If we achieve our sustainability targets and no one else follows, we will have failed. - Paul Polman - Quotesmemo.com

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Paul Polman

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

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I don't think our fiduciary duty is to put shareholders first. I say the opposite. What we firmly believe is that if we focus our company on improving the lives of the world's citizens and come up with genuine sustainable solutions, we are more in synch with consumers and society and ultimately this will result in good shareholder returns.

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

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

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Imagine all the food mankind has produced over the past 8,000 years. Now consider that we need to produce that same amount again — but in just the next 40 years if we are to feed our growing and hungry world.

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The moment you discover in life that it's not about yourself, that it is about investing in others, I think you're entering a steadier state to be a great leader. Because above all, I think the main quality of a leader is to be a human being. There's no reason you are special because you happen to have this job or these responsibilities.

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