In challenging economic times, corporate social responsibility efforts could get short shrift, but that’s not the case for the CSR Awards finalists listed below, who have raised the bar in communicating CSR successes. The winners will be announced at the PR News ’ annual CSR Awards Luncheon on Feb. 24 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. For event information, visit prnewsonline.com. To advertise in the special issue or for sponsorship information, please contact Diane Schwartz at [email protected].
Annual Report
• McCain Foods Ltd
• Singer Associates & Aimco
• Unum • Waste Management
Cause Branding Campaign
• eBay Inc.
• KOC Holding
• Nickelodeon
• Taylor
Community Affairs
• Cephalon Inc. & WeissComm
• Doral Bank
• Office Depot Foundation
• St. John & Partners
• Tourism Toronto
• Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Inc. and Fenton Comms
Corporate-Community Partnership
• Bickel & Brewer/Carter Public Relations
• Coca-Cola Turkey
• Fleishman-Hillard St. Louis
• Puget Sound Energy
CSR on a Shoestring
• Abelson Taylor
• Comcast
• Fleishman-Hillard and The Allstate Foundation
• Otter Tail Power Co.
Diversity Communications
• Consolidated Edison Company of NY
• d expósito & partners
• KCBS Marketing
• Pepsi Bottling Group
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers
• Valencia, Pérez & Echeveste PR
Employee Relations
• ADC Foundation
• BNY Mellon
• Clif Bar & Company
• Deloitte
• The Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield
• U.S. Fund for UNICEF & American Airlines
Employee Volunteer Program
• Broadview Networks
• Colorado Springs Utilities
• Cone Inc.
• Oracle Corporation
Environmental Stewardship
• Marketing Communications, Michigan State University
• MPR Pazarlama Halkla Iliskiler AS
• Questar Exploration and Production
Green PR Campaign
• Bersay Communication Consultancy
• Cisco Canada
• Cubitt Jacobs & Prosek Communications
• Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
• Sprint
• Stern + Associates
• Waggener Edstrom Worldwide Inc. Hong Kong
Human Rights Communications
• The Body Shop
• Weber Shandwick on behalf of Humanity United
Media Relations
• Cartoon Network
• Inkhouse Media + Marketing
• Office Depot Foundation
• Philadelphia Multicultural Affairs Congress
• Remarkable Group
• Siemens Foundation with Weber Shandwick
• Taylor
• West Penn Allegheny Health System
Nonprofit/Corporate Partnership
• Cone Inc. for Jiffy Lube International
• Doral Bank
• West Penn Allegheny Health System
Philanthropy Communications
• Aflac
• Basin Electric Power
• Bersay Communication Consultancy
• Cone Inc.
• eBay Inc.
• Hasbro Inc.
• Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
Social Media Campaign
• Baxa Corporation
• Cisco Canada
• Edelman Chicago
• Fleishman Hillard and The Allstate Foundation
• Golin Harris Chicago
• Tyson Foods with Mitchell Communications Group
• Weber Shandwick
Stakeholder Engagement
• American Federation of Teachers
• BNY Mellon
• Coca-Cola Turkey
• GE
• QIAGEN
• AstraZeneca Canada
Sustainability/CSR Report
• Brown-Forman Corporation
• H.J. Heinz Company
• Hess Corporation
• Monsanto Company
• Verizon Communications
Video Program
• Coca-Cola Enterprises
• The Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute of Beth Israel Medical Center NY, NY
• Consolidated Edison
• Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority
• Seattle City Light
Workplace Innovation:
• Butterball
• Deloitte
• Pepsi Bottling Group
• Pioneer Services, a Division of Midcountry Bank
Overall Leader in CSR Practices: PR Firm
• Carmichael Lynch Spong
• MWW Group
Overall Leader in CSR Practices
(Corporation with more than 25,000 employees)
• Bank of America
• Cisco Systems Inc.
• Coca-Cola Enterprises
• GE
• H.J. Heinz Company
• ITT
• Kaiser Permanente
• Oracle
Overall Leader in CSR Practices
(Corporateoin with fewer than 25,000 employees)
• Amerigroup Corporation
• Chipotle Mexican Grill
• Entergy Corporation
• VHA Inc.
• Viacom
CSR Executive of the Year – Public Relations
• Frank Mantero, GE
• Jack McFadden, Deloitte
• Lucienne Gigante, Doral Bank
• Stuart Kirby, Diageo
CSR Executives of the Year: CEO
• Glen Wakeman, Doral Bank
• John Brock, Coca-Cola Enterprises
• Michael Kempner, MWW Group
• Randy Millian, Diageo
• Steve Ells, Chipotle
CSR Executives of the Year: Executive Level
• Kimberly Kelleher, SELF magazine
• Renee Connolly, EMD Serono
• Scott Pansky, Allison & Partners
• Tracy Pleschourt, Carmichael Lynch Spong
• Victor Velazquez, AICPA