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On March 19, 2008, approximately 200 PR pros gathered at the National Press Club to celebrate the winners and honorable mentions of PR News’ CSR Awards, and to hear keynote speaker Carrie Hall, communications and… Continued

Winner: RF|Binder Partners & Staples Campaign: Staples Launches Nationwide Computer & E-Waste Recycling Program American consumers throw out nearly two million tons of e-waste each year, the EPA says. To remedy this, Staples, working with… Continued

Winner: Honeywell Last year Honeywell’s community outreach and philanthropic efforts resulted in initiatives that focused on education, family safety and low-income housing. The campaign, dubbed the Honeywell Hometown Solutions, boasted the involvement of more than… Continued

Winner: Pacific Gas & Electric Company In the past year, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has launched a number of environmental campaigns that have engaged customers and employees on key issues, such as increasing… Continued

Winner: American Institute of CPAs When the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) relocated to Durham, NC, in August 2006, its execs were determined to become a leader in corporate citizenship. Working with CAPSTRAT, a Raleigh-based… Continued

Winner: Cox Enterprises Campaign: Cox Conserves The Cox Conserves program was born out of Cox Enterprises’ desire to develop an environmental program that would reduce its energy consumption by 20% during the next 10 years,… Continued

Winner: Katrina McGhee, Vice President of Marketing, Susan G. Komen for the Cure Key to making Susan G. Komen for the Cure the world’s largest grassroots network of breast cancer survivors and activists is an… Continued

Winner: William R. Johnson, Chairman, President & CEO, H.J. Heinz Company With a heritage like The Pure Food Company, which dates to 1869, Heinz takes corporate responsibility seriously–hence its practice of packaging many of its… Continued

Winner: Dr. Monica Oberkofler, Director of Strategic Planning and Communications, Social Responsibility, Gap, Inc. Dr. Monica Oberkofler is an architect in every sense of the word–except, of course, that she doesn’t actually design buildings. Rather,… Continued

Winner: IKEA & Lippe Taylor Campaign: Bag the Plastic Bag Consider this statistic: Hung on a clothesline, the 70-million plastic shopping bags that IKEA and its U.S. customers use in one year would stretch from… Continued