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Honoring Companies Where the Bottom Line Means People, Planet and Profits Every day around the world, YPO and WPO member companies are rising above the bottom line to incorporate sustainable business practices as an equal partner in business. Through social enterprise initiatives in cities and rural areas – from factories and farms to financial institutions – these companies are providing a new model for the way the world does business. 2010 Winners of the Award: AUDETTE EXEL (YPO Sydney), who is using the profits from her financial services company to fund health and education programs in Uganda and Nepal. DENNIS OVERTON (WPO Greater Europe), whose partnership with more than 1,000 Rwandan farmers has produced a successful geranium-cultivation business with an international clientele. GARETH ACKERMAN (YPO Cape Town), the leader of a South African supermarket chain committed to helping small farmers build markets for their produce. THOMAS DARDEN (WPO Rebel), founder of a business that returns hazardous sites to productive use through environmental remediation. MARC LUBNER (YPO Johannesburg Golden City), who leads a nonprofit organization dedicated to poverty intervention in the townships of South Africa. Please join YPO-WPO in applauding our past and future CSR Award winners for their extraordinary commitment to making a difference. Our mission, Better Leaders Through Education and Idea Exchange™, is strengthened by their bold and visionary work. Visit the CSR Awards website at www.myypo.org/csr.