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Often people ask me what my job is, and I say, honestly, it is to make others successful, and the more you do that, the more you will see that you create prosperity.
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Too often, we are being programmed by the environment around us to behave differently. But I think a true leader is an authentic person who feels good about who he is.
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I discovered a long time ago that if I focus on doing the right thing for the long term to improve the lives of consumers and customers all over the world, the business results will come.
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You can put yourself to the purpose of others, and in doing so, you can be better off.
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If the short-term decisions you make damage the long term, you should resist those. But there are many short-term decisions that you need to make to be a successful manager.
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It only takes a handful of sizeable companies to reach a tipping point and to transform markets.
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Consumers in both emerging and developed markets want it all - high-performing products, the right price, and a purpose that they can connect with.
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It is not possible to have a strong, functioning business in a world of increasing inequality, poverty, and climate change.
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In certain cases, empowering women starts with making their lives easier and removing unnecessary burdens.
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Business has a responsibility and opportunity to be the driving force for the advancement of universal human rights.
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Around the world, businesses and investors are increasingly taking action to climate-proof their own organizations.
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If the world wants a climate deal and new development agenda that's good for the economy, for the poor, and for businesses, the path forward needs to include forests.
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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.
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Leading businesses are making large strides in ensuring a sustainable future, but ultimately, they can only do so much.
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At Unilever, we operate in 190 countries with two billion people using our products daily. We take climate seriously because we know that it impacts those two billion people - and that means it impacts us, too.
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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.
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Permissible growth in the future has to be based on sustainable and equitable models.
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Addressing the weaknesses of capitalism will require us, above all, to do two things: first, to take a long-term perspective, and second, to re-set the priorities of business.
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If too many people feel excluded from the system and cannot access its benefits, they will ultimately rebel against it.
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Providing financial incentives for both local communities and national governments to conserve and restore forests also makes sense. It will put an economic value on these precious natural resources and drive the right behaviours from both government and business.
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We need more food, more forests, better livelihoods for smallholder farmers, and lower emissions. If we want any of them, we must have all of them.
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Left unchecked, climate change risks not only making the poorest poorer, but pulling the emerging middle classes back into poverty, too.
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Unilever has been around for 100-plus years. We want to be around for several hundred more years.
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P&G started in 1837, Nestle in 1857. These companies have been around for so long because they are in tune with society. They are very responsible companies, despite the challenges that they sometimes deal with, all the criticism they get.
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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 that. But we should have a more inclusive society.
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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.
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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.
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Every region in the world faces challenges - and Africa is hugely diverse, so its own challenges are varied.
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It is our responsibility as businesses to deliver ambitious solutions and technologies to bring us low-carbon, inclusive and sustainable growth.
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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.
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I grew up in a small town in the Netherlands which, for years, had been a center of textile production.
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There are some basic human needs that are the same. Everybody wants to succeed.
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There is still too much pressure on short-termism in terms of the drivers of success.
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I actually am a capitalist, and I believe in shareholders. But I believe in them as a result of what I do, not as a reason for what I'm doing. The same with profits - profits alone cannot be an objective. It has to have a purpose.
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Business must go on reiterating its absolute commitment to embedding human rights in all it does, driving industry change through collaboration with governments, international organizations, and each other.
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Forest nations willing to do more than their fair share to solve the climate crisis should be rewarded through results-based payments.
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For Unilever, investing in women is an imperative. The business and social cases for doing so are inextricably linked.
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