Ragan’s CSR & Diversity Awards finalists announced

Winners will be announced at an event at the Yale Club in New York City on July 14.

Ragan's CSR & Diversity Awards finalists announced

Communicators are on the vanguard of change. From those working in corporate social responsibility (CSR) to those leading the way in environmental, social and governance (ESG) to those who striving to make workplaces more diverse and inclusive, these professionals are working on campaigns and initiatives that make our world better.

Ragan’s CSR & Diversity Awards celebrates these changemakers and their commitment to improving their communities.

All finalists will be recognized—and category winners will be announced—at a special event at New York City’s Yale Club on July 14.

Congratulations to all nominees and finalists.

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)
  • 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

 

Diversity: Equity & Inclusion

DE&I Professional of the Year

  • Lanett Austin: Curaleaf
  • Vincent Chee: Bevel
  • Jennifer Rojas Clouse: McLane Company
  • Ted Nguyen: Orange County Transportation Authority

DE&I Team of the Year

  • Bazaarvoice: DE&I Taskforce
  • Clyde Group: IDEA Working Group
  • McLane Company: DEI Council
  • Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP: Skadden DEI

Allyship

  • Bospar: Outliers’ Ally
  • ChristianaCare: Serving Together With Love and Excellence for Inclusion and Diversity
  • IEEE-USA: Women in Engineering Book Series

CEO Communication

  • BETAH Associates: Michelle Taylor
  • Bloomberg Industry Group: Communicating on DE&I At Bloomberg Industry Group – The CEO Setting The Tone

Community Relations and Engagement

  • Beyond Celiac: Voices of Celiac Disease
  • Cohen Veterans Network: DEI Engagement for CVN’s Remote Work Environment
  • Johns Hopkins Medicine: COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Campaign
  • Mars Food: Introducing Ben’s Original™ and A New Purpose
  • OCTA & FSB Public Affairs: OCTA Diverse Communities Trust Building Campaign
  • PTC: 22K Push Up Challenge

Cultural Celebration or Event

  • Color Of Change: Black History Now Awards
  • Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA): Tết Events for the Lunar New Year

Diversity: Equity and Inclusion Commitment

  • Acronym: Acronym’s DE&I Commitment
  • Hy-Vee, Inc.: Hy-Vee’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • LinkedIn: Sparking Equal Opportunity via #ConversationsForChange
  • Mars Food: Introducing Ben’s Original™ and A New Purpose
  • Maximus Corporate Communications: DEI at Maximus
  • Sandia National Laboratories: Sandia Labs’ Social Media: Celebrating diversity, elevating inclusion
  • Santa Cruz Community Credit Union: SCCCU Commitment to DEI
  • Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA): SEPTA Diversity, Equity, and Belonging: Where Differences Power Innovation
  • Swiss Post Solutions: DE&I Communications
  • T-Mobile: Equity In Action

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

  • Baystate Health: Black Employees Connecting Business Resource Group
  • BMC Software: BMC’s Employee Resource Groups
  • Criteo: Diversity Equity Inclusion and Sustainability Team at Criteo

Event (Virtual or Live)

  • Department of Culture and Tourism: Living the Values Initiative
  • Florida Realtors: What’s Cooking in Canada and with our Global Partners?
  • SHE Media: Inclusive Future
  • Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA): SEPTA Open Book Series, a DEB initiative

Global Diversity: Equity and Inclusion Commitment

  • Alorica: Alorica’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Cision: DEI at Cision
  • Criteo: Diversity Equity Inclusion and Sustainability Team at Criteo
  • Florida Realtors: Kiss Bow or Shake Hands: Diversity Equity and Inclusion A Comparisons of Cultures

Hiring Practices

  • Cardinal Health: DEI Recruiting Program Enhancements
  • McLane Company: Warriors to Wheels
  • Town of Queen Creek: QCPD’s 30×30

Inclusive Language Initiative

  • AccuWeather: AccuWeather Inclusive Journalism Taskforce
  • LinkedIn: Inclusive Language in Marketing

Industry Partnerships/Alliances

  • American College of Allergy: Asthma and Immunology with Allergy & Asthma Network, Eczema in Skin of Color
  • PRSA/FINN Partners: PRSSA/FINN Partners Mentorship Program
  • Renown Health: Leaders in Health Equity & Inclusion

Marketing Programs

  • Mars Food: Introducing Ben’s Original™ and A New Purpose
  • SHE Media: Meaningful Marketplaces

Social Justice Campaign

  • CEO Action for Racial Equity: CEO Action for Racial Equity
  • Deilight Consulting (UK) Ltd: Ian Clarke
  • H&S: The Pedestal Project

Training

  • Alcon: ALCON D&I Training
  • Cohen Veterans Network: CVN Launches Innovative Diversity Training to Mental Health Providers at No Cost

 

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