Net Positive

A Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year

Named one of 10 Best New Management Books for 2022 by Thinkers50

"An advocate of sustainable capitalism explains how it's done" - The Economist

"Polman's new book with the sustainable business expert Andrew Winston...argues that it's profitable to do business with the goal of making the world better." - The New York Times

Named as recommended reading by Fortune's CEO Daily

"...Polman has been one of the most significant chief executives of his era and that his approach to business and its role in society has been both valuable and path-breaking." - Financial Times

The ex-Unilever CEO who increased his shareholders' returns by 300% while ensuring the company ranked

Named as one of "5 Books Entrepreneurs Should Read Immediately If Not Sooner" by Inc. magazine

Named one of the Best Books of the Year by Bloomberg

Named a top 10 Book of 2021 by B?rsen

"This is a book for our time, relevant to everyone who wants to make a difference." - Institute of Leadership and Management's EDGE Journal

"...the greatest value of this book is in the practical detailed guidance" - Developing Leaders (IEDP)

"The bottom line is that Net Positive clearly lays out the case that businesses should be able to do well by doing good. Drawing on the important example of Unilever during Polman's tenure, it's also a high-level guide for organizations to more aggressively contribute to combating climate change and inequality." - Charter

"It makes a more optimistic case for courageous progressive companies and their leaders, who can offer practical, positive ways of tackling environment, social and governance issues." - Financial Times

Advance Praise for Net Positive:

"A wonderful rallying call to business leaders all over the world to step up to the greatest opportunity, and responsibility, of our time." - Sir Richard Branson, founder, Virgin Group

"Net Positive will be pure heresy to all those who still subscribe to the failed dogma of shareholder primacy-which is exactly why we need it." - Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO, Thrive Global

"A compelling and inspiring case that businesses can-and should-boost their bottom lines by contributing to their communities and protecting the environment." - Al Gore, 45th Vice President of the United States; Nobel Peace Prize winner; Chairman, Generation Investment Management

"Carefully considered and deeply rooted in the real world of management." - Satya Nadella, Chairman and CEO, Microsoft

"Don't call it a 'business book.' Net Positive fundamentally rethinks the way human beings-CEOs, politicians, and activists-can together reset our planet's trajectory." - Paul Hawken, author, Drawdown and Regeneration

"Polman knows that when leading CEOs stand up for a more equitable world, governments are much more likely to do the same." - Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organization; Finance Minister of Nigeria, 2003-2006 and 2011-2015

"Net Positive turns courage and principled action into an electrifying strategy for business success. It's powerful, persuasive, and unlike any other book you've read." - Ken Frazier, Executive Chairman, Merck