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DHAKA, BANGLADESH – AUGUST 8: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (C) speaks during a press conference upon his arrival at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on August 8, 2024 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus returned to Bangladesh on August 8, to lead a caretaker government following a student-led uprising ended the 15-year rule of Sheikh Hasina. (Photo By Sultan Mahmud Mukut/Drik/Getty Images)

Paul Polman: It’s time to stand with Bangladesh—and my friend Muhammad Yunus

Cormorants (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) are seen among plastic residues, glass and other materials at the Cerron Grande reservoir in Potonico, El Salvador, on September 9, 2022. – Dragged by different tributaries, immense multicolored plastic deposits cover the calm waters of Lake Suchitlan in El Salvador like a blanket. The same thing happens on the paradisiacal beaches of the Honduran Caribbean, which receive thousands of tons of waste from Guatemala. (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS / AFP) (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS/AFP via Getty Images)

Plastics are in our air, food, and water. A reckoning is coming–and smart businesses can see it

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri, heads the closing session of the COP27 climate conference, at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of the same name, on November 20, 2022. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images)

The world needs a Marshall Plan to fight climate change–and politicians are failing to show ambition. Business can’t afford to wait

BUFFALO, NEW YORK – MAY 15: People gather outside of Tops market on May 15, 2022 in Buffalo, New York. Yesterday a gunman opened fire at the store, killing ten people and wounding another three. Suspect Payton Gendron was taken into custody and charged with first degree murder. U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland released a statement, saying the US Department of Justice is investigating the shooting “as a hate crime and an act of racially-motivated violent extremism”. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

CEOs are increasingly stuck between employees and politicians. We should side with our people

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY – SEPTEMBER 20: Participants in the Fridays For Future movement protest during a nationwide climate change action day in on September 20, 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany. Fridays for Future protests and strikes are registered today in over 400 cities across Germany. The activists are demanding that the German government and corporations take a fast-track policy route towards lowering CO2 emissions and combating the warming of the Earth’s temperatures. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)

Our duty is to make an imperfect climate deal work

US President Joe Biden sits alongside US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (R) as he holds a meeting with business leaders about a Covid relief bill in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 9, 2021. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

An international deal on a corporate minimum tax is within reach. Courageous CEOs can help deliver it

The Chevron Corp. El Segundo Refinery stands in El Segundo, California, U.S., on Monday, April 27, 2020. Chevron is scheduled to release earnings figures on May 1. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Corporate greenwashing is all the rage. How can we stop it?

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Business must take a stand on Myanmar’s military coup

By Sharan Burrow and Paul Polman

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Adults should listen to children to understand the severity of the climate crisis

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A clampdown on corporate tax avoidance is coming. Companies should embrace it

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The coronavirus pandemic may be a turning point for responsible business

A microfinance meeting in a village in Burkina Faso.

Mastercard and Unilever CEOs: How We Can Help Microbusinesses Grow

By Ajay Banga and Paul Polman