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Influencer, business leader, campaigner, Co-Author of тАЬNet Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they takeтАЭ, recently published October 2021.
Paul Polman works to accelerate action by business to tackle climate change and inequality. A leading proponent that business should be a force for good, Paul has been described by the Financial Times as тАЬa standout CEO of the past decadeтАЭ.
As CEO of Unilever (2009-2019), he demonstrated that a long-term, multi-stakeholder model goes hand-in-hand with excellent financial performance. Paul was a member of the UN Secretary GeneralтАЩs High-Level Panel which developed the Sustainable Development Goals and which he continues to champion, working with global organisations and across industry to advance the 2030 development agenda.
Paul PolmanтАЩs new book, тАЬNet PositiveтАЭ, is a call to arms to courageous business leaders, setting out how to build net positive companies which profit by fixing the worldтАЩs problems rather than creating them.
He Chairs IMAGINE, a social venture dedicated to systems change, and Sa├пd Business School, and he is Vice-Chair of the UN Global Compact as well as a B Team Leader. Paul is Honorary Chair of the International Chamber of Commerce, which he led for two years.
