CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR’S WINNERS!

Announcing Ragan’s CSR & Diversity Awards Winners, Class of 2022!

On Thursday, July 14, 2022, Ragan Communications celebrated all of the finalists from its CSR & Diversity Awards at an awards luncheon at the Yale Club in New York City.

It was a show that brought together the community to recognize the influential communications work that has been instrumental in positively impacting communities, whether internally, locally or globally. The efforts from all our winners and Honorable Mentions made the world safer, healthier, more equitable and sustainable. The event also featured Carol Cone, CEO and Founder of Carol Cone ON PURPOSE, and Kathleen Dunlop, Global Brand VP at Vaseline.

Ragan congratulates all of our winners in this year’s program.

Read about the winners and honorable mentions by checking out the details below.

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WINNERS

CSR & ESG

CSR/ESG Professional of the Year

Honorable Mentions

CSR/ESG Professional of the Year

Honorable Mentions
  • Fred Ferguson: Vista Outdoor
  • Curtis Sparrer: Bospar
  • Denine Torr: Dollar General Corporation
Winner

CSR/ESG Professional of the Year

CSR/ESG Team of the Year

Honorable Mentions

CSR/ESG Team of the Year

Honorable Mentions
  • Ameresco: Ameresco's ESG Ambassadors
  • Curaleaf: Rooted in Good
Winner

CSR/ESG Team of the Year

Brand Activism

Honorable Mentions
  • 3M: Shattering Stereotypes with “Not the Science Type”
  • Aflac: The #AflacSickleCellSense Campaign Confronts Health Care Inequities
  • Medela: Supporting NICU Families
  • Pinterest: Pinterest Havens: Invest in rest
  • UPS: Proudly Unstoppable
Winner

Cause Advocacy Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • 3M: Shattering Stereotypes with “Not the Science Type”
  • Aflac: The #AflacSickleCellSense Campaign Confronts Health Care Inequities
  • BODEN Agency and PepsiCo: Juntos Crecemos (Together We Grow) Campaign
  • Priority Health: Priority Health for Good on the Road
  • United Way of the National Capital Area: Project Community Connect
  • University of Maryland, Baltimore: Get The Vaccine Baltimore
Winner

Community Affairs

Honorable Mentions

Community Affairs

Honorable Mentions
  • BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee: Free and Fun for All: BlueCross Healthy Places
  • PRLab: PRoBono 2021
Winner

Corporate-Community or Nonprofit Partnership

Honorable Mentions
  • Cricket Wireless: 12 Days of Cricket
  • Discovery Education: STEM Careers Coalition
  • DonorsChoose: Racial Justice and Representation in Classrooms Campaign
  • John Hancock: MLK Scholars Program
  • Philip Morris International (PMI): United to Safeguard America from Illegal Trade (USA-IT)
  • 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
Winner

Covid-19 Communications

Honorable Mentions

Covid-19 Communications

Honorable Mentions
  • Maximus Corporate Communications: Stop the Spread
Winner

Covid-19 Communications

Covid-19 Program

Honorable Mentions

Covid-19 Program

Honorable Mentions
  • Cambridge Health Alliance: Vaccine Outreach Campaign
  • Criteo: Diversity Equity Inclusion and Sustainability Team at Criteo
Winner

Covid-19 Program

CSR Agency of the Year

CSR Agency of the Year

Honorable Mentions
Winner

CSR Agency of the Year

CSR Campaign of the Year

Honorable Mentions
  • 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
Winner

CSR or ESG Event (Virtual or In Person)

Honorable Mentions

CSR or ESG Event (Virtual or In Person)

Honorable Mentions
  • Wolters Kluwer Enablon: Enablon Cares
Winner

CSR or ESG Event (Virtual or In Person)

Disaster Prevention or Pandemic Relief

Honorable Mentions

Disaster Prevention or Pandemic Relief

Honorable Mentions
  • Infineon Technologies: Infineon Technologies
  • INFUSEmedia: INFUSEmedia Free 100 & Business Reopening Program
Winner

Disaster Prevention or Pandemic Relief

Education or Scholarship Program

Honorable Mentions

Education or Scholarship Program

Honorable Mentions
  • 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
  • T-Mobile: Magenta Scholars
  • Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated: Vertex Global STEAM Programs
Winner

Education or Scholarship Program

Employee Volunteer Program

Honorable Mentions

Employee Volunteer Program

Honorable Mentions
  • Megaworld Foundation, Inc.: Green Thumbs-up!: Megaworld Foundation E-Planting Activity
  • SAP NS2: NS2 Gives
Winner

Employee Volunteer Program

ESG Program of the Year

ESG Program of the Year

Honorable Mentions
Winner

ESG Program of the Year

Fundraising and Philanthropic Initiative

Honorable Mentions

Fundraising and Philanthropic Initiative

Honorable Mentions
  • The Trevor Project: The Trevor Project’s Partnership with YouTube
Winner

Fundraising and Philanthropic Initiative

Green and Environmental Stewardship

Honorable Mentions

Green and Environmental Stewardship

Honorable Mentions
  • SMUD: 2030 Zero Carbon Plan
  • SW Safety Solutions Inc: SW 2021 SDG and ECOTEK Awareness Campaign
  • T-Mobile: T-Mobile's Sustainability Approach & Achievements
Winner

