Paul Polman

London

Writer and Author at Freelance

Business, campaigning, younger me nearly a priest. 'Net Positive: how courageous companies thrive by giving more than they take' #3 Thinkers50

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EDHEC Centre for Net Positive Business

1 week ago | edhec.edu | Paul Polman |Andrew Winston

The EDHEC Centre for Net Positive Business (CNPB), created as part of the Generations 2050 strategic plan, is dedicated to one key ambition: to provide companies of all sizes with the means to have a net positive impact - i.e. to give back more than they take - on people and the planet.
The moral price of our energy: Armenia’s Christians and Catholic conscience

1 month ago | thecatholicherald.com | Paul Polman

When Mother Teresa spoke of “the hunger for love”, she reminded us that our faith demands we recognise Christ in the suffering of others. Today, her words echo with painful relevance as I contemplate the plight of Ruben Vardanyan, now in his 23rd day of hunger strike in an Azerbaijani prison cell. After enduring 550 days of detention and torture, this man of faith faces a secret military trial for helping Armenian Christians in Nagorno-Karabakh.
My call to leaders at COP16: We are unravelling the fabric of life itself

Oct 31, 2024 | shorturl.at | Paul Polman

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Azerbaijan is using COP29 to clean up its image

Oct 28, 2024 | businessgreen.com | Paul Polman

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An Open Letter calling CEOs to commit to healthier, more sustainable products

Oct 15, 2024 | bmj.com | Paul Polman

Dear EditorAn Open Letter calling CEOs to commit to healthier, more sustainable productsDear Food and Beverage Industry Leader,We ask for five minutes of your time to read this letter. The health of our people and our planet depend on it. As you know, October 16th is World Food Day. Leaders in food and nutrition will gather to discuss the state of food and nutrition security.
We cannot allow Azerbaijan's vile human rights abuses to be redeemed by hosting Cop29

Sep 27, 2024 | cityam.com | Paul Polman

Friday 27 September 2024 12:40 pm | Updated: Friday 27 September 2024 12:41 pm We cannot allow Azerbaijan’s vile human rights abuses to be redeemed by hosting Cop29 YEREVAN, ARMENIA – SEPTEMBER 30: A demonstration to denounce the “ethnic cleansing” of Nagorno-Karabakh and demand the liberation of the former leaders of the separatist enclave who were arrested on September 30, 2023 in Yerevan, Armenia. An estimated half of the 150,000 residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, a region of Azerbaijan...
The Backlash Didn’t Kill Green Investing. In Fact, It’s Booming.

Sep 24, 2024 | msn.com | Paul Polman

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Stakeholder Capitalism Still Makes Business Sense

Aug 21, 2024 | hbr.org | Paul Polman |Andrew Winston

On the surface, it was a big deal. The members of the Business Roundtable (BRT), 181 CEOs of the biggest companies in the U.S., issued a statement redefining the “purpose of a corporation.” After decades of obsession with short-term profits and investor returns, they committed to serving five stakeholders: customers, employees, suppliers, communities (including the environment), and shareholders. Here were the titans of business saying, implicitly, that Milton Friedman was wrong.
Paul Polman: "Il Bangladesh libero è un bene per il mondo e per le aziende"

Aug 8, 2024 | fortuneita.com | Paul Polman

“Una seconda liberazione”. È così che il nuovo leader del governo provvisorio del Bangladesh, il professor Muhammad Yunus, ha descritto gli eventi storici che si stanno svolgendo nel Paese. Nelle ultime settimane, dopo decenni di regime autocratico, milioni di persone sono scese in piazza nei villaggi, nelle città e nei paesi.
Paul Polman: It’s time to stand with Bangladesh-and my friend Muhammad Yunus

Aug 8, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com | Paul Polman

“A second liberation.” This is how the new leader of Bangladesh’s interim government, Professor Muhammad Yunus, has described the historic events that are unfolding in the country. In recent weeks, after decades of autocratic rule, millions of people have taken to the streets in villages, towns, and cities. They have had enough of the corruption, cronyism, and oppression overseen by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who has fled, we are told, to Delhi.

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