8,000 years. Now consider that we need to produce that same amount… — Paul Polman 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 Copy Share Image
The basic skills of leaders are always the same: be driven by a deeper purpose, be a human being, have a passion… — Paul Polman Ethics 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
I've always been bothered by systems that don't work for everybody. It doesn't mean we're all equal. I am not naive about… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
P&G started in 1837, Nestle in 1857. These companies have been around for so long because they are in tune with society.… — Paul Polman Business Copy Share Image
I don't have any frustrations. It sounds a little silly, but life is too short for me. I don't worry about all… — Paul Polman Blessing Copy Share Image
I believe that the financial crisis of 2008/9 exposed more a lack of ethics and morality - especially by the financial sector… — Paul Polman 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
Many companies are disappointing the citizens of this world by manipulating labor rates, putting horse meat instead of beef out there, or… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
The great challenge of the 21st century is to provide good standards of living for 7 billion people without depleting the earth's… — Paul Polman 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 Copy Share Image
The last few months have seen a welcome race to the top. Consumers have sent companies a clear signal that they do… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
If you work at an insurance company that sells premiums you wouldn't even sell to your mother, how happy would you feel… — Paul Polman Business 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
At Unilever, we are committed to building an inclusive organisation where all individuals feel safe, valued, and supported - irrespective of gender,… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
If the world wants a climate deal and new development agenda that's good for the economy, for the poor, and for businesses,… — Paul Polman Business 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
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
My own fear, if I have one myself, is a fear of being obsolete. This is a world that changes very fast,… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
Often people ask me what my job is, and I say, honestly, it is to make others successful, and the more you… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
We need more food, more forests, better livelihoods for smallholder farmers, and lower emissions. If we want any of them, we must… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
Business must go on reiterating its absolute commitment to embedding human rights in all it does, driving industry change through collaboration with… — Paul Polman Business Copy Share Image
Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality it is about changes in our very way… — Paul Polman Change Copy Share Image
Forest nations willing to do more than their fair share to solve the climate crisis should be rewarded through results-based payments. — Paul Polman Climate Copy Share Image
The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change. — Paul Polman Challenges 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
It cannot be right in a world of increasing human progress - whether in medicine, space exploration or renewable energy - that… — Paul Polman Basic human rights Copy Share Image
My fear is a fear of being obsolete. This is a world that changes very fast, and one of the main human… — Paul Polman Desire Copy Share Image
As a consumer goods company serving billions of consumers every day, Unilever understands the drivers and motivations that create the norms that… — Paul Polman Business Copy Share Image
Looking at the world through a sustainability lens not only helps us 'future proof' our supply chain, it also fuels innovation and… — Paul Polman Environment Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing is to achieve what you set out to achieve. Just being a CEO in itself is… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
Provocative and challenging The Social License makes a compelling case for why companies must look to increase their positive social impact as… — Paul Polman Business 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
Addressing the weaknesses of capitalism will require us, above all, to do two things: first, to take a long-term perspective, and second,… — Paul Polman Business 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 all have responsibility to stop violence and discrimination against women, whether it's in our businesses, in our homes, or on our… — Paul Polman Business Copy Share Image
To achieve policy stability and certainty, we need to establish a meaningful price on carbon and cut the billions of dollars spent… — Paul Polman Copy Share Image
