
Paul Polman: B Corps, Climate Change, and the Future of Capitalism
Next Economy Now: For the Benefit of All Life
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Investing in Sustainable Products and Services in Ethiopia
Many companies are moving towards more sustainable products and services. One of the things i've noticed is it seems like that is amazing on the product and service side but then there's this challenge where you know the people who benefit on the capital side are usually like public like large investors who like it can sometimes lead to concentration of wealth when there's a beneficiary on the product side. Leaver has an enormous shareholder base of over two million shareholders that benefit from their pensions. We have a dividend payout that has gone up eight percent a year over the last 35 years anybody that has invested in leaver has been able to take advantage of our special dividends.
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