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And the question is, how can we get business thinking to adapt this issue of shared value?

This is what I call shared value: addressing a social issue with a business model.

But in order to get this solution working, we have to now change how business sees itself, and this is thankfully underway.

But we also have to recognize business is not going to do this as effectively as if we have NGOs and government working in partnership with business.

The governments that are making the most progress are the governments that have found ways to enable shared value in business rather than see government as the only player that has to call the shots.

I think if we can get business seeing itself differently, and if we can get others seeing business differently, we can change the world.

So if it worked better for traffic, if it was better for mobility, if it was safer, better for business, we would keep it, and if it didn't work, no harm, no foul, we could put it back the way that it was, because these were temporary materials.

This is in front of Macy's, and they were a big supporter of this new approach, because they understood that more people on foot is better for business.

My business friends said, "Gary, you're being criticized tremendously.

So this imitation business does come with risk.

And one thing is clear, which is at least now we know that Africa is open for business.

And that business is agriculture.

It will also transform the way traders do business.

So, we are in the business of finding our happiness.

So I'm going to talk a little bit about what business can do and what a business like IKEA can do, and we have a sustainability strategy called "people and planet positive" to help guide our business to have a positive impact on the world.

Why would we not want to have a positive impact on the world as a business?

But they want it to be easy, affordable and attractive, and they expect business to help, and they're a little bit disappointed today.

And this is what business needs to do: go all-in, go 100 percent, because then you stop investing in the old stuff, you invest in the new stuff, you lower costs, you use your supply chain and your creativity and you get the prices down so everybody can afford the best lights so they can save energy.

Already hundreds of thousands of farmers have been reached, and now we've got 60 percent better cotton in our business.

People sometimes think that 100 percent's going to be hard, and we've had the conversation in the business.

If you have a 90 percent target, everyone in the business finds a reason to be in the 10 percent.

And we've decided in the next three years, we will double the volume of certified material we put through our business.

By 2020, we'll produce more renewable energy than the energy we consume as a business.

Every business can do things like this.

But then we've got to look beyond our operations, and I think everybody would agree that now business has to take full responsibility for the impacts of your supply chain.

Many businesses now, fortunately, have codes of conduct and audit their supply chains, but not every business.

We found there was a risk of child labor in the supply chain, and people in the business were shocked.

So what can a business do today to actually use your total value chain to support a better quality of life and protect child rights?

We've worked with UNICEF and Save the Children on developing some new business principles with children's rights.

Increasing numbers of businesses are signing up to these, but actually in a survey, many business leaders said they thought their business had nothing to do with children.

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