Celebrating the winners of Ragan’s 2024 CSR & Diversity Awards: List of winners
Winners were honored at a special awards luncheon in New York City on Friday.
The 2024 CSR & Diversity Awards spotlighted an impressive group of communicators and campaigns who forged intersectional relationships with their communities, prioritized equity in their hiring practices, launched inclusive partnerships with others doing complementary work, and much more.
Ragan Communications hosted an awards luncheon on Sept. 27th at New York City’s Yale Club, where attendees gathered to celebrate the inclusive campaigns that made a substantial impact on communities that have long been underrepresented.
“This year’s Ragan’s CSR & Diversity Awards finalists prove that strategic social impact work remains vital to engaging purpose-driven audiences—even in a year when acronyms are politicized and criticized,” says Ragan CEO Diane Schwartz. “We are honored to shine a spotlight on their substantial and meaningful achievements.”
Ragan congratulates this inspiring group of leaders.
CSR & ESG Business Practices
Employee Volunteer/Community Relations Program
Ernst & Young LLP (EY US): EY Ripples
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
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
Employer Branding & Activism
UC Davis Health: Believe in Better Brand Campaign
Cisco: We Are Cisco
Environmental Stewardship
Sanofi Consumer Healthcare North America: Sanofi CHC NA B Corp
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
CSR & ESG Engagement and Communications
CSR Campaign
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
CSR or ESG Event (Virtual or In Person)
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
Employee Engagement Campaign
Mars Food & Nutrition: Ben’s Original Commitment to Purpose and Inclusive Opportunities
Allied Solutions: Community Engagement Strategy
Ernst & Young LLP (EY US): EY Ripples
Mastercard: ESG in Action
ESG Campaign
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.: Hon Hai Group’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Disability Service Program
Citizens Financial Group: Sustainability and Impact: Citizens ESG Evolution
One97 Communications Limited: Clear Air
Media Relations Campaign
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment North America, Toss In, Take Out -The Expansion of Coca-Cola 20-oz. bottles made from 100% recycled plastic
PR Campaign
Samsung Electronics America: Samsung Solve for Tomorrow national STEM competition
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment North America: Toss In, Take Out
Mars Food & Nutrition: Ben’s Original Commitment to Purpose and Inclusive Opportunities
Providence-Covenant Health: Breastfeeding Challenge
SkipTheDishes: Zero Waste Chef
Public Affairs/Issues Management Campaign
Walt Disney World Resort: Disney in Florida
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD): Contact SMUD First
Report (CSR, DEI and/or ESG – Print or Digital)
STO Building Group: STOBG Cares: Corporate Responsibility Report
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
Teladoc Health: 2023 Corporate Social Responsibility Report
Social Media Campaign
Megaworld Foundation, Inc.: Mega Summer Ventures 4 All
OLLY: OLLY Mental Health Awareness Month Campaign
Stakeholder Engagement
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
Video
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
Cause Advocacy Campaign
OLLY: OLLY Mental Health Awareness Month Campaign
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
Community Affairs
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
DraftKings: DraftKings S.E.R.V.E.S.
Cemex Egypt: Very Nile & Cemex Partnership
Dentsply Sirona: Partnering to advance the future of cleft care
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
Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD): SMUD Education Programs
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™
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
Global CSR & ESG Initiative
PepsiCo Foundation: PepsiCo Foundation-She Feeds The World
Carl Zeiss AG: ZEISS – A Heart for Science
Dentsply Sirona: Partnering to advance the future of cleft care
EPAM Systems Inc.: EPAM Response: Water to the Kherson Oblast
Lam Research: FIRST Global Challenge 2023
Pertamina Patra Niaga – AFT Minangkabau: Wahyu Hamdika
Sofidel: Sofidel and Suzano for “Together we plant the future”
Public Health or Safety Initiative
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee: Addressing Disparities Through Data – Health Equity Report
Allergy & Asthma Network: National Trusted Messengers Program to Address Health Inequities
Exact Sciences: Exact Sciences’ Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Campaigns
DE&I Campaigns/Initiatives
Community Relations
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
Cultural Celebration or Event
Orange County Transportation Authority: Tet Events for Lunar New Year of the Dragon
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee: African Americans and the Arts – Celebrating Black History Month
NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises: Hispanic Heritage- Be the Next Story Told
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment
Criteo: DEI Initiatives
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
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
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
NeoGenomics Laboratories: Employee Resource Groups – NeoGenomics Laboratories
Circana: Circana: Building a Diverse and Dynamic Culture
Criteo: Criteo Cares
LAIKA: LAIKA DEI Committee
NextRoll: NextRoll’s Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
Prudential: BRG Real Talk video series
Purdue Pharma: Employee Resource Groups
Event (Virtual or Live)
Genetech and Syneos Health Communication: Putting Ableism in the Spotlight: A First-of-its-Kind Musical
Criteo: International Women’s Day Events
Howard Community College: Drag[on] Extravaganza
Orange County Transportation Authority: Tet Lunar New Year of the Dragon
Hiring Practices
Cardinal Health: Talent Acquisition Team
Arlo Technologies: Arlo Inclusion Rule
Intranet Strategy
Northrop Grumman: Northrop Grumman Employee Communications Center of Practice
Arlo Technologies: Arlo Connect
Mentoring Program
Mizuho Americas: M.A.D.E. University
Cloudera: Empowering Diversity through Cloudera’s Sponsorship Program
PR or Marketing Campaign
McCabe Message Partners: The American Nurses Association’s Racial Reckoning
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
Social Media Initiatives
Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau: Experience Little Rock in Color
Syner-G Bio Pharma Group: Woman’s History Month Social Campaign
Training
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
Agency of the Year
BODEN Agency
Headstand and Allison Worldwide Purpose Center of Excellence
Professional of the Year
Allison Martin: GE Appliances
Lesley Forneris: The Center for Health Affairs & CHAMPS Healthcare
Mona Johnson: Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS)
Larysa Kautz: Melwood
Andrea Ponce: Porter Novelli
Brian Wolfburg: VyStar Credit Union
Team of the Year
Onyx Collective | The Walt Disney Company: Onyx Collective Publicity & Marketing Team
EPAM Systems Inc.: ESG Team
Orange County Transportation Authority: OCTA Diversity Outreach and Inclusion Team
For more information on our winners, check out their profiles here.
