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Paul Polman
Paul Polman
Dutch Businessman
Born: Jul 11, 1956
Business Businesses Change People World You
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Safe working conditions, fair wages, protection from forced labor, and freedom from harassment and discrimination - these must become standard global operating conditions. Paul Polman
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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. Paul Polman
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Climate change is sometimes misunderstood as being about changes in the weather. In reality it is about changes in our very way of life. Paul Polman
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Our political leaders have great responsibilities, but as with many situations in life, people often rise or fall to meet your expectations. Our responsibility as citizens is to expect our leaders to lead and to give them enough support so that they may do so. Paul Polman
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If we all act together - business, governments, NGOs and citizens and, especially, the young - just imagine the good we could create. Paul Polman
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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. Paul Polman
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Leadership is not a contest of likeability. Leadership often boils down to making the tougher choices. You are not in a popularity contest. Paul Polman
Leadership You Down Tougher Contest Making Often Choices Boils Popularity Popularity Contest
At the end of the day, people will follow you or people will be energised by you if they buy into your vision or purpose. So the most important thing is to be true to yourself. That's why I would say to be a great leader - you, first and foremost, have to be a great human being. And sharing that purpose and sharing the values. Paul Polman
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Renewable energy could reduce emissions but also create jobs and improve public health. Paul Polman
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If we tackle deforestation in the right way, the benefits will be far-reaching - greater food security, improved livelihoods for millions of small farmers and indigenous people, more prosperous rural economies, and above all, a more stable climate. Paul Polman
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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. Paul Polman
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The ideal is a world in which every woman and girl can create the kind of life she wishes to lead, unconstrained by harmful norms and stereotypes. Paul Polman
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When we empower women, society benefits, grows, and thrives. Paul Polman
Women Benefits Thrive Society Empower Grows
To achieve policy stability and certainty, we need to establish a meaningful price on carbon and cut the billions of dollars spent each year on fossil-fuel subsidies, along with well-structured financial tools and rules. Paul Polman
Financial Achieve Year Tools Spent Rules Price Along Policy Dollars Stability Subsidies Establish Cut Meaningful Certainty Billions Billions Of Dollars Each Carbon Each Year Need
As a consumer goods company serving billions of consumers every day, Unilever understands the drivers and motivations that create the norms that lie behind people's behaviour. Paul Polman
Day Every Day Lie People Every Consumer Drivers Consumers Goods Understands Motivations Norms Behaviour Behind Create Billions Company Serving
There are billions of people in the world who deserve the better quality of life that products such as soap, shampoo, and clean drinking water can provide. Paul Polman
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Large-scale deforestation can be prevented while increasing food production through better, smarter agriculture. Paul Polman
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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. Paul Polman
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Empowering women is one of the most important things we - and indeed, every business - can do. Paul Polman
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Unilever brings together the resources and experience of a multinational company alongside our deep local roots, which enables us to grow a genuinely African consumer goods business. Paul Polman
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Africa's vibrancy and entrepreneurial spirit is un-matched. There's huge potential here to grow business, create jobs, and to improve living standards. Paul Polman
Business Living Jobs Spirit Potential Entrepreneurial Entrepreneurial Spirit Huge Improve Africa Create Standards Grow Here
If too many people feel excluded from the system and cannot access its benefits, they will ultimately rebel against it. Paul Polman
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Practically, systemic thinking can be used to identify problems, analyze their boundaries, design strategies and policy interventions, forecast and measure their expected impacts, implement them, and monitor and evaluate their successes and failures. Paul Polman
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I think the most important thing is to achieve what you set out to achieve. Just being a CEO in itself is not success. I would not relate success to a title or a position. Paul Polman
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My career has been a level of serendipity all along. I've never planned anything out more than a few years. All the places we lived - the 12, 13 countries - and the companies I worked for were a combination of circumstances. Paul Polman
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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. Paul Polman
Work Time Day Every Day People Every Count Outside Blessings Blind Lot Spare Spare Time
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