PR News Announces CSR Awards Finalists

Helping 10 million children so far in its decade-long existence, Amway’s One by One Campaign for Children will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the PR News CSR Awards luncheon on February 11.

It’s no secret that organizations are tapping into ripe engagement opportunities with corporate social responsibility initiatives. Forward-thinking organizations are doing CSR right, and this is what PR News ’ annual CSR Awards are all about: honoring the most effective CSR communications initiatives. This year’s awards feature 30 categories, plus our CSR A-List (PR agencies doing stellar CSR work for their clients) and Hall of Fame inductees. Here we present our CSR Awards finalists—congratulations to all of them. The winners will be announced at the CSR Awards luncheon on February 11 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. For event information, visit prnewsonline.com/awards/CSR_Luncheon2013/. For sponsorship opportunities, please contact Diane Schwartz at [email protected].

Hall of Fame

• Amway One by One Campaign for Children • Baxter International • Coca-Cola Enterprises • CVS Caremark • UPS

CSR A-List

• APCO Worldwide • Blick & Staff Communications • Cone Communications • Edelman • Fleishman-Hillard • Havas PR • Ketchum • RF|Binder • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide • Weber Shandwick

CSR Professional of the Year

• Teresa Dickerson - Memphis Grizzlies • Rosa Gatti - ESPN • Paul Massey - Weber Shandwick • Shannon Schuyler - PwC

Annual Report

• Excellus BlueCross BlueShield • GOJO Industries • Hormel Foods Corp. and Burson-Marsteller • Office Depot Foundation • Wells Fargo & Company

Blog

• Disney Post • Ketchum and Rain • Mullen - GMBeyondNow General Motors Environmental Blog • RF|Binder for CVS Caremark

Cause Branding Campaign

• Discover Financial Services and Burson-Marsteller • Do Something Inc. • Elizabeth Arden and Lippe Taylor • RF|Binder • Scripps Networks Interactive • TELUS Corporation

Community Affairs

• Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad • AT&T with Fleishman-Hillard • California Milk Advisory Board with Ketchum • Hampton Hotels • Microsoft Corp. • MondelÄ“z International • Nicola Porter Novelli • RBB Public Relations

Corporate-Community Partnership

• ARAMARK Corp • Baxter International Inc. • Craftsman • Delta Dental • eVgo • Golin Harris & Waters Corporation • InterContinental Milwaukee • Pacific Gas and Electric Company • Toys R US • WWE

CSR on a Shoestring

• Idyllic Software Private Limited • Saint-Gobain Corporation • QlikTech

Diversity Communications

• Entergy Corp • FedEx • Select Health of South Carolina • Turk Telekom

Employee Relations

• AT&T • Bacardi Ltd • Baxter International • Bechtel Corporation • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt • Mondelez International • Novartis International and Fishburn Hedges

Employee Volunteer Program

• Bacardi Ltd • Grameen Foundation USA • Kaiser Permanente •MSL New York • Pfizer Inc. • PwC • Tata Consultancy Services

Environmental Stewardship

• American Airlines and Weber Shandwick • DuPont • The Glad Products Company • The Hershey Company • Novelis, Inc.

Event: CSR/Green Focus

• The Coca-Cola Company and Rogers & Cowan • Cone Communications for Green Mountain Coffee® • Disney • The Glad Products Company • JetBlue Airways Corporate

Facebook Communications Campaign

• Carve Consulting LLP • Cisco Systems • CRT/tanaka • FedEx • KB Home • MSL London • Porter Novelli

Green PR Campaign

• The Coca-Cola Company and Rogers & Cowan • Enermodal Engineering Ltd. • Ogilvy PR • RF|Binder • Turk Telecom

Human Rights Communications

• Avon Foundation • Cone Communications for Green Mountain Coffee® • Ericsson

Media Relations

• Media Relations • Havas PR • RF|Binder • WWF Singapore & Weber Shandwick

Nonprofit/Corporate Partnership

• California Earthquake Authority and American Red Cross • Edelman/Unilever • Toshiba America • Toyota Financial Services

Overall Leader in CSR Practices – Less than 10,000 Employees

• AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah Insurance Exchange • Celanese Corp. • EMD Serono • Greif Inc. and MSLGROUP North America • Homewood Suites by Hilton • Klick Health • Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company • Waggener Edstrom Worldwide

Overall Leader in CSR Practices – More than 10,000 Employees

• Coca-Cola Enterprises • Disney • MGM Resorts International • UPS

Philanthropy Communications

• APCO Worldwide • Cantor Fitzgerald BGC • Darden Restaurants • Saucony • The Allstate Foundation

Pro Bono Campaign

• Discovery Communications • MSL New York • Smithfield

Recycling Program

• City of San Diego • Cone Communications for Nestlé Waters North America • TerraCycle, Inc. • Universal Textile Technologies

Social Good

• Entergy Corporation • Greif Inc. and MSLGroup North America • Henry Schein, Inc. • The Hershey Company • One Meralco Foundation • Saucony • The Walt Disney Company

Social Media Campaign

• Cohn & Wolfe • Dosomething.org • Esurance Inc. • Ketchum and Rain • Ogilvy Public Relations for Bristol-Myers Squibb • Univision Communications Inc

Stakeholder Engagement

• Carlson Wagonlit Travel • Henry Schein, Inc. • The Hershey Company • Kangaroo Express • NYSE Euronext • Toronto Hydro Corporation • WorkSafeBC

Sustainability/CSR Report Category

• Alcatel/Lucent • AT&T and VOX Global • Darden Restaurants • KB Home • Merck • New Balance Athletic Shoe Inc. • UPS

Twitter Communications

• Coca-Cola Enterprises • Fenton • The Ritz-Carlton • Viacom

Video Initiatives

• Advent Creative • APCO Worldwide • Direct Energy • Havas PR • HBO • International Flavors & Fragrances • Peel District School Board • Scripps Networks Interactive

Volunteer Program

• Amerigroup • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • MSL New York • Outsell • The Ritz Carlton

Workplace Innovation

• AT&T • International Paper Co • MSL New York