Corporate Social Responsibility

Winner: The Ritz-Carlton — The Ritz-Carlton Community Footprints, @RitzCarltonCSR The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company’s social responsibility program, Community Footprints, is part of the company culture and DNA. The goal of the @RitzCarltonCSR account is simple: it… Continued

Winner: Toys R US – Fighting Childhood Cancer, One Cup at a Time In 2012, Toys “R” Us and Toys “R” Us Children’s Fund partnered for the second consecutive year with Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation… Continued

Fleishman-Hillard In 2007, Fleishman-Hillard became one of the first major PR firms to formalize a CSR and sustainability practice. Today, this practice is one of the fastest-growing disciplines within the agency. It also earned the… Continued

Winner: Amerigroup – The Amerigroup Community Volunteers Program Amerigroup has a clear goal for its Community Volunteers program—to set the company apart from its competition and establish itself as a best-in-class operation that helps those… Continued

Winner: Cohn & Wolfe – Audubon and Toyota’s Exit the Highway For most people, "National Audubon Society" conjures images of bluejays, owls and sparrows. Cars? Not so much. So when Audubon and Toyota asked for Cohn… Continued

A study by Havas Worldwide confirms a trend we’ve suspected all along: CSR is important to the public, so important that they believe businesses are just as responsible as governments for driving positive social change.

With social activism more popular than ever with the younger workforce, companies are turning to volunteerism to push their CSR agendas.

Walmart’s announcement to hire any honorably discharged veteran within his or her first 12 months of active duty brought positive coverage from The New York Times, a rarity for the retailer.

Here are the people and campaigns behind stellar corporate social responsibility work. They will be honored at the CSR Awards luncheon on Feb. 11 in Washington, D.C.

With consumers eager to interact with socially responsible companies, it’s fitting that PR News will honor best-in-class CSR campaigns and the people behind them on February 11 in Washington, D.C.