If you work at an insurance company that sells premiums you wouldn't even sell to your mother, how happy would you feel to work there? It's going to ….

My biggest fear is that I become useless or less useful by not being up to date - be it with technology, changing consumers, changing global situatio….

Many companies are disappointing the citizens of this world by manipulating labor rates, putting horse meat instead of beef out there, or thinking it….

I don't have any frustrations. It sounds a little silly, but life is too short for me. I don't worry about all the things that happen, I just think a….

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

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

My fear is a fear of being obsolete. This is a world that changes very fast, and one of the main human desires is to belong to, to be part of somethi….

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 improvin….

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 unl….

Provocative and challenging The Social License makes a compelling case for why companies must look to increase their positive social impact as an int….

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

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 corp….

What is success? I think the most important thing is to achieve what you set out to achieve. Just being a CEO in itself is not success. I would not r….

People at my level [Unilever CEO] shouldn't be motivated by salary. If you paid me double, I'm not going to work twice as much, because I'm already p….

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 ….

The last few months have seen a welcome race to the top. Consumers have sent companies a clear signal that they do not want their purchasing habits t….

My biggest fear is that we [Unilever company] at one point in time will not be able to attract the best and brightest [workers]. I don't worry so muc….

The very essence of capitalism is under threat as business is now seen as a personal wealth accumulator. We have to bring this world back to sanity a….

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

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 ne….

The world we want is an enormous responsibility..