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.