Best quotes by Paul Polman on Change

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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
  • We cannot eliminate poverty without enabling developing countries to engage more people in economic activity that use natural resources, and we cannot resolve runaway climate change without creating wealth in a more equitable and less carbon intensive way.
    - Paul Polman
  • More and more businesses are seeing the potential of a more sustainable business model, driven both by the firm belief that business can be a force for good and by the realization that the cost of inaction often exceeds the cost of action - notably when it comes to the growing threat of climate change and water scarcity.
    - Paul Polman
  • Runaway climate change would condemn millions to a life of poverty and cause us to fail to meet the Sustainable Development Goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030. This is not an acceptable outcome.
    - Paul Polman
  • Taking proactive action on climate change is essential to ensuring that Unilever remains a viable business in the future. We will also reap the benefits in innovation, new product development, and cost efficiencies.
    - Paul Polman
  • Businesses and governments need to work together and make a joint commitment if we want to address climate change effectively and quickly.
    - Paul Polman
  • It is not possible to have a strong, functioning business in a world of increasing inequality, poverty, and climate change.
    - Paul Polman
  • Companies are the first to see the costs of climate change.
    - Paul Polman
  • The world faces enormous human development and environmental challenges, from poverty and disease to food security and climate change.
    - Paul Polman
  • Left unchecked, climate change risks not only making the poorest poorer, but pulling the emerging middle classes back into poverty, too.
    - Paul Polman