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.

My father worked in a tyre factory. My mother worked as a teacher.

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.

Africa's vibrancy and entrepreneurial spirit is un-matched. There's huge potential here to grow business, create jobs, and to improve living standards.

Every region in the world faces challenges - and Africa is hugely diverse, so its own challenges are varied.

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

It is our responsibility as businesses to deliver ambitious solutions and technologies to bring us low-carbon, inclusive and sustainable growth.

I work a lot with blind people in my spare time outside of Unilever, and I count my blessings every day.

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

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

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

There is still too much pressure on short-termism in terms of the drivers of success.

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.

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.

Forest nations willing to do more than their fair share to solve the climate crisis should be rewarded through results-based payments.

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

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

Let's work together to make our economies strong and our climate sustainable. It can be done.

Land is a great example of how we can manage and invest in sustainable infrastructure for economic, social, and environmental gains. Its use - and misuse - is at the heart of the challenge for food, fuel, and fibre.

We need new, dynamic models for growth through the sharing economy, using big data to unlock new insights and adopting closed-loop cycles.

I don't subscribe to, 'Here are the top ten tips to successful leadership,' or, 'How to learn leadership in ten minutes.' A leader is someone who gives positive energy to others which then results in a better change than would have happened. I think everyone is a leader.

The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change.

Every few decades, we have an opportunity to make a drastic change to the way we live our lives. We get a chance to design the building blocks of our daily routines, the infrastructure that will support and accompany us for the years to come - from the trains and trams we ride, the offices we work in, to the energy that powers our homes.

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.