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 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.
