Announcing Ragan’s 2024 CSR & Diversity Awards finalists
Congratulations to these powerful communications professionals and teams.
Ragan is proud to announce the finalists for the 2024 CSR & Diversity Awards. These awards honor excellence in client service, strategic thinking, creativity and innovation. From driving impactful storytelling to fostering diverse and inclusive communications, these exceptional organizations are recognized for their outstanding work and have moved onto the next stage of the competition.
“Congratulations to all the finalists in Ragan’s CSR & Diversity Awards,” said Brendan Gannon, senior marketing manager for Ragan’s awards programs. “Your dedication to fostering diverse workplaces that change the world for the better inspires us all.”
Read on to see the finalists across all categories who have moved on to this next step. Then, join us as we announce and celebrate the winners at Ragan’s CSR & Diversity Awards Luncheon on September 27, 2024, at the Yale Club in New York City. Teams will celebrate with other finalists and connect with influential professionals managing CSR and diversity communications initiatives.
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CSR & ESG Business Practices
Employee Volunteer/Community Relations Program • Employer Branding & Activism • Environmental Stewardship
CSR & ESG Engagement and Communications
CSR Campaign • CSR or ESG Event • Employee Engagement Campaign • ESG Campaign • Media Relations Campaign • PR Campaign • Public Affairs/Issues Management Campaign • Report • Social Media Campaign • Stakeholder Engagement • Video
CSR & ESG Social Impact
Cause Advocacy Campaign • Community Affairs • Corporate-Community or Nonprofit Partnership • Education or Scholarship Program • Fundraising and Philanthropic Initiative • Global CSR & ESG Initiative • Public Health or Safety Initiative
DE&I Campaigns/Initiatives
Community Relations • Cultural Celebration or Event • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment •
Employee Resource Groups • Event • Hiring Practices • Intranet Strategy • Mentoring Program •
PR or Marketing Campaign • Social Media Initiatives • Training
People and Teams
Agency of the Year • Professional of the Year • Team of the Year
CSR & ESG Business Practices
Employee Volunteer/Community Relations Program
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
Cisco: We Are Cisco
UC Davis Health: Believe in Better Brand Campaign
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
Cisco Systems.: 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
CSR or ESG Event (Virtual or In Person)
Cisco Systems: 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
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
Citizens Financial Group: Sustainability and Impact: Citizens ESG Evolution
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.: Hon Hai Group’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Disability Service Program
One97 Communications Limited: Clear Air
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment North America, Toss In, Take Out — The Expansion of Coca-Cola 20-oz. bottles made from 100% recycled plastic
Walmart: Walton Family Whole Health & Fitness
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
Public Affairs/Issues Management Campaign
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD): Contact SMUD First
Walt Disney World Resort: Disney in Florida
Report (CSR, DEI and/or ESG – Print or Digital)
Ameresco: 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: 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
Megaworld Foundation: Mega Summer Ventures 4 All
OLLY: OLLY Mental Health Awareness Month Campaign
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
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
Better Together: Better Together Insight Report: Navigating Biases in Generative AI
Call of Duty Endowment: Loot for Good
DonorsChoose: Unique Impact, Unique Burdens: Insights into the Black Male Educator Experience
First Quality: Diaper Need Awareness Week 2023
OLLY: OLLY Mental Health Awareness Month Campaign
Audible: Audible’s New Business Attraction Program Recruits Diverse, High-Growth Companies to Newark’s Innovation Economy
Corewell Health: Veggie Van
Corporate-Community or Nonprofit Partnership
Cemex Egypt: Very Nile & Cemex Partnership
Dentsply Sirona: Partnering to advance the future of cleft care
DraftKings: DraftKings S.E.R.V.E.S.
