Keynote Presentation:
Dave Daigle
Associate Director for Communications Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Join PR News for the CSR Awards Luncheon on March 12, 2015 from 12 to 2 p.m. at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. as we salute the winners and honorable mentions of our annual CSR Awards program and CSR A-List program. The CSR Awards winners and honorable mentions took chances, made incredible strides and understand the power of CSR in public relations—join us in celebrating them.
View finalists | View Press Release | Register Online | Why Should I Reserve a Table?
PR News will honor the finalists for the Nonprofit PR Awards alongside the CSR Awards winners and honorable mentions on March 12 in D.C. View the complete list of Nonprofit finalists online now.
Also be sure to attend the Crisis Management Workshop, which is the morning of the Nonprofit PR Awards Luncheon, also at the National Press Club. This intensive half-day workshop will feature crisis management experts who will share their experiences and insights in how to develop and execute a strategy that will help your organization or clients weather inevitable crises.
 Victoria Day Airlines for America |
 Andrew Hollinger United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
 Jessica P. Nielsen Lockheed Martin |
Location: The National Press Club, 529 14th Street, NW #1300,
Washington, D.C. 20045
| Per Person Rate | Regular Rate: |
| Awards Luncheon Only | $475 |
| Awards Luncheon & Crisis Workshop | $1025 |
| Group Rate | Regular Rate: |
| Awards Luncheon & Crisis Workshop (group) | $975 |
| Awards Luncheon Table of Ten (Priority Seating) |
$5000 |
| Awards Luncheon Table Sponsorship (Priority Seating and Logo Placement in the Event Program Guide) | $6500 |
Questions? Contact Rachel Scharmann at [email protected].
Find out more about PR News' Crisis Management Workshop from 8:30 - 11:45 a.m. the morning of the CSR Awards Luncheon and join us for both must-attend PR events. Space is limited, so register your team today!
Why Should I Book a Table?
By reserving a table at PR News' CSR Awards Luncheon, you will ensure that your team will be able to sit together as we celebrate the honorees with priority seating at the front of the room. Seating at the luncheon is first come, first serve only without table reservations, so by securing a table your team will bypass the line and snag one of the best seats in the house. With a table sponsorship, you'll receive priority seating, as well as added exposure with your company's logo in the event program guide. Reserve your table of ten today!
PR News' CSR Awards Finalists
Hall of Fame
- The Allstate Foundation’s Purple Purse
- Office Depot Foundation’s National Backpack Program
- Time Warner Cable's Connect a Million Minds
Agency CSR A-List
- APCO Worldwide
- Cone Communications
- Edelman - Business + Social Purpose
- FleishmanHillard
- G&S Business Communications
- RF|Binder Partners - Making an Impact Where it Matters
- VOX Global
- Weber Shandwick
CSR Professional of the Year
- Christopher Ian Bennett - Guitar Center
- Adam Harrell - Nebo Agency
- Jan Jones Blackhurst - Caesars Entertainment
- Bob Langert - McDonald's Corporation
- Ryan McCarty - TCC
- Angela Peluso - Verizon Foundation
- Ylann Schemm - Elsevier
- Tessie Topol - Time Warner Cable
Corporation with more than 25,000 employees
- MetLife
- Oracle
Corporation with less than 25,000 employees
- International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
- NCCI
- Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore
- TD Ameritrade
Annual Report
- iHeartMedia - Impact Report
- International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. - Lasting - Change
- Kimco Realty - Kimco Publishes Inaugural Corporate Responsibility Report
- Medtronic, Inc. - 2014 Integrated Performance Report
Blog
- AECOM Impact blog
- AT&T Inc. - For Good Stories, There is No Place Like Home: People | Planet | Possibilities
Cause Branding Campaign
- Activate - Tu Amigo Pepe (Your friend Pepe)
- Covidien Communications - World Stroke Day Take 2...Tell 2 Campaign 2014
- Food Lion Feeds - Launching Our 500 Million Meal Commitment
- Imprenta Communications Group, Inc. - DIR: Wage Theft
- Kenneth Cole - Look Good, For Good
- MWW - Men's Wearhouse 2014 National Suit Drive
- Nebo Agency - Nebo Launches Choose ATL Campaign and Inspires 45 Million
- Siemens, The Entertainment Industry Foundation’s Stand Up To - Linking hope to need: The Baton Pass connects the hope for cancer survivorship with the need for research dollars
- Weber Shandwick - Pass the Red Cup for World Hunger Relief
- The Zeno Group -The Allstate Foundation's #GetThereSafe
- The Zeno Group – The Allstate Foundation's Purple Purse
Community Affairs
- Diageo North America - Learning Skills for Life
- JetBlue Airways - Restoring Play for Kids in Underserved areas: a partnership with KaBOOM!
