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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNo doubt there is a narrow window of opportunity to take action on climate change, says Paul PolmanPaul Polman, former Unilever CEO, business leader, campaigner and co-author of "Net Positive," discusses climate financing at COP29 and what a second term from President-elect Donald Trump means for the global fight against climate change.
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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailClimate inaction will cost businesses more than transition, says former Unilever CEOFormer Unilever CEO Paul Polman says the world is "spewing out" more carbon than it can afford.
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[1/2] CEO Ralph Hamers of Swiss bank UBS addresses the Annual Meeting of Swiss Financial Institute (SFI) in Zurich, Switzerland November 10, 2022. Hamers, with no big-ticket M&A experience under his belt, has cut his teeth reshaping a major Dutch lender mostly by selling businesses. Reuters Graphics Reuters GraphicsA nearly 30-year veteran of Dutch lender ING - he married a former colleague from the bank - Hamers was a surprise choice when he was appointed in early 2020 to lead UBS. UBS declined to comment on the matter on Monday but the bank said at the time that it had "full confidence" in Hamers. Former Unilever CEO and fellow Dutchman Paul Polman gave a Hamers a vote of confidence on Monday, telling Reuters that "Hamers is a purposeful leader certainly well prepared to lead Swiss banking through these challenging times."
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via Email'Net Positive' co-author: Two-thirds of Gen Z and Millennials want companies to focus on social issuesPaul Polman, co-author of ‘Net Positive’ and former Unilever CEO, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the future of the workforce, if companies benefit from entering into social issues and more.
Two of the five divisions remain focused on food products, an area that CEO Jope said Unilever considered spinning off. Food brands like Ben & Jerry's and Hellmann's would have become a separate company. Unilever's decision last year to spin off its tea business into a new company, Ekaterra, left many workers inside Unilever's food division nervous, the former employee said. One former Unilever executive pointed to Fernando Fernandez, who will assume the top job at the company's new beauty and wellbeing division. Fernandez has been Unilever's executive vice president for Latin America since 2019 and held other jobs with the company in the region before that.
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailEnergy security doesn't trump climate concerns, says former Unilever CEOPaul Polman, former Unilever CEO, discusses how COP27 differs from COP26.
Editor's note: On Sunday, Unilever said that CEO Alan Jope will retire at the end of 2023. It looks at some of the challenges that Jope and Unilever faced in streamlining its structure through the reorganization, including a culture that is 'too nice' at times. Two of the five divisions remain focused on food products, an area that CEO Jope said Unilever considered spinning off. One former Unilever executive pointed to Fernando Fernandez, who will assume the top job at the company's new beauty and wellbeing division. Fernandez has been Unilever's executive vice president for Latin America since 2019 and held other jobs with the company in the region before that.
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