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A New Era for Business

Hosted by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building

Speaker

Paul Polman

Paul Polman

Chair

Professor Lord Stern

Professor Lord Stern

In an era of declining trust, growing inequality and spiralling climate change, Paul Polman will talk about the changing role of business and the opportunities presented by the UN Sustainable Development Goals to deliver a new economic model founded on sustainable and equitable growth.

Paul Polman (@PaulPolman) is CEO of Unilever.

Nicholas Stern @lordstern1 is the IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (@GRI_LSE)was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to create a world-leading centre for policy-relevant research and training on climate change and the environment, bringing together international expertise on economics, finance, geography, the environment, international development and political economy.

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