ESPN: ESPN’s Wish Granting
F.N.B. Corporation: The FNB Financial Center Project
Ford Motor Company: Team Rubicon Powered by Ford
Hyundai Hope On Wheels: Hyundai Hope On Wheels 25th Anniversary
Mattress Firm: Mattress Firm and its partner Good360 solve Mattress Firm’s obsolete inventory challenges, reduce landfill waste and help 5,000 families nationwide sleep soundly through a collaborative product donation program.
Mercedes-Benz USA: Driving Your Future x Safe Kids Worldwide
PepsiCo Foundation: PepsiCo Foundation-She Feeds The World
Robinhood: Robinhood Retirement for Independent Workers
Southwest Airlines: Repurpose with Purpose
Education or Scholarship Program
American Motor Honda: Honda Battle of the Bands
BODEN Agency: McDonald’s x BODEN Agency: HACER National Scholarship
Fox Corporation: FOX For Students
Great Jobs KC: Radically Impacting the Kansas City Community through Job Training and College Scholarships
Mastercard: Girls4Tech
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD): SMUD Education Programs
Sallie Mae: National Scholarship Month
Fundraising and Philanthropic Initiative
AstraZeneca Foundation: Accelerating Healthcare Access through Community, Connection & Impact
Link Logistics and CoreGiving: Link Logistics’ CoreGiving Day
Northwell Health: Back to School Drive
Carl Zeiss AG: ZEISS — A Heart for Science
Dentsply Sirona: Partnering to advance the future of cleft care
EPAM Systems: EPAM Response: Water to the Kherson Oblast
Lam Research: FIRST Global Challenge 2023
PepsiCo Foundation: PepsiCo Foundation-She Feeds The World
Pertamina Patra Niaga — AFT Minangkabau: Wahyu Hamdika
Sofidel: Sofidel and Suzano for “Together we plant the future”
Public Health or Safety Initiative
Allergy & Asthma Network: National Trusted Messengers Program to Address Health Inequities
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee: Addressing Disparities Through Data — Health Equity Report
Exact Sciences: Exact Sciences’ Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Campaigns
DE&I Campaigns/Initiatives
BODEN Agency: BODEN Agency x PepsiCo Juntos Crecemos
LAIKA: LAIKA DEI Committee
Mizuho Americas: Pathways to Career Success: Five Years with Genesys Works NYC
Genentech and Syneos Health Communications: Putting Ableism in the Spotlight: A First-of-its-Kind Musical
TouchPoint Support Services: Afghan Refugee Program Makes History in Tulsa
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
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment
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: FINEOS DEI Embrace
Nissan Motor Co.: 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
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
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
Criteo: International Women’s Day Events
Howard Community College: Drag[on] Extravaganza
Orange County Transportation Authority: Tet Lunar New Year of the Dragon
Genentech and Syneos Health Communication: Putting Ableism in the Spotlight: A First-of-its-Kind Musical
Arlo Technologies Arlo Inclusion Rule
Cardinal Health: Talent Acquisition Team
Arlo Technologies: Arlo Connect
Northrop Grumman: Northrop Grumman Employee Communications Center of Practice
Cloudera: Empowering Diversity through Cloudera’s Sponsorship Program
Mizuho Americas: M.A.D.E. University
APCO and Congressional Black Caucus Foundation: Driving Dynamic Media Coverage at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 52nd Annual Legislative Conference
McCabe Message Partners: The American Nurses Association’s Racial Reckoning
Syneos Health Communications: Putting Ableism in the Spotlight: A First-of-its-Kind Musical
Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau: Experience Little Rock in Color
Syner-G Bio Pharma Group: Woman’s History Month Social Campaign
Cisco: Cisco Global Executive Shadow Program
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co.: Hon Hai Group’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Disability Service Program
People and Teams
BODEN Agency
Headstand and Allison Worldwide Purpose Center of Excellence
Mona Johnson: Consolidated Asset Management Services
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
EPAM Systems: ESG Team
Onyx Collective | The Walt Disney Company: Onyx Collective Publicity & Marketing Team
Orange County Transportation Authority: OCTA Diversity Outreach and Inclusion Team
