Corporate partnerships, sponsorships and CSR activities are becoming ever more integral to a business’ core operations. This has made the communications surrounding these programmes more challenging, more creative and more important than ever before.

The Corporate Engagement Awards has celebrated the best in the communications of partnerships, sponsorships and CSR since 2011. It has recognised the good that business is doing and the ways in which companies are building a social purpose into their operations.

This year is no different. The Corporate Engagement Awards is open for entries and is looking for projects and programmes that represent the best relationships between businesses and the communities in which they operate. Previous winners include MasterCard, Jaguar, P&G, Channel 4, Primark, Barclays and O2, among others.

Every entry is reviewed by a panel of judges that includes CSR, sustainability, partnership and social purpose experts, allowing for the nuances of each communications programme to be examined fully. Categories range from ‘Best alignment of brand values through a sponsorship activity’ to ‘Best engagement of an internal audience in a CSR programme’ to ‘Best charity, NGO or NFP programme.’

The winning organisations will be announced at a celebratory event in June 2019 in London. For more information email Lauren. To enter, click here.

The full list of categories is below:

Partnerships

Best arts and culture programme

Best charity, NGO or NFP programme

Best educational programme

Best environmental or sustainable programme

Best pro-bono work for a charitable, social or ethical cause

Best sports and leisure programme

Best combined programme

Sponsorship

Best sponsorship activity to support or develop a corporate reputation

Best alignment of brand values through a sponsorship activity

Best engagement of an internal audience in a sponsorship programme.

Most effective sponsorship of a single event

Most innovative sponsorship activity

Corporate social responsibility

Best CSR activity/programme to support or develop a corporate reputation

Best alignment of brand values during a CSR programme

Best community involvement during a CSR programme

Best engagement of an internal audience in a CSR programme.

Best collaboration for a single event

Most innovative collaboration

Best foundation

Time

Most effective one-off campaign

Most effective long-term commitment

Communication

Best stakeholder communications

Best internal communications

Best PR and external communications

Best evaluation

Process

Best collaborative approach

Best execution

Best management of a programme

Best team effort during a programme

Grand prix
This award cannot be entered and the winner will be chosen for by our judging panel.