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Paul Polman stepped down from Unilever in 2018 to co-found Imagine
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Paul Polman stepped down from Unilever in 2018 to co-found Imagine

Former Unilever CEO and leading green business campaigner talks to BusinessGreen about the huge challenges facing corporate climate efforts

"I help politicians, and I have a lot of time for them, but I'm a little bit of a political orphan." Paul Polman is ruminating on whether, after a long and distinguished career in business, venture...

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