64. Alan Jope is Doubling Down
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
Persephonica
4.7 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
When a new CEO steps in to their new role at their new company, more often than not they take the company in a new direction. But what happens when you're the new CEO at a company that has 100+ year roots in feminism, pensions, and social safety?
Enter Alan Jope, CEO of Unilever. With a company that has its products being used everyday by over 2 billion people, changing direction would be a massive undertaking. But Alan doesn't want to change direction, he wants to double down on speed and scale. We find him in a unique moment of converging crises (COVID, Climate, Inequality, etc. to name a few) completely able to take care of everyone at Unilever, while accelerating the progress of addressing climate and sustainability, and staying accountable for it. You won't want to miss what he has to say.
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| 0:00.0 | Paul Christiana gets mad at us if it's over an hour it has to be less than an hour today. |
| 0:04.8 | I'm not I do you know I think she likes it really she's just I don't want I'm relying on you we've got to be brief |
| 0:10.0 | okay less than an hour, starting now. Clay, let's go. Hello and |
| 0:26.2 | I'm Paul Dickinson. This week we talk about the state of ambition from businesses. |
| 0:28.1 | I'm Christina Figuerais. |
| 0:29.7 | And I'm Paul Dickinson. |
| 0:31.0 | This week we talk about the state of ambition from businesses on climate action. |
| 0:36.1 | We speak to Alan Jope, CEO of Unilever, and we have music from Icey Rivers. |
| 0:41.7 | Thanks for being here. |
| 0:43.0 | Right, to business. We're not messing around today. |
| 0:49.0 | Kristiana, last week you said that you didn't want these podcasts to be more than our |
| 0:55.0 | message and challenge received. |
| 0:57.0 | Message and challenge received. |
| 0:58.0 | Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. |
| 0:59.2 | So gender point one. |
| 1:00.3 | Especially today, you have to be very very attentive to my wishes and desires. |
| 1:06.8 | It's your birthday! |
| 1:08.7 | Happy birthday to you. Do you know how funny this is Clay? Is this our 64th episode? |
| 1:23.0 | Yes, and it's also my 64th birthday. |
| 1:27.0 | Really? |
| 1:29.0 | Really? |
| 1:30.0 | Your... |
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