Corporate social responsibility awards
By Susan Thomas, Assistant Director, Electronic Communications, Boston College Center
PR News has issued a call for entries in its annual Corporate Social Responsibility Awards program. The entry deadline is November 13, 2009.
The CSR Awards, sponsored by PRWeb and presented by PR News, is open to all PR, communications and marketing professionals at corporations, nonprofits, agencies, government agencies, educational institutions and their vendor partners. Winners will be honored in February 2010 at an awards ceremony at the National Press Club and in a special issue of PR News.
Enter online or download the entry form at www.prnewsonline.com/csr.
The CSR Awards recognize outstanding achievement in the following categories:
- Annual Report
- Blog
- Cause Branding Campaign
- Community Affairs
- Corporate-Community Partnership
- CSR on a Shoestring
- Diversity Communications
- Employee Relations
- Employee Volunteer Program
- Environmental Stewardship
- Green PR Campaign
- Human Rights Communications
- Media Relations
- Nonprofit/Corporate Partnership
- Philanthropy Communications
- Product Design/Redesign
- Sustainability Report
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Social Media Campaign
- Video Program
- Workplace Innovation
Overall Leader in CSR Practices:
- Corporation with less than 25,000 employees
- Corporation with more than 25,000 employees
- PR Firm
CSR Executive of the Year:
- CEO
- COO
- Public Relations
- Marketing
- Community Relations
- CSR Executive
Enter online or download the entry form at www.prnewsonline.com/csr.

