Climate Changed

Unilever’s Former Chief Moves On With Plan to Fix the World

  • Paul Polman sets up activist corporation called Imagine
  • As CEO, Polman pushed for social, environmental causes
Paul Polman at the One Planet Summit in New York on Sept. 26.Photographer: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg
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Paul Polman, the Dutchman who ran Unilever for almost a decade with a social slant, will push further in that direction now that he’s leaving -- creating a group to help combat poverty and climate change.