PR News recognized the top players in corporate social responsibility (CSR) at the 2014 CSR Awards Luncheon, which took place April 7 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The agencies, brands and individuals recognized did amazing work in communicating the power of corporate social responsibility in public relations.
Here is a complete listing of the winners and honorable mentions as well as this year’s inductees to the CSR Hall of Fame and the CSR A-List.
- Hyundai Hope on Wheels
- Johnson & Johnson
- Microsoft
- TOMS – One For One Movement
- The Walt Disney Company
Agency CSR A-List
- APCO Worldwide
- Cone Communications
- Edelman
- FleishmanHillard
- Havas PR
- MSLGROUP
- RF|Binder Partners
- Weber Shandwick
2014 CSR Awards –
Winners and Honorable Mentions
Annual Report
Winner: Pirelli - Imagining the Future with You
Honorable Mentions:
- APCO Worldwide – Deloitte 2012 Global Report
- AHA! - Microsoft 2013 Citizenship Report
- Dell Inc. - 2020 Legacy of Good Plan
- Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
- Neighbors Helping Neighbors Build Healthier Communities: The Lifetime Healthcare Companies 2012 Annual Report
- Viacommunity
Blog
Winner: Kimco Realty Builds Industry Leadership in CSR through Corporate Blog
Honorable Mentions:
- Cone Communications - Prove Your Purpose Raises the Bar in CSR Thought Leadership
- General Motors – GM Beyond Now
- Network for Good - CompaniesforGood.org
- RF|Binder Partners - CVS Caremark All Kids Can Blog "Helping Kids to Be The Best They Can Be"
Cause Branding Campaign
Winner: AT&T and FleishmanHillard – It Can Wait: The Power of a Movement
Honorable Mentions:
- JetBlue Airways - Soar with Reading 2013
- Largemouth Communications - Kangaroo Express, Salute our Troops
- Mary Kay Inc. - Don’t Look Away
- MasterCard & Weber Shandwick - Project Inspire: 5 Minutes to Change the World
- RF|Binder Partners - You're Doing OK!: JOHNSON'S Baby Gives Back and Reassures Moms
- Weber Shandwick and ExxonMobil - 2013 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy
Community Affairs
Winner: Office Depot Foundation – Be The Difference. Speak Up Against Bullying!
Honorable Mentions:
- Covanta Energy – Rx4 Safety: Protecting People and the Environment from the Improper Disposal of Drugs
- Fannie Mae Delivers Impact to Local Communities with 7 Days to Serve
- Havas Worldwide – The Airfood Project
- Ogilvy Public Relations and Bristol-Myers Squibb - Men and Melanoma: Putting Excuses Aside
- The Quaker Oats Company - Quaker Helps Fuel Healthy Families with Fuel Up to Play 60
Corporate-Community Partnership
Winner: AT&T and FleishmanHillard – It Can Wait: The Power of a Movement
Honorable Mentions:
- Blick&Staff Communications – Energizer and the 4 S’s of Coin Lithium Battery Safety
- Clear Channel – iHeartRadio’s Show Your Stripes
- Health Care Service Corporation – HCSC and KaBOOM!: Working to Ensure a Healthy Future Through Access to Play
- Toys “R” Us Inc. and Shaquille O’Neal Encourage Customers to “Give Back With Shaq” to Benefit the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation
- Wells Fargo & Company – NeighborhoodLIFT
Corporation with less than 25,000 employees
Winner: TD Ameritrade
Honorable Mentions:s
- Constant Contact
- FMC Corp.
- Gage Products Company
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co.