- Nerium International - Individually Taking Responsibility, Collectively Changing the World
- REVOLT TV + Boys & Girls Club - #HelloHarlemNYC Youth Initiative
- SAIC - Corporate Citizenship
- Time Warner Cable - Bridging the digital divide in local communities: Learning Labs
Corporate-Community Partnership
- CLEARLINK - Bringing SEO to Non-Profits
- The Conroy Martinez Group - Miami Seaquarium Flipper's 50th/Flip it Forward
- Covance Inc. - Covance-CARE Nepal Saving Mothers and Infants Lives (SMILE) in Nepal
- Discovery Education - Belk Service Learning Challenge
- Kenneth Cole - Look Good, For Good
- MUFG Union Bank - Union Bank and LAUSD Collaborate to Enhance Financial Education
- Neustar - My Digital Life
- Nexus Treatment - Nexus Bridging Program
- Siemens, The Entertainment Industry Foundation’s Stand Up To - Linking hope to need: The Baton Pass connects the hope for cancer survivorship with the need for research dollars
CSR on a Shoestring
- The Conroy Martinez Group - Infinity Auto Insurance's Bilingual Literacy Program: Read Conmigo
- Humana - Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Healthy Performance
- Nebo Agency - Nebo Launches Choose ATL Passion Project to Tell City's Untold Story
- Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services - The Big Dance of Data Defense
- SAIC - Give A Meal Team Challenge
Diversity Communications
- HMA Associates Inc. - National Influenza Vaccination Disparities Partnership
- Imprenta Communications Group, LLC - DIR: Wage Theft
- MGM Resorts International - Women's Leadership Conference
Employee Relations
- AT&T and DonorsChoose.org
- CLEARLINK - Engaging Employees With Philanthropy
- CVS Health and RF|Binder - CVS Health Celebrates the Spirit of Volunteerism on Giving Tuesday
- Humana - Rethink Paper
- International Finance Corporation - The IFC Waste Challenge: Our Footprint Commitment In Action
- Takeda Oncology - Living Through Giving
- Time Warner Cable - Employee Green Team Playbook
Event: CSR/Green Focus
- Covenant Health - East Tennessee Health Forum on Ebola
- Dask - Earthquake Resistant Building Design Competition
- Hughes General Contractors, Inc., VCBO Architecture and Davis School District - Odyssey Elementary Open House
- International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. - Global Hand Washing Day
- KPMG LLP - KPMG's Reading Relay
- RBC - 2014 RBC Blue Water Day
- REVOLT TV + Boys & Girls Club - #HelloHarlemNYC Youth Initiative
- Triomphant Communications - Culinary Battles: Supreme Asian Chef
- Weber Shandwick on behalf of Clean the World - Build on the Hill: Hygiene Kit Build
Media Relations
- Cigna Foundation - World of Difference Grant: Improving Healthcare for Underserved Immigrant Latino and Caribbean Communities
- Holland & Knight LLP - "The FDA Fiddles While America Burns: American Sunscreen Innovation Marred by Bureaucracy While Melanoma Rates Increase"
- KPMG LLP - KPMG's Reading Relay
- Levi Strauss & Co. - Unveiling Dockers Wellthread and Talking About Dirty Jeans
- North Strategic - Jumpstart Charities Red Ball Campaign 2014
- The UPS Foundation, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and MSI - UPS Road Code: Teen Safe Driving Program
- Weber Shandwick and PEDIGREE Brand - PEDIGREE See what good food can do
- The Zeno Group – The Allstate Foundation’s Purple Purse
Nonprofit/ Partnership
- Caesars Entertainment - Caesars & Clean the World Save Lives One Soap at a Time
- CVS Health & the American Lung Association Make Lung Cancer in Women a Public Health Priority
- ESPN - 2014 ESPY Day Benefiting The V Foundation for Cancer Research
- Nerium International - Individually Taking Responsibility, Collectively Changing the World
- HGTV/DIY Network – Rebuilding Together
