--- title: Paul Polman | TIME description: Paul Polman is the co vice-chair of Planetary Guardians, a group of leaders advocating for planet-focused action, and the former CEO of Unilever. He works to integrate purpose with profit, driving initiatives for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and climate action. canonical: https://time.com/author/paul-polman/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/paul-polman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Paul Polman  ## Paul Polman Paul Polman is the co vice-chair of [Planetary Guardians](https://www.planetaryguardians.org/), a group of leaders advocating for planet-focused action, and the former CEO of Unilever. He works to integrate purpose with profit, driving initiatives for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and climate action.  ## Paul Polman *  Jan 20, 2026 ### [​​At Davos, Phasing Out Fossil Fuels Is No Longer Debatable](https://time.com/7353478/davos-climate-leadership-end-fossil-fuel-era/) Markets have moved on from fossil fuels. Politics hasn’t. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 25, 2025 ### [World Wants Climate Action Whether Countries Like It or Not](https://time.com/7336778/cop30-climate-action-truth/) Brazil was the "COP of Truth." It revealed something deeper. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 24, 2022 ### [5 Ways to Avert the Global Food Security Crisis](https://time.com/6160147/global-food-security-crisis/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 27, 2021 ### [Why We Shouldn't Write Off COP26 Before It's Even Started](https://time.com/6110920/cop26-climate-change-optimism/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Apr 14, 2021 ### [Our Planet Faces Climate and Nature Crises—Let's Tackle Both](https://time.com/5954830/paul-polman-nature-positive-solutions/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/paul-polman/","name":"Paul Polman"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/paul-polman/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/paul-polman/"},"name":"Paul Polman","jobTitle":null,"description":"Paul Polman is the co vice-chair of Planetary Guardians, a group of leaders advocating for planet-focused action, and the former CEO of Unilever. He works to integrate purpose with profit, driving initiatives for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and climate action.","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt02e46add84e42ef3/6998cc0147fe51d0d255c4bd/Paul-Polman_BW.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/paul-polman/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```