Ragan celebrates 2022 CSR Awards: See full list of winners

Winners were celebrated at a special awards luncheon in New York City on July 14.

The ballroom for the 2022 CSR Awards


The 2022 CSR Awards highlighted the best teams, communicators and campaigns across industries, honoring winners whose CSR & ESG efforts advocated for causes instrumental to their organization’s purpose, spark brand activism, provide disaster and pandemic relief, promote environmental stewardship, and much more.

Ragan Communications and PR Daily hosted the awards luncheon July 14 at New York City’s storied Yale Club, in the heart of Manhattan, where attendees were eager to network and dine together.

The honorees in this awards program underscore the critical role communicators play in helping organizations create meaningful change,” says Diane Schwartz, CEO of Ragan. “While there’s more work to be done around social responsibility and purpose-driven initiatives, just take a look at these award winners and you’ll be heartened by the progress.”

The ceremony also featured a conversation between Carol Cone, CEO and Founder of Carol Cone ON PURPOSE, and Kathleen Dunlop, Global Brand VP of Vaseline. The pair discussed how Vaseline leaned into its purpose when launching a program centered around engaging Black women on the topic of skincare and beauty — and foster a sense of healing and belonging in the process.

“I think one of the most important things is to do the work first, we call it the ‘brand do’ at Unilever, before you talk about it, ‘the brand say,’” said Dunlop.

Ragan Communications and PR Daily congratulate this stellar group of CSR champions.

 

2022 CSR Awards winners

 

CSR/ESG Professional of the Year

Fred Ferguson: Vista Outdoor

Curtis Sparrer: Bospar

Denine Torr: Dollar General Corporation

Sheldon Yellen: BELFOR USA Group, Inc.

 

CSR/ESG Team of the Year

Ameresco: Ameresco’s ESG Ambassadors

Curaleaf: Rooted in Good

Vista Outdoor: Vista Outdoor Comms

 

Brand Activism

3M: Shattering Stereotypes with “Not the Science Type”

Aflac: The #AflacSickleCellSense Campaign Confronts Health Care Inequities

Mars Food: Introducing Ben’s Original™ and A New Purpose

Medela: Supporting NICU Families

Pinterest: Pinterest Havens: Invest in rest

UPS: Proudly Unstoppable

 

Cause Advocacy Campaign

3M: Shattering Stereotypes with “Not the Science Type”

Aflac: The #AflacSickleCellSense Campaign Confronts Health Care Inequities

BODEN Agency: Juntos Crecemos (Together We Grow) Campaign

Call of Duty Endowment: #CODEMedicalHeroes

Priority Health: Priority Health for Good on the Road

The National Football League “NFL”: The Trevor Project’s Partnership with the National Football League “NFL”

United Way of the National Capital Area: Project Community Connect

University of Maryland, Baltimore: Get The Vaccine Baltimore

 

Community Affairs

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee: Free and Fun for All: BlueCross Healthy Places

Mars Food: Introducing Ben’s Original™ and A New Purpose

PRLab: PRoBono 2021

 

Corporate-Community or Nonprofit Partnership

Cricket Wireless: 12 Days of Cricket

Discovery Education: STEM Careers Coalition

DonorsChoose: Racial Justice and Representation in Classrooms Campaign

GoDaddy: Empower by GoDaddy

John Hancock: MLK Scholars Program

Philip Morris International (PMI): United to Safeguard America from Illegal Trade (USA-IT)

Salesforce.org: Salesforce.org’s Power of Us Program and The UC Davis Food Pantry

The National Football League “NFL”: The Trevor Project’s Partnership with the National Football League “NFL”

The Trevor Project: The Trevor Project’s Partnership with YouTube

United Way of the National Capital Area: UWNCA Choose Health Life Campaign

 

Covid-19 Communications

3M: 3M’s COVID-19 Response

Maximus Corporate Communications: Stop the Spread

 

Covid-19 Program

3M: 3M’s COVID-19 Response

Cambridge Health Alliance: Vaccine Outreach Campaign

Criteo: Diversity Equity Inclusion and Sustainability Team at Criteo

 