- Time Warner Cable - Boys & Girls Clubs of America National Partnership
- Türk Telekomünikasyon A.Ş. - Books on the Phone
- Viacom Says NO MORE
- Weber Shandwick - Pass the Red Cup for World Hunger Relief
- Weber Shandwick and Prudential Financial - Special Olympics 2014
- WWE and 2014 Special Olympics USA Games partnership
Pro Bono Campaign
- Nebo Agency - Nebo's Choose ATL Pro Bono Initiative Rebrands City as Digital Hub
- REVOLT TV + Boys & Girls Club - #HelloHarlemNYC Youth Initiative
- Waggener Edstrom Communications - Women for Women International 20th Anniversary Gala
Product Design/Redesign
- Toys"R"Us Introduces Reusable Tote Bag Benefiting Save the Children
- TTNET - Engelsiz Tivibu (Accessible Tivibu)
Recycling Program
- DoSomething.org - H&M's Comeback Clothes
- General Motors - Recycle RenCen: How GM Eliminated an Entire ZIP Code's Daily Waste
- RF|Binder on behalf of Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies - CARE TO RECYCLE
Social Good
- Alpha Omega-Henry Schein Cares - Holocaust Survivors Oral Health Program
- Amway Corporation - Nutrilite Power of 5 Campaign
- BBDO, Universal McCann, Ketchum, Widmeyer, Huge and Cohn & Wolfe on behalf of ExxonMobil - ExxonMobil Inspires the Next Generation to “Be An Engineer”
- Huru International
- Metro - Preserving and Sustaining Local Food Production
- Nerium International - Individually Taking Responsibility, Collectively Changing the World
- TTNET - Engelsiz Tivibu (Accessible Tivibu)
Social Media Campaign
- Havas PR North America, Fenton Communications, FleishmanHillard, Glover Park and Weber Shandwick for the United Nations Foundation and 92nd Street Y - The World Gives with #GivingTuesday, Year Two
- Hyundai Motor America - Hyundai Hope on Wheels
- Ketchum on behalf of ConAgra Foods - ConAgra Foods Hunger Free Summer
- Weber Shandwick and Honey Maid - This is Wholesome
- Weber Shandwick and PEDIGREE Brand - PEDIGREE See what good food can do
Stakeholder Engagement
- CVS Health Quits Tobacco for Good
- Nerium International - Individually Taking Responsibility, Collectively Changing the World
- Polskie LNG S.A. - Polish gas terminal from doubt and suspicion to trust and cooperation
Sustainability/CSR Report
- AECOM - Managing complexity, building better lives.
- Burson-Marsteller - Hormel Foods 2013 Corporate Responsibility Report Launch
- The Coca-Cola Company Sustainability Report - 2013/2014
- CVS Health - 2013 Interactive CSR Report
- McDonald's Corporation - Our Journey Together
- Medtronic, Inc. - 2014 Integrated Performance Report
- Merck - Merck Responsibility 2013
- MetLife - MetLife Corp Responsibility Report: Global Impact
- Novelis - Adding More Aluminum, Creating Value
- Safeway with Waggener Edstrom Communications - The Heart of Safeway
- Weissman Center for International Business, Baruch College - The 2014 Edition of The CSR-S Monitor
Use of Social Media
- Covidien Communications - World Stroke Day Take 2...Tell 2 Campaign 2014
- CVS Health and RF|Binder - CVS Health Highlights Commitment to Better Health via Twitter
- JetBlue Airways - 2014 Facebook Campaign: One Thing That's Green
Video Initiatives
- Covidien Communications - World Stroke Day Take 2...Tell 2 Campaign 2014
- JetBlue Airways - Increasing Access to Books: Soar with Reading and First Book
- Ketchum on behalf of ConAgra Foods - ConAgra Foods Hunger Free Summer
- Popular Inc. - En el fondo de la música
Volunteer Program
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield Rhode Island
- Dell Inc. - Children's Cancer Awareness Month
- Time Warner Cable - TWC Connects
Workplace Innovation
- International Finance Corporation - The IFC Waste Challenge: Our Footprint Commitment In Action
- Time Warner Cable - TWC Eyes and Ears AMBER Alert Initiative