Corporation with more than 25,000 employees
Winner: Sprint
Honorable Mentions:
- Caesars Entertainment
- Craftsman
- Oracle
- Thermo Fisher Scientific
CSR Professional of Year
Co-Winner: Amy Hargroves – Director of Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability - Sprint
Co-Winner: Paul Massey – Executive Vice President - Weber Shandwick
Honorable Mentions:
- Linda Arnold – Customer Advocacy Lead - Monsanto
- Jim Murren – Chairman and CEO - MGM Resorts International
- Dennis Pittman – Director of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs - Smithfield
- Dato’ Rohana Rozhan – CEO - Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad
CSR on a Shoestring
Winner: Rogers & Cowan and Cause Swarm - Flash Flood For Good at Clinton Global Initiative 2013 Annual Meeting
Honorable Mentions:
- Covance - CARE Nepal SMILE
- Post No Bills - SC State Fair Safe Community
- RF|Binder Partners - Redefine First Aid with New Cause-Marketing Partnership
- TerraCycle - Cigarette Waste Brigade
Diversity Communications
Winner: Kaiser Permanente - National Supplier Diversity Campaign: Handbooks & Education
Honorable Mentions:
- ChangeMakers - Multi-Language Communications
- General Motors - Women's Electrification Panel
- Novo Nordisk Inc. and Biosector 2 - Ask.Screen.Know. Public Service Announcement
- Time Warner Cable Media – The 90 That Built LA
Employee Relations
Winner: Fahlgren Mortine - Mid-Ohio Foodbank Operation Feed Week
Honorable Mentions:
- Advent Integrated - Viridian Resource Kit
- Assurance Wireless - Get Connected
- MGM Resorts International - Inspiring Our World
- RBC Blue Water Community Makeover
- Viacom’s Viacommunity
- Weber Shandwick - Impact Project
Employee Volunteer Program
Winner: RF|Binder Partners - CVS Caremark: Building Healthier Communities “One Shoreline at a Time"
Honorable Mentions:
- Bacardi Limited - "Spirit for Life, Caring Together" Shows its Sustainability Spirit
- Nestlé Waters North America - Project Picnic
- Quaker Oats - Good Purpose Team
- RF|Binder Partners - Capital One's One Week: "Investing for Good" One Community at a Time
Environmental Stewardship
Winner: American Airlines and Weber Shandwick – American Airlines Reduces Its Carbon Footprint
Honorable Mentions:
- Baylor Health Care System - Energy Champions
- Ford and OgilvyEarth – MyEnergi Lifestyle
- Golden State Foods – Biodiesel from Bio-waste
- ICU Eyewear – Sustainably Made Eyewear, Promoting Philanthropy
- Saatchi & Saatchi S – Reducing Impact, Investing in Alternatives: Caesars Entertainment's Environmental Leadership
Event: CSR/Green Focus
Co-Winner: Glad Trash – Glad One Bag Campaign
Co-Winner: NBCUniversal – Earth Week: Power the Party
Honorable Mentions:
- AMD's Green Army – Innovation for Volunteerism
- Bacardi Limited – "Champions Drink Responsibly" Mix with Rafa
- Entergy Corporation – NOLA Bike to Work Day
- MGM Resorts International – Inspiring Our World
- RF|Binder Partners – CVS Caremark: Building Healthier Communities “One Shoreline at a Time"
Facebook Communications Campaign
Winner: Hyundai Hope on Wheels and Finn Partners - Hyundai Hope On Wheels Drives Pediatric Cancer Awareness on Facebook
Honorable Mentions:
- EMD Serono Inc. – Notes of Hope Campaign
- Hyatt Corporation – Vote. Give. Thrive.
- The Marcus Group Inc. – JCP&L Facebook Campaign
- MasterCard & Weber Shandwick – Project Inspire: 5 Minutes to Change the World
- Toys “R” Us Inc. and Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation Encourage Fans to Take the Lemon Smiles Challenge
- Welch Allyn – The Ripple Effect: Welch Allyn and Heart to Heart International Encourage Medical Students to Give Back
Green PR
Winner: Entergy - Geaux Green Campaign
Honorable Mentions:
- Cone Communications – Earthwards… Getting Down to Business
- Ford & Ogilvy Earth - MyEnergi Lifestyle
- Lippe Taylor - Helping Ikea Go LED
- Ulled Asociados & We Are Water Foundation - We Art Water Film Festival
Human Rights Communications
Winner: Buchanan Public Relations - Pepper Hamilton Forces Change in National Organ Transplant Rule
Honorable Mentions:
- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters - "Great Coffee, Good Vibes, Choose Fair Trade"
- MWW – The Friend Movement: The New F Word
Media Relations
Winner: Scholastic Summer Challenge
Honorable Mentions:
- Food Network - Go Orange for No Kid Hungry
- Havas PR - Chronicling the True Power of Breast Cancer Warriors
- MWW - The Wunder Project: A Movement to Cure Colon Cancer
