Corporate Social Responsibility

Over the past couple of decades Edelman has been helping leading brands create meaningful connections between business and social issues, from StarKist’s dolphin-safe tuna and Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty to Starbucks’ Shared Planet and… Continued

Winner: Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company – Supporting Firefighters for Safer Communities Since 2004, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company has awarded millions of dollars in grants each year to fire departments for life-saving equipment, firefighter training and… Continued

The French Will Never Forget and Euro RSCG Worldwide PR earned international media coverage for its campaign to mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

For more than 20 years Cone Communications has been linking companies with nonprofits to achieve social benefits. Cone has taken a leadership role in the PR field with its 2011 Cone/Echo Global CR Opportunity Study,… Continued

Co-Winner: HanesBrands and O’Malley Hansen Communications – Using Green for Good in Latin America HanesBrands has a significant manufacturing presence in El Salvador, Honduras and the Dominican Republic and focuses CSR efforts there in two… Continued

Co-Winner: Coca-Cola Enterprises Corporate responsibility and sustainability at Coca-Cola Enterprises begins at the very top. A specially designated committee of the board of directors meets five times a year to review CCE’s progress on the… Continued

Carmichael Lynch Spong’s headquarters in downtown Minneapolis is the ultimate symbol of this agency’s full-on commitment to corporate responsibility and environmental stewardship. Its LEED- qualified workplace is powered 100% by wind-sourced energy, and the agency… Continued

Winner: OSRAM SYLVANIA and Weber Shandwick – Staying in the Spotlight With the federally mandated phase out of Edison’s 1879 invention, the light bulb, which went into effect in 2012, Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are… Continued

Winner: Honda Manufacturing of Alabama In the wake of the devastating tornadoes that swept through Alabama on April 27, 2011, Honda Manufacturing of Alabama (HMA) took immediate action, providing manpower, relief items and vehicles to… Continued

Communications pros gathered at PR News’ CSR Awards luncheon in Washington, D.C., to honor the best in corporate social responsibility campaigns—and share some CSR tips.