Sustainability makes good business sense, and we're all on the same team at the end of the day. That's the truth about the human condition.
Paul PolmanRead
Empowering women is one of the most important things we - and indeed, every business - can do.
Interpretation
Empowering women is crucial for societal and business progress.
This quote by Paul Polman emphasizes the importance of women's empowerment not only for individuals but also for businesses and society as a whole. It suggests that creating opportunities and supporting women can lead to transformative change that benefits everyone, highlighting the interconnectedness of gender equality and economic success.
In practice
In a speech about gender equity at a corporate event.
Sustainability makes good business sense, and we're all on the same team at the end of the day. That's the truth about the human condition.
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 relate success to a title or a position.
Let's work together to make our economies strong and our climate sustainable. It can be done.
I discovered a long time ago that if I focus on doing the right thing for the long term to improve the lives of consumers and customers all over the world, the business results will come.
Permissible growth in the future has to be based on sustainable and equitable models.
The young give us hope because young people are certain their best days still lie ahead - which explains why they're absolutely convinced they can change the world for the better.
Whether I am meant to or not, I challenge assumptions about women. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I'm well aware of, but that's just part of coming to grips with what I believe is still one of the most important pieces of unfinished business in human history - empowering women to be able to stand up for themselves.
The state of the world today demands that women become less modest and dream/plan/act/risk on a larger scale.
If there is one thing that resonates for women, it is that regardless of where we come from or what we look like, we want to be fully recognized for the breadth of our contributions.
I've always been about the power of a woman - accentuating the positive, deleting the negative, whether you're talking her body, her voice or her leadership.
Sisters, we as women are not diminished by priesthood power - we are magnified by it. I know this is true, for I have experienced it again and again.
I do not feel any less of a woman. I feel empowered that I made a strong choice that in no way diminishes my femininity.
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