People at my level [Unilever CEO] shouldn't be motivated by salary. If you paid me double, I'm not going to work twice as much, because I'm already probably maximizing my time available. And would it change the way I do things? Not really. So, yes, I am fortunate, and I am ashamed about the amount of money I earn.

It is unacceptable that more than 1 billion people are hungry every day while another billion are obese.

If we achieve our sustainability targets and no one else follows, we will have failed.

We cannot choose between [economic] growth and sustainability - we must have both

What is success? I think the most important thing is to achieve what you set out to achieve. Just being a CEO in itself is not success. I would not relate success to a title or a position. My career has had a level of serendipity all along. I've never planned anything out more than a few years.

When I interview people, I look at their values. I always say that the best chance of success is if the individual's values are aligned with the corporate values.

Imagine all the food mankind has produced over the past 8,000 years. Now consider that we need to produce that same amount again — but in just the next 40 years if we are to feed our growing and hungry world.