THE FINALISTS
CSR & ESG Business Practices
Finalists:
- Carl Zeiss AG: ZEISS – A Heart for Science
- Circana: Circana’s Diversity Advantage Program: Empowering Minority- and Women-owned Businesses
- Dubai Electricity and Water Authority: DEWA Environmental Engagement Program
- Encore Capital Group: Encore Connected Week
- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US): EY Ripples
- Link Logistics and CoreGiving: Link Logistics’ CoreGiving Day
- Mars Food & Nutrition: Ben’s Original Commitment to Purpose and Inclusive Opportunities
- TouchPoint Support Services: More Than a Partnership: Best Buddies & TouchPoint
- VyStar Credit Union: VyStar Volunteerism and Community Engagement
Finalists:
- Cisco: We Are Cisco
- UC Davis Health: Believe in Better Brand Campaign
Finalists:
- Fluor: Achieving Our Net Zero 2023 Target
- Ivanti: Ivanti's CSR
- Lenovo International Services Supply Chain: Reduces E-Waste and Conscientiously Fulfilling Environmental Responsibilities through Lifecycle Extension – Lenovo ISSC Inhouse Refurbishment Factory
- Sanofi Consumer Healthcare North America: Sanofi CHC NA B Corp
CSR & ESG Engagement and Communications
Finalists:
- Cisco Systems, Inc.: One Billion Lives
- Department of Culture & Tourism Abu Dhabi: Corporate Social Responsibility
- L’Oréal Groupe: L’Oréal Climate Emergency Fund
- Sallie Mae: National Scholarship Month
Finalists:
- Cisco Systems, Inc.: Celebrating Diversity and Community: Cisco's Juneteenth Sponsorship Experience
- M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment North America: Toss In, Take Out -The Expansion of Coca-Cola 20-oz. bottles made from 100% recycled plastic*
- Walt Disney World Resort: Once Upon A Wish Party
Finalists:
- Allied Solutions: Community Engagement Strategy
- Ernst & Young LLP (EY US): EY Ripples
- Mars Food & Nutrition: Ben’s Original Commitment to Purpose and Inclusive Opportunities
- Mastercard: ESG in Action
Finalists:
- Citizens Financial Group: Sustainability and Impact: Citizens ESG Evolution
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.: Hon Hai Group's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Disability Service Program
- One97 Communications Limited: Clear Air
Finalists:
- M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment North America, Toss In, Take Out -The Expansion of Coca-Cola 20-oz. bottles made from 100% recycled plastic
- Mars Food & Nutrition: Ben’s Original Commitment to Purpose and Inclusive Opportunities
- Providence-Covenant Health: Breastfeeding Challenge
- Samsung Electronics America: Samsung Solve for Tomorrow national STEM competition
- SkipTheDishes: Zero Waste Chef
Finalists:
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD): Contact SMUD First
- Walt Disney World Resort: Disney in Florida
Finalists:
- Ameresco, Inc.: Ameresco’s Impact Report Exemplifies Doing Well by Doing Good for People, Planet, and Policy
- CF Industries and FTI Consulting: ESG and Sustainability Report
- Cisco Systems, Inc.: The Power of Purpose: FY23 Cisco Purpose Report
- Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS): CAMS Annual ESG Report
- Dubai Electricity and Water Authority: DEWA Sustainability Report
- STO Building Group: STOBG Cares: Corporate Responsibility Report
- Teladoc Health: 2023 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Finalists:
- L’Oréal Groupe: L’Oréal Climate Emergency Fund
- Mars Food & Nutrition: Ben’s Original Commitment to Purpose and Inclusive Opportunities
- T-Mobile: Earth Day Quiz
Finalists:
- Cook County Department of Public Health: Here to Hear You – Suicide Prevention Community Conversations
- Howard Community College: Drag[on] Extravaganza: The DRAGumentary
CSR & ESG Social Impact
DE&I Campaigns/Initiatives
Finalists:
- BODEN Agency: BODEN Agency x PepsiCo Juntos Crecemos
- Genentech and Syneos Health Communications: Putting Ableism in the Spotlight: A First-of-its-Kind Musical
- LAIKA: LAIKA DEI Committee
- Mizuho Americas: Pathways to Career Success: Five Years with Genesys Works NYC
- TouchPoint Support Services: Afghan Refugee Program Makes History in Tulsa
Finalists:
- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee: African Americans and the Arts – Celebrating Black History Month
- NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises: Hispanic Heritage- Be the Next Story Told
- Orange County Transportation Authority: Tet Events for Lunar New Year of the Dragon
Finalists:
- APCO: Accelerate What's Right
- Better Together: Better Together Insight Report: Navigating Biases in Generative AI
- Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages: Community Canvas: An Inclusion and Diversity Initiative By Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages
- Criteo: DEI Initiatives
- Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health: DEIB program
- Ellucian: Building Company Culture Through DEI
- FINEOS Corporation Ltd: FINEOS DEI Embrace
- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.: Nissan DEI Champion
- Nobel: Global Diversity Awareness Month at Nobel
- Philip Morris International: All In for Inclusion
- Sallie Mae: National Scholarship Month
- TouchPoint Support Services: DEI Commitment
- VCU Health: VCU Health's Commitment to DEI
Finalists:
- Circana: Circana: Building a Diverse and Dynamic Culture
- Criteo: Criteo Cares
- LAIKA: LAIKA DEI Committee
- NeoGenomics Laboratories: Employee Resource Groups - NeoGenomics Laboratories
- NextRoll: NextRoll’s Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Prudential: BRG Real Talk video series
- Purdue Pharma: Employee Resource Groups
Finalists:
- Criteo: International Women's Day Events
- Genentech and Syneos Health Communication: Putting Ableism in the Spotlight: A First-of-its-Kind Musical
- Howard Community College: Drag[on] Extravaganza
- Orange County Transportation Authority: Tet Lunar New Year of the Dragon
Finalists:
- Arlo Technologies Arlo Inclusion Rule
- Cardinal Health: Talent Acquisition Team
Finalists:
- Arlo Technologies: Arlo Connect
- Northrop Grumman: Northrop Grumman Employee Communications Center of Practice
Finalists:
- Cloudera: Empowering Diversity through Cloudera's Sponsorship Program
- Mizuho Americas: M.A.D.E. University
Finalists:
- APCO and Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.: Driving Dynamic Media Coverage at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 52nd Annual Legislative Conference
- Genentech and Syneos Health Communications: Putting Ableism in the Spotlight: A First-of-its-Kind Musical
- McCabe Message Partners: The American Nurses Association’s Racial Reckoning
Finalists:
- Cisco: Cisco Global Executive Shadow Program
- Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.: Hon Hai Group's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Disability Service Program
People and Teams
Finalists:
- BODEN Agency
- Headstand and Allison Worldwide Purpose Center of Excellence
Finalists:
- Mona JohMona Johnson: Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS)nson
- Lesley Forneris: The Center for Health Affairs & CHAMPS Healthcare
- Larysa Kautz: Melwood
- Allison Martin: GE Appliances
- Andrea Ponce: Porter Novelli
- Brian Wolfburg: VyStar Credit Union
Finalists:
- EPAM Systems Inc.: ESG Team
- Onyx Collective | The Walt Disney Company: Onyx Collective Publicity & Marketing Team
- Orange County Transportation Authority: OCTA Diversity Outreach and Inclusion Team
