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Start giftingNet Positive
How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take
Length
12 hours 16 minutes
Language
English
Narrators
Tom Parks, Paul Polman & Andrew Winston
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Learn moreRunaway climate change and gross inequality are ravaging the world. Who can help lead us to a better future? Business.
These and other massive challenges threaten our very existence on the planet. Yet division and discord risk undermining our response, just when we need to come together.
At this critical time in history, the imperative to reimagine our economies and companies could not be more urgent. Fortunately, many in the business community are helping to solve our most profound challenges, deploying long-term, purpose-led business models that put people and planet first. The key question has flipped from "Why would you do sustainability?" to "Why wouldn't you?"
In this paradigm-shifting book, former Unilever CEO Paul Polman and sustainable business guru Andrew Winston provide a model to help leaders build companies that contribute more to the world than they use or take—that is, net positive companies.
Net Positive outlines the principles and practices for surviving and thriving based on the experience of one world-leading company, Unilever, and other groundbreaking global organizations. This essential book is for leaders, executives, managers, and professionals who want to succeed, but know that winning requires caring deeply about serving the world.
Paul Polman was the CEO of Unilever from 2009-2019. As a result of his leadership, peers and experts have ranked Unilever as the most sustainable company for eight years. Today, Polman is cofounder and chair of IMAGINE, a for-benefit corporation and foundation that mobilizes business around the UN Global Goals.
Andrew Winston is one of the world's leading authorities on sustainable business. He is the author of the bestselling Green to Gold as well as The Big Pivot, and his work has also appeared in HBR, MIT Sloan Management Review, and other outlets. He has advised many leading companies, including 3M, DuPont, HP, Marriott, PepsiCo, and Unilever.
Since recording his first book for the Kansas Audio Reader Network in 1985, Tom Parks has enjoyed giving voice to stories. He has been nominated for Audie Awards and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards, and reviewers have described his performances as "conversational," "energetic," "earnest," "sincere," and as having a certain "gravity." Tom is also an active workshop leader and in-demand speaker for corporations and is a featured lecturer for Carnival Cruise Lines. On the side, Tom gigs as a drummer who performs regularly on the Midwest musical theater circuit.