Announcing PR Daily’s 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility Awards finalists

Congratulations to this year’s finalists. Stay tuned for the winners announcement.

By Ragan Staff
June 25, 2020

PR Daily’s Corporate Social Responsibility Awards finalists championed causes and initiatives that improved their communities, countries and the world, and communicated about them in compelling ways. They are leading the charge on diversity, organizational transparency, service learning, public health education, employee volunteering and so much more.

Congratulations to this year’s finalists. Read on to find out more, and keep your eye out for our winners announcement coming in the next few weeks.

BUSINESS PRACTICES

Brand Activism

#FarmStateOfMind, HLK
WWE Partners With UNICEF USA, WWE

Diversity and Inclusion Initiative

Moguls in the Making, Ally Financial

Employee Volunteer Program

40,000 Acts of Service, ESPN
Build-O-Rama, Gates Corporation

Green and Environmental Stewardship

A Legacy Brand Embracing a Sustainable Future, RF|Binder
Fresh Del Monte Produce: A Better World Tomorrow, Fresh Del Monte Produce
Our Journey to True Zero Waste, Superior Essex Communications

Organizational Transparency

Clean Communications: Our Transparency in Manufacturing, Superior Essex Communications

ENGAGEMENT & COMMUNICATIONS

CSR Event

#AcceptanceMatters, Ketchum for Mastercard
2019 MTV EMAs Generation Change, MTV International
Children’s Health 2019 Beyond ABC Symposium Spurs Critical Dialogue, Children’s Health
One Team. One Home., TIAA Bank
Powered By Breakfast, Share Our Strength – No Kid Hungry

Internal Communications Campaign

CopperPoint Cares – Valley of the Sun United Way Campaign, CopperPoint Insurance Companies
OneDCT (Bike for a Child), Department of Culture & Tourism
SPI Group Engages Employees to Dive into the Fight Against Cancer, SPI Group

Media Relations or PR Campaign

#AcceptanceMatters, Ketchum for Mastercard
Children’s Health Sparks Change, Awareness with Mental Health PR Campaign, Children’s Health
Frito-Lay Deepens Commitment to Southern Dallas in Celebration of One-Year Anniversary of Southern Dallas Thrives Initiative, Frito-Lay North America
Spinning Straws into Vinyl, Harrison & Shriftman
The Eos Bioreactor, Hypergiant

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

2019 Sustainability Report, Aurora Organic Dairy
Children’s Health 2019 Beyond ABC Report Addresses Mental Health Crisis in North Texas, Children’s Health
Corporate Social Responsibility Report, PCL Construction
ESG Report, Webster Bank
Megaworld Foundation @ 20, Megaworld Foundation, Inc.
Unreasonable Impact report: Our story so far, Barclays

Social Media Campaign

#WearBlueDay, DCG Communications
Aflac’s Special Duck Brings Moments of Joy for Kids with Cancer, Aflac
LG Discover Your Happy, Discovery Education

Stakeholder/Employee Engagement

Bridging the Dream Scholarship Program, Sallie Mae
Realtor.com Hacks it Forward, realtor.com
RTI International: Celebrating 60 Years of Global Good, RTI International

Video or Visual Design

Closing the Crop Gap, The PepsiCo Foundation & CARE
Colorado Farm Brewery, Tri-State
My Sister 2.0, Coca-Cola Turkey
“Neighbors”, Quicken Loans Community Fund
Teaching with Testimony, Discovery Education
the La Veta Fire and Flood, Tri-State

SOCIAL IMPACT

Cause Advocacy Campaign

#FarmStateOfMind, HLK
Don’t Retire, Kid, ESPN
Forecast: Change, Forecast: Change, An IBM and The Weather Channel Initiative
Mercedes-Benz USA Tackles Gender Stereotypes with No Limits Campaign, Mercedes-Benz USA with Cookerly PR
Neighbor to Neighbor/Make It Home Campaign, Quicken Loans Community Fund
NYC Curb-to-Market Challenge: Raising Awareness for the Circular Economy, The TASC Group
Share Summer, Share Our Strength

Community Affairs

#FarmStateOfMind, HLK
2019 MTV EMAs Generation Change, MTV International
Neighbor to Neighbor/Make It Home Campaign, Quicken Loans Community Fund
The Harran Plain Night Irrigation Project, Coca-Cola Turkey

Corporate-Community or Nonprofit Partnership

Community Partnership Program: Ahimsa House, KWI Communications
Empower by GoDaddy in partnership with AEO, GoDaddy
Men Wear Turquoise, Too!, Clean Energy Fuels Corp.
Neighbor to Neighbor/Make It Home Campaign, Quicken Loans Community Fund
One Team. One Home., TIAA Bank
Surprising Community Partners, Bosch
The Harran Plain Night Irrigation Project, Coca-Cola Turkey
WWE Partners With The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, WWE

Disaster Prevention or Relief

Luciana Coen, SAP Brazil
the La Veta Fire and Flood, Tri-State
Xylem Global Humanitarian Disaster Response Team, Xylem

Education or Scholarship Program

Bridging the Dream Scholarship Program, Sallie Mae
From Building Homes to Building Lives: Megaworld Foundation Scholarship Program, Megaworld Foundation, Inc.
Siemens 2019 Possibility Grant Challenge, Discovery Education

Fundraising and Philanthropic Initiative

All In On Recycling, The PepsiCo Foundation & The Recycling Partnership
CopperPoint Cares – Valley of the Sun United Way Campaign, CopperPoint Insurance Companies
PHL Cares, Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau
Save the Redwoods League / “The Campaign to Save Alder Creek”, Landis Communications Inc.
WeSave! Charity Play, WePlay Esports Media, INC.

Global CSR Initiative