Paul Polman Quotes

We cannot choose between [economic] growth and sustainability - we must have both

If we achieve our sustainability targets and no one else follows, we will have failed.

Leadership is not just about giving energy ... it's unleashing other people's energy.

This world is changing enormously. In any position in a company you need to work very hard on learning new skills every day, but you also need to unlearn some of the old skills from the past.

It is unacceptable that more than 1 billion people are hungry every day while another billion are obese.

Unless we change direction, models show that the profit of the entire consumer goods sector could be wiped out by 2050.

When I interview people, I look at their values. I always say that the best chance of success is if the individual's values are aligned with the corporate values.

Provocative and challenging The Social License makes a compelling case for why companies must look to increase their positive social impact as an integral part of their core business strategies.

The world we want is an enormous responsibility.

We put a gender lens on our whole value chain.