CSR Agency of the Year

Yulu Public Relations: Yulu Public Relations

 

CSR Campaign of the Year

Aflac: The #AflacSickleCellSense Campaign Confronts Health Care Inequities

BELFOR USA Group, Inc.: Celebrating Our Humble Heroes

Bospar: Bospar Messes With Texas

Disney Parks, Experiences and Products: Disney Magic Makers

IFS: IFS Change for good

 

CSR or ESG Event (Virtual or In Person)

ESPN: ESPN’s 15th Annual V Week

Wolters Kluwer Enablon: Enablon Cares

 

Disaster Prevention or Pandemic Relief

Infineon Technologies: Infineon Technologies

INFUSEmedia: INFUSEmedia Free 100 & Business Reopening Program

The PepsiCo Foundation: Black Restaurant Accelerator

 

Education or Scholarship Program

BODEN Agency: McDonald’s HACER® National Scholarship | Puertas Doradas

Discovery Education and Jackson Charitable Foundation: ChaChing Money Smart Kids!

Discovery Education and USC Shoah Foundation: Teaching with Testimony

Megaworld Foundation, Inc.: Connect2Connect: Nurturing Megaworld Scholars through Digital Transformation in the New Normal

TIAA Bank: Be the Change Scholarship

T-Mobile: Magenta Scholars

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated: Vertex Global STEAM Programs

 

Employee Volunteer Program

Megaworld Foundation, Inc.: Green Thumbs-up!: Megaworld Foundation E-Planting Activity

SAP NS2: NS2 Gives

SMUD: SMUD Cares program

 

ESG Program of the Year

Hyatt Hotels Corporation: World of Care

 

Fundraising and Philanthropic Initiative

Santa Cruz Community Credit Union: RETURN THE FAVOR Giving Campaign

The Trevor Project: The Trevor Project’s Partnership with YouTube

 

Green and Environmental Stewardship

Manulife/John Hancock: Journey to Net Zero

SMUD: 2030 Zero Carbon Plan

SW Safety Solutions Inc: SW 2021 SDG and ECOTEK Awareness Campaign

T-Mobile: T-Mobile’s Sustainability Approach & Achievements

 

Media Relations or PR Campaign

Aflac: Aflac Engages Media to End Sickle Cell Silence

American Medical Association: Advancing Equity in Medicine

Bospar: Bospar Messes With Texas

Disney Parks, Experiences and Products: Disney Magic Makers

Lowe’s: Lowe’s 100 Hometowns

NOW: Pensions: Fair Pensions For All

 

Public Health or Safety Initiative

Philip Morris International (PMI): United to Safeguard America from Illegal Trade (USA-IT)

The Jed Foundation (JED): The Jed Foundation (JED)

 

Report (Annual or One-time) (Print or Digital)

Clyde Group: IDEA Survey & Report

Criteo: Diversity Equity Inclusion and Sustainability Team at Criteo

Webster Financial Corporation: 2020 Environmental: Social and Governance Report

 

Social Media Campaign

Aflac: Influencing Change with #AflacSickleCellSense

Universal Music Group: Music Is Universal LGBTQ+ Pride celebration

 

Stakeholder/Employee Engagement

Ameren Corporation: 2021 AMEREN SUSTAINABILITY/ESG ENGAGEMENT

BMC Software: BMC’s CSR and DEI Employee Resources

Megaworld Foundation, Inc.: Rice Together: Megaworld Foundation Community Pantry

 

Trust & Transparency in Communications

CONSOL Energy Inc.: CONSOL ESG 2021

Renown Health: Embracing Transparency to Transform the Patient Experience

 

Video or Visual Design

GoDaddy: Made in America

Michigan State University Public Health: Flint Proud: Partners for Change

NXP Semiconductors: SUSTAINABILITY STORIES Magazine

 

Congrats to all the honorees for 2022!

For more information on our winners, check out their profiles here.

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