Corporate Engagement Awards 2026 shortlist revealed
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As companies face growing pressure to demonstrate value beyond financial performance, the Corporate Engagement Awards 2026 shortlist highlights organisations using partnerships and community investment to align commercial objectives with broader social impact.
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Business is increasingly expected to deliver value beyond the balance sheet. The Corporate Engagement Awards 2026 shortlist recognises the organisations and partnerships demonstrating how commercial ambition and social purpose can work in simultaneously.
Spanning corporate responsibility, sustainability, philanthropy and cross-sector collaboration, this year’s shortlist highlights initiatives that have delivered meaningful impact through thoughtful partnerships and long-term engagement. Categories range from environmental programmes and education initiatives to communications and stakeholder engagement.
Judged by a panel of leaders from sustainability, responsible business and corporate communications, the shortlisted entries reflect the evolution of corporate engagement, where success is measured not only by business outcomes but by lasting value for communities and partners alike.
The winners will be announced on
This year’s Corporate Engagement Awards shortlist is as follows:
PARTNERSHIP
Best Arts, Sports and Leisure Programme
Pan Macmillan
West Ham United and Lyca Mobile
Best Charity, NGO Or Not-for-Profit Programme
GO Outdoors and Scouts
Premier Inn and Restaurants (Whitbread) and Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
SPAR UK and Marie Curie
Young Lives vs Cancer and The Access Group
Best Educational Programme
BT Group and We. Communications
CGI
Investec and Arrival
MUFG with Big Alliance and City of London Highgate Hill
PA Consulting and The Economist Educational Foundation
Samsung Electronics UK and Hark
The Mowgli Trust and Plan International UK
Best Environmental or Sustainable Programme
CGI
WRAP with Flourish CSR
Best Pro-Bono Work for a Charitable, Social or Ethical Cause
Barclays – 25 years of Make a Difference
PA Consulting and PBE
SPONSORSHIP
Best Alignment of Brand Values Through a Sponsorship Activity
GO Outdoors and Scouts
Kormotech and U-Hearts Foundation
The Talent Foundry
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Best CSR Activity or Programme to Support or Develop a Corporate Reputation
LMAX Group
MyDeposits and Centrepoint
Trendyol and Linkus
Best Alignment of Brand Values During a CSR Programme
British Gas, Team GB and ParalympicsGB
Nurofen (Reckitt) and Plan International UK
Pan Macmillan
Best Community Involvement During a CSR Programme
JTI Türkiye and Linkus
Knight Frank
LMAX Group
SGN and Marie Curie
Best Engagement of an Internal Audience in a CSR or Sponsorship Programme
Arm
Barclays
JTI UK
Springer Nature
The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and Nationwide Building Society
Young Lives vs Cancer and The Access Group
Best Collaboration for a Single Event
Durham University Charity Fashion Show and Marie Curie
Lumo
Most Innovative Collaboration
EPAM Systems
Investec and Bromley by Bow Centre
Unreasonable Group and Barclays
Best Foundation
The PA Foundation
TIME
Most Effective One-Off Campaign
Arm
Lumo
PureGym and British Heart Foundation
Springer Nature
Most Effective Long-Term Commitment
Asda Tickled Pink, Breast Cancer Now and CoppaFeel!
Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and Mars
BBC Children in Need and Asda
Premier Inn and Restaurants (Whitbread) and Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
Studio You
The National Garden Scheme and Marie Curie
The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and Banham
COMMUNICATION
Best External Stakeholder Communications
CWA
WRAP and Flourish CSR
Best Internal Communications
Barclays
Springer Nature
PROCESS
Best Collaborative Approach
Asda Tickled Pink, Breast Cancer Now and CoppaFeel!
British Gas, Team GB and ParalympicsGB
Greater London Authority and Transport for London
The Co-operative Bank and Centrepoint
Best Management of a Programme
Investec and Bromley by Bow Centre
The Gas Distribution Networks and Marie Curie
WRAP with Flourish CSR
Best Team Effort During a Programme
CWA
PA Consulting’s Community Engagement Team