This post was cowritten by Margareta Barchan of Business School Lausanne, who recently sat down with Paul Polman at Unilever headquarters in London. It probably took a bit of courage for Paul Polman ...

Walking the halls between speaking appearances at Paris' ChangeNow conference, Paul Polman is greeted like a rock star by the sustainability crowd. As the cofounder and chair of Imagine, a foundation ...

During his 10-year stint as CEO of Unilever, from 2009 to 2019, Paul Polman transformed the consumer products giant into a model of sustainable sourcing, production, and profits. His courageous ...

But you are also right that the issue is speed and scale. More companies are finally moving towards business models which better serve people and the planet, but clearly as a whole we are still not ...

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - MAY 15: Paul Polman, Chair, International Chamber of Commerce and The B Team, speaks on stage - In Conversation, Courageous Fashion: the need for radical change, during Day One, ...

In the face of the polycrisis or permacrisis, what it means to be a leader is shifting. Former Unilever boss Paul Polman delivered several key recommendations on effective leadership at this time at ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. For years, Unilever chief executive Paul Polman has seen himself as the conscience of the business world. “A ...