Green and Environmental Stewardship

Media Relations or PR Campaign

Honorable Mentions

Media Relations or PR Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • Aflac: Aflac Engages Media to End Sickle Cell Silence
  • 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
Winner

Public Health or Safety Initiative

Honorable Mentions

Public Health or Safety Initiative

Honorable Mentions
  • Philip Morris International (PMI): United to Safeguard America from Illegal Trade (USA-IT)
Winner

Public Health or Safety Initiative

Report (Annual or One-time) (Print or Digital)

Honorable Mentions

Report (Annual or One-time) (Print or Digital)

Honorable Mentions
  • Clyde Group: IDEA Survey & Report
  • Webster Financial Corporation: 2020 Environmental: Social and Governance Report
Winner

Report (Annual or One-time) (Print or Digital)

Social Media Campaign

Honorable Mentions

Social Media Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • Universal Music Group: Music Is Universal LGBTQ+ Pride celebration
Winner

Stakeholder/Employee Engagement

Honorable Mentions

Stakeholder/Employee Engagement

Honorable Mentions
  • Ameren Corporation: 2021 AMEREN SUSTAINABILITY/ESG ENGAGEMENT
  • Megaworld Foundation, Inc.: Rice Together: Megaworld Foundation Community Pantry
Winner

Stakeholder/Employee Engagement

Trust & Transparency in Communications

Honorable Mentions

Trust & Transparency in Communications

Honorable Mentions
  • CONSOL Energy Inc.: CONSOL ESG 2021
Winner

Video or Visual Design

Honorable Mentions

Video or Visual Design

Honorable Mentions
  • Michigan State University Public Health: Flint Proud: Partners for Change
  • NXP Semiconductors: SUSTAINABILITY STORIES Magazine
Winner

Video or Visual Design

DE&I

DE&I Professional of the Year

Honorable Mentions

DE&I Professional of the Year

Honorable Mentions
  • Lanett Austin: Curaleaf
  • Vincent Chee: Bevel
  • Jennifer Rojas Clouse: McLane Company
Winner

DE&I Professional of the Year

DE&I Team of the Year

Honorable Mentions

DE&I Team of the Year

Honorable Mentions
  • Bazaarvoice: DE&I Taskforce
  • Clyde Group: IDEA Working Group
  • McLane Company: DEI Council
Winner

CEO Communication

Honorable Mentions
  • BETAH Associates: Michelle Taylor
Winner

Community Relations and Engagement

Honorable Mentions

Community Relations and Engagement

Honorable Mentions
  • Beyond Celiac: Voices of Celiac Disease
  • Cohen Veterans Network: DEI Engagement for CVN's Remote Work Environment
  • 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
Winner

Community Relations and Engagement

Cultural Celebration or Event

Honorable Mentions

Cultural Celebration or Event

Honorable Mentions
  • Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA): Tết Events for the Lunar New Year
Winner

Cultural Celebration or Event

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment

Honorable Mentions

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment

Honorable Mentions
  • Acronym: Acronym's DE&I Commitment
  • Hy-Vee, Inc.: Hy-Vee’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • LinkedIn: Sparking Equal Opportunity via #ConversationsForChange
  • 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
Winner

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Honorable Mentions

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Honorable Mentions
  • Baystate Health: Black Employees Connecting Business Resource Group
  • Criteo: Diversity Equity Inclusion and Sustainability Team at Criteo
Winner

Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)

Event (Virtual or Live)

Honorable Mentions

Event (Virtual or Live)

Honorable Mentions
  • Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi: Living the Values Initiative
  • Florida Realtors: What's Cooking in Canada and with our Global Partners?
  • Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA)SEPTA Open Book Series, a DEB initiative
Winner

Event (Virtual or Live)

Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment

Honorable Mentions

Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment

Honorable Mentions
  • Alorica: Alorica's Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
  • Cision: DEI at Cision
  • Florida RealtorsKiss Bow or Shake Hands: Diversity Equity and Inclusion A Comparisons of Cultures
Winner

Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Commitment

Hiring Practices

Honorable Mentions

Hiring Practices

Honorable Mentions
  • McLane Company: Warriors to Wheels
  • Town of Queen Creek: QCPD's 30x30
Winner

Inclusive Language Initiative

Honorable Mentions

Inclusive Language Initiative

Honorable Mentions
  • LinkedIn: Inclusive Language in Marketing
Winner

Industry Partnerships/Alliances

Honorable Mentions
  • PRSA/FINN Partners: PRSSA/FINN Partners Mentorship Program
  • Renown Health: Leaders in Health Equity & Inclusion
Winner

Marketing Programs

Honorable Mentions

Marketing Programs

Honorable Mentions
  • SHE Media: Meaningful Marketplaces
Winner

Social Justice Campaign

Honorable Mentions

Social Justice Campaign

Honorable Mentions
  • CEO Action for Racial Equity: CEO Action for Racial Equity
  • Deilight Consulting (UK) Ltd: Ian Clarke
Winner

Social Justice Campaign

Additional Awards

To order additional trophies for you or your team, please click the button below, complete the form and email to Barbara Kanady at barbarak@ragan.com.

The Museum of Public Relations

Thank you to the Museum of Public Relations for your outstanding service to the industry!

QUESTIONS

If you have any questions about the program or registration, please email Brendan Gannon at brendang@ragan.com.