We believe responsible business can be profitable business

I was the chief executive once, I've been there. My recommendation to anybody is don't go backwards.

We live in a world where there are a hell of a lot of new inputs that need to be factored in to your business. It used to be just about your employees and your customers. Now there are all the issues about global warming, about sustainability, about ethics and now about gender and the distribution of wealth.

I think that business leaders today have to be more rounded than they used to be, they have to be completely multi-functional and fast-moving.

We face a dilemma because although everybody is better off than they've ever been at any time in our history, we've also got the biggest gap between the rich and the poor that we've ever had, and we've potentially got a planet which is going to go bust any day.

I've been an employee all my life. Would I wish, if I could rewind it, to have gone down a different route? Possibly, but I've had a great time. Anyway I'm not ruling it out; I could still buy a business.

Customers want good value, but they care more than ever how food and clothing products are made.