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HRH The Princess Royal presents The FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism 2019

7th March 2019

Guy Singh-Watson and HRH The Princess Royal

The FIRST Award for Responsible Capitalism 2019 was presented to Guy Singh-Watson, Founder of Riverford.

Guy Singh-Watson, Founder of Riverford, received the FIRST Responsible Capitalism Award 2019 for developing Riverford into a company with over 50,000 customers a week, maintaining throughout his core belief that organic food should be accessible to all, and in so doing setting ethical and moral standards, and waging a successful war against the over use of plastic in favour of recyclable packaging.

The Most Reverend Dr Thabo Makgoba, Archishop of Cape Town, was awarded the First Advocacy Award.

The FIRST Award for promoting Responsible Capitalism in Adversity was awarded to Vakhtang Butskhrikidze, CEO of TBC Bank.

The SME Dahrendorf Responsible Capitalism Award was awarded to Lourdes Maria Mena de Guerra, Founder of Lula Mena.

The Awards were presented by HRH The Princess Royal at a special ceremony held at Lancaster House.

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