Dailycsr.com – 30 July 2018 – The “9th Annual Responsible Business Awards” organised by the Ethical Corporation has revealed the shortlisted companies’ names. The name of the winners, however, will be revealed on October 9, 2018, during a celebration dinner in a glamorous manner. The “Awards Dinner ceremony”, as it is called will take place in central London.
In the words of the Ethical Corporation’s Managing Director, Liam Dowd:
“This year we completely revamped the Award categories to reflect the evolution of responsible and sustainable business. We're pleased that new the categories shine the light on pioneering strategies that are shaping and transforming the future of business, and help address the challenges and Goals ahead of us. The 2018 Finalists represent truly amazing initiatives and innovations from across the globe. We look forward to celebrating their successes in October”.
Here is the list of the short listed names under various categories, as mentioned by Ethical Corporation:
Innovation of the Year
Polecat - AI for Sustainability Insight, Stakeholder Engagement & Smart Business Decisions Ocean Rainforest - Macro Algae Cultivation Rig Flex - Flex Sustainable Solutions GOJO - New Purellâ brand healthy soap® with clean release Technology Sets a New Standard for Soap Barclays and Unreasonable Group - Unreasonable Impact Compugen Finance - Green4Good and Carbon Bank Merck KGaA - Cyrene: A novel bio-based solvent LIXIL Corporation - LIXIL's SATO product series BioPal - Compostable packaging is the future
Responsible Business of the Year
GOJO Industries - Changing How the World Stays Well Compugen Finance - Green4Good Bridgestone - Tires4ward Neal's Yard Remedies - Sustainability improvement and campaigning DSM - Brighter Living For All PGT-Reclaimed - 20 Years of Furniture with Heart BioPak - Leading the market and inspiring more people to join us on the global journey towards zero waste Corporacion Punto Azul - The Pharmaceutical Industry for the benefit of public health, the environment and sustainability Ocado - Just 0.02% Ocado's food waste management strategy Coca-Cola Company Turkey - Agriculture of the Future
New Start-Up of the Year
Lekela - Delivering clean, reliable energy across Africa Ulula - Worker voices to mitigate social risk in the global supply chain QuizRR - Bringing scalable, fun and transparent worker's rights training to global value chain workers Sustainable Platform Pty Ltd - Sustainable Platform Hyliion Inc.
Climate Action
Kimberly-Clark Corporation - Kimberly-Clark Energy & Climate Program Flex - Turning the Tide Against Climate Change Banco Santander Brasil - Fit to Grow RBS - Showing leadership on climate change PT Astra International Tbk - Astra Green Energy, Energy Conservation for Better World Coca-Cola Company Turkey - Agriculture of the Future
Sustainability Report of the Year
The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, Limited - HSH CRS Report 2017 - A Vision for Sustainable Luxury EDF Energy - The Better Plan Novartis International AG - An easy to use source of CR data for CR professionals Kingfisher plc - Kingfisher Sustainability Report 2017/18 Flex - 2017 Flex Sustainability Report Arcelik A.S. - Arcelik Sustainability Report 2017 Merck KGaA - Corporate Responsibility Report 2017 Thai Union - Thai Union 2017 Sustainability Report: Changing Seafood for Good Deutsche Telekom AG - Deutsche Telekom CR Report 2017 BASF SE - BASF Report 2017 American Cleaning Institute - Foundations for Transformation: 2017 Sustainability Report, American Cleaning Institute
Integrated Report of the Year
Luminous - Britvic Annual Report and Accounts 2017 The AA - Transparency and integrated thinking Clariant - All in one - Integrated Report 2017 ABN AMRO - 2017 Integrated Annual Review Garanti Bank - Garanti Bank 2017 Integrated Annual Report 6Vancouver City Savings Credit Union (Vancity) - Vancity 2017 Annual Report: Strengthening Communities
Communications Campaign of the Year
Given London - The Smarter Drop Neal's Yard Remedies - Keep Our Oceans Plastic Free (previously Ban Microbeads Now) Carlsberg Group - Together Towards ZERO East of England Co-op - Co-op Guide to Dating Royal Bank of Canada - RBC Future Launch - WE NEED YOUTH EDF Energy - Pretty Curious WIND Hellas - Porn campaign | kids@safety Vector Ltd & Auckland Council - Vector Lights on the Auckland Harbour Bridge
Human Rights
Unilever - Human Rights at Unilever Sedex - Tackling modern slavery in the supply chain Thai Union Group - Digital Traceability Pilot Project: Raising Human Rights and Worker Voice at Sea Co-op Group - Modern Slavery Campaign: Building a Bright Future Continental Clothing Co. Ltd - Fair Share Living Wage Programme
Supply Chain Management
Sedex - Global supply chains, safe-guarding of people and the environment they live in Together for Sustainability - Impactful growth and continuous improvement Unilever - Responsible Sourcing in Unilever's Supply Chain Management WWF - Thai Union and WWF: Working together to source sustainable seafood Givaudan SA - Sourcing for Shared Value at Givaudan Kimberly-Clark Corporation - Kimberly-Clark Water Security Program
Partnership of the Year
Barclays and Unreasonable Group - Unreasonable Impact Google - Global Power Plant Database ING - Think Forward Initiative GSK - GSK and Save the Children Partnership WWF - Coca-Cola & WWF: Securing A Thriving Future for English Rivers City Developments Limited - Zero-Energy Singapore Sustainability Academy The Co-op - British Red Cross and Co-op: Tackling Loneliness Tesco - Community Food Connection
Community Investment of the Year
AstraZeneca - Young Health Programme LifeStraw - LifeStraw Giving Back Through Retail IBM - P-TECH 9-14 School Model: Transforming Life Trajectories Abbott - Driving social impact and creating shared value in India Flex - Flex as Community Leader Ocado - Ediblelinks: Empowering Communities With Food Surplus OP Financial Group - Hiiop100.fi - the online matchmaker for volunteering in Finland Tesco - Tesco Bags of Help Royal Bank of Canada - RBC Blue Water Project The Collaboration Vector Inc. - SeaLand's Transformative Community Involvement Program
Business Leader of the Year
Richard Liu – JD.com Dr. Darian McBain – Thai Union Jessica Lopez – U Haul Dr Mark Andrich - Sustainable Platform Pty Ltd
Diversity and Inclusion
Kimberly-Clark Corporation - Kimberly-Clark Diversity & Inclusion Program Teck Resources - Diversity and Inclusion at Teck Shaw - The Shaw Way: Demonstrating Inclusive Leadership C&A and C&A Foundation – Inspiring World
References:
ethicalcorp.com