According to rocker Tom Petty,
the waiting is the hardest part.
At PR Daily’s awards department, it’s the judging that’s so hard.
That’s because with all our awards, the quality of entries makes it darn-near impossible to choose finalists and winners. The entrants to PR Daily’s first-ever Corporate Social Responsibility Awards kept this tradition alive.
The work that corporations, nonprofits, and PR agencies are turning out to benefit causes and philanthropies is both impressive and inspiring. But finalists and, eventually winners, must be chosen.
Thanks to everyone who submitted entries. And congratulations to the finalists.
Stay tuned to
PR Daily for the announcement of the winners in the coming weeks.
Now, here are those finalists:
Best Cause Branding
AmWINS Group, Inc.
Bounce Energy
Esurance, Inc.
L'Oreal Canada
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Best Community Affairs
Ally Financial
Delta Dental of Colorado
Esurance, Inc.
National Football League
Philips North America
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Best Corporate-Community Partnership
Ally Financial
CBRE
CellTrust Corporation with Kids Voting Arizona and The Arizona Bar Foundation
Montagne Communications for FairPoint Communications
Operation Support Our Troops America and Navistar Defense
Picerne Military Housing
Spectrum Health
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Best CSR Event
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Empire Facilities Management Group represented by MartinB, LLC
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Picerne Military Housing
Zipcar
Best CSR Leader/Company (under 5,000 employees)
Delta Dental of Colorado
Pioneer Services, a Division of MidCountry Bank
Webster Bank
Best CSR on a Shoestring
Avalon Rare Metals Inc.
Creative Territory
Edmonton Police Service
Energy Educational Council's Safe Electricity program
Gannett Fleming
Best Employee Volunteer Program
Kaiser Permanente
Philips North America
Pioneer Services, a Division of MidCountry Bank
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Best Environmental Stewardship
Intel Corporation and North of Nine Communications
PepsiCo Foods Canada
Reckitt Benckiser
Best Media Relations
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Intel Corporation and North of Nine Communications
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Webster Bank
Yulu Communications
Best Nonprofit/Corporate Partnership
Ally Financial
AmWINS Group, Inc.
Esurance, Inc.
Pepco
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics and The American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
Best Publication
Giant Eagle, Inc.
Kennecott Utah Copper
NW Natural
Statoil Canada Ltd.
Best Stakeholder Engagement
Learning for Life
The LBJ Express Project and Griffin Strategies, Inc.
Walmart
Best Sustainability
FMC Corporation
Kennecott Utah Copper
Statoil Canada Ltd.
Grand Prize CSR Campaign of the Year
AmWINS Group, Inc.
Creative Territory
Energy Educational Council's Safe Electricity program
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
Kaiser Permanente
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.