- SKDKnickerbocker - The Opportunity for Historic Change: Respect for Marriage Coalition and Building National Support for Marriage Equality
- Weber Shandwick and ExxonMobil - 2013 Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy
Nonprofit Partnership
Winner: CA Technologies - Tech Girls Rock
Honorable Mentions:
- ArcelorMittal USA - Sustain Our Great Lakes
- FedEx - Safe Kids Worldwide and FedEx Pedestrian Safety Campaign
- JetBlue Airways - Blue Horizons for Autism 2013
- Raytheon and MATHCOUNTS - A Guinness World Record Title Helps Raise Awareness of the Importance of Math and Science Education
- Time Warner Cable and 826 National
Pro Bono
Winner: Smithfield Helping Hungry Homes 2013 Memorial Day Donation Tour
Honorable Mentions:
- CGI - Share our Strength Analytics Enhancement
- Weber Shandwick - Impact Project
Product Design/Redesign
Winner: Blick&Staff Communications – Energizer and the 4 S's of Coin Lithium Battery Safety
Honorable Mentions:
- Cone Communications – Earthwards… Getting Down to Business
- International Flavors & Fragrances - Rose Water Essential
Recycling Program
Winner: Sprint Buyback
Honorable Mentions:
- Golden State Foods - Biodiesel from Bio-waste
- JetBlue Airways - Composting at T5 2013
- TerraCycle - Cigarette Waste Brigade
Social Good
Winner: Clear Channel - iHeartRadio’s Show Your Stripes
Honorable Mentions:
- The California Endowment - #Health4All
- DeVry University – HerWorld
- Ford and OgilvyEarth - MyEnergi Lifestyle
- Mashable – Social Good Summit
- Novartis International AG – Improving access to healthcare through innovative and sustainable business models
- Raytheon's Hashtags4Heroes – Empowering Social Media Users to Thank Military Veterans
- SIA Lattelecom – Computer literacy project for seniors "Connect, Latvia!"
Social Media Campaign
Co-Winner: Cone Communications - Nestlé Waters North America #SharedValue Twitter Chat Engages Key Stakeholders
Co-Winner: NBCUniversal - Share and Tell
Honorable Mentions:
- Cone Communications – Unstoppable Happiness: Northwestern Mutual’s Fight Against Childhood Cancer
- Hyundai Hope on Wheels and Finn Partners - Hyundai Hope On Wheels Drives Pediatric Cancer Awareness on Facebook
- RF|Binder Partners - You're Doing OK!: JOHNSON’s Baby Gives Back and Reassures Moms with Digital Care Cards
- Rogers & Cowan and Cause Swarm - Flash Flood For Good at Clinton Global Initiative 2013 Annual Meeting
- Welch Allyn – The Ripple Effect: Welch Allyn and Heart to Heart International Encourage Medical Students to Give Back
Stakeholder Engagement
Winner: Time Warner Cable Media - Staying "Connected" During Superstorm Sandy
- Bombardier Aerospace – Safety Standdown
- Goldcorp - Answering the Call of the Moose
- Micato Safaris - Micato-AmericaShare
- OMV Petrom, Graffiti PR, BBDO, Webstyler, GMP PR - Andrei's Country a story of turning NGOs, authorities, employees and school kids into DOERS
- OPET Revolutionizes Volunteerism
- Strategic Public Relations Group - The Singa Project
Sustainability/ CSR Report
Co-Winner: Hormel Foods with Burson-Marsteller and Proof Integrated Communications
Co-Winner: Monsanto Company
Honorable Mentions:
- Adobe's Create Change 5-Year Data Visualization
- Advent Integrated - Viridian 2012 Sustainability Report
- AECOM Technology Corporation - Complex problems. Integrated solutions.
- AGCO - Food for Thought
- Brown-Forman Corporation - 2013-2014 Corporate Responsibility Report: Global Spirit
- Coca-Cola Enterprises' 2012/2013 Sustainability Report - Welcome to our Community
- IHS Inaugural Corporate Sustainability Report
- International Paper
Video Initiatives
Co-Winner: : AT&T - Through the Eyes of a Phone - It Can Wait
Co-Winner: Toyota & 360i - Meals per Hour
Honorable Mentions:
- Cisneros Media - Somos Lo Que Queremos
- International Flavors & Fragrances - Moving Forward
- Toyota and Discovery Education - Toyota Teen Driver Video Challenge
- Viacom's Support for the AT&T It Can Wait Campaign
- Viridian - 7 Continents in 7 Years
Volunteer Program
Co-Winner: Oracle Volunteers
Co-Winner: JetBlue Airways and New York Restoration Project - One Thing That's Green 2013
Honorable Mentions:
- Hilton Worldwide - Building a Global Week of Service
- Jackson in Action
- RF|Binder Partners - Capital One's One Week: Investing for Good One Community at a Time
- Thermo Fisher Scientific Community Action Council
Workplace Innovation
Winner: Entergy's Power To Care Campaign
Honorable Mentions:
- Benevity - Spark Workplace Giving: Engaging Employees to Make Goodness Matter (Even More!)