Communicate magazine passes on a huge congratulations to all those who won at the Internal Communications and Engagements Awards 2022.

These awards, which took place on 6 July at the Royal Garden Hotel in Kensington London, celebrate the impact and role of internal communications within businesses, and new creative strategies used to engage employees. This year has seen a record number of impressive entries, which were judged by a panel of internal comms experts using various criteria to identify the very best.

In addition Communicate’s main awards, CIPR Inside announced Dale Parmenter CEO of DRPG, as the winner of its ‘CIPR Inside Business Leader of the Year’ award, while the Ministry of Justice took home gold for the ‘CIPR Inside Internal Communications Team of the Year’.

Photos of the night can be viewed and downloaded here

If you're interested in entering the 2023 ICE Awards, please register your interest with michelle.manton@communicatemagazine.co.uk

The winners of the Internal Communications and Engagement Awards 2022 are as follows:

Best Internal communications campaign

Gold - Volvo Cars and Hill+Knowlton Strategies

Silver - Scotch Unleashed and Smarts 

Bronze - National Grid and Ruder Finn

Bronze - Stonewater and Top Banana

Highly commended - Atos

Highly commended - Shell plc

 

Best communication of change or business transformation

Gold - Colt Technology Services

Silver - Shell plc – Simplification project

Bronze - NBCUniversal

Highly commended  - No7 Beauty Company and Allman Communication Ltd 

Highly commended - wilko (Logistics) and Enthuse Communications

 

Best internal communications campaign across multiple markets

Gold - Scotch Unleashed and Smarts

Silver - Marel and Radley Yeldar 

Bronze - Philip Morris International

Highly commended – Colt Technology Services

 

Best alignment of internal communications with external messaging

Gold - Volvo Cars and Hill+Knowlton Strategies

Silver - a.s.r. and PROOF

Silver - HSBC and Bladonmore

Bronze - Poste Italiane

Highly commended –  Amare Medical Network and Unily

 

Best use of content

Gold - McDonald's and blue goose

Silver - JTI and Ignis

Bronze - Anglo American

Bronze - Lloyds Banking Group

 

Best use of storytelling

Gold - Stonewater and Top Banana 

Silver - SUEZ recycling and recovery UK

Bronze - Citrix and The Why Agency

Bronze - GN Hearing and Hill+Knowlton Strategies 

Highly commended - Tarkett and Brunswick Creative

 

Best ongoing commitment to internal communications

Gold - JTI and Ignis

Gold - Paysafe

Silver - Phoenix Group and Words&Pictures

Bronze - Certas Energy UK and We Are Brass Tacks Ltd

 

Best use of mobile or apps

Gold - Coats

Bronze - Poste Italiane

Highly commended – Verizon

 

Best intranet

Gold - Entain plc with United Culture and Content Formula 

Silver - Philip Morris International

Bronze - Voyage Care and Interact Software 

Highly commended - Overlake Medical Center & Clinics and Interact Software

 

Best use of audio

Silver - Anglo American

 

Best use of social media

Gold - Travelport

Silver - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Bronze - Places for People

 

Best use of video and animation

Gold - Citizen

Silver - British Red Cross

Bronze - DRPG

Highly commended - Edrington and Brunswick Creative

Highly commended - Karbon Homes

 

Best event

Gold - Arm

Silver - Citrix and The Why Agency

Bronze – Citizens Advice 

Bronze - DWP Digital

Highly commended - AXA and MSL UK

Highly commended - SUEZ recycling and recovery UK

 

Best internal publication: Print

Gold - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Silver - The Glenmorangie Company

Bronze - Albert Heijn and PROOF

 

Best internal publication: Digital

Gold - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Silver - White & Case and Sequel Group

Bronze - The Glenmorangie Company 

Highly commended - Honda Motor Europe and Words&Pictures

 

Best innovation

Gold - NBCUniversal

Silver - Miller Insurance

 

Best internal communications from the energy and utilities sector

Gold - OVO Energy and Sequel Group 

 

Best internal communications from the financial services sector

Gold - Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego 

 

Best internal communications from the FMCG sector

Silver - Nespresso and Sequel Group 

 

Best internal communications from the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector

Silver - GN Hearing and Hill+Knowlton Strategies 

 

Best internal communications from the industrial and basic materials sector

Bronze - Aggregate Industries 

 

Best internal communications from the professional services sector

Gold - DAC Beachcroft 

 

Best internal communications from the property, construction and facilities management sector

Bronze - Places for People 

 

Best internal communications from the public sector

Gold - Ministry of Justice

Silver - Her Majesty's Prison and Probation Service

Bronze - Audit Scotland

 

Best internal communications from the sports, travel, leisure and tourism sector

Gold - TUI Group and MSL UK

Bronze - McLaren Racing and Chatter Communications

 

Best internal communications from the technology, media and telecommunications sector

Gold - Rackspace Technology

Silver – RELX

 

Best internal communications from the transport and logistics sector

Gold - Volvo Cars and Hill+Knowlton Strategies 

 

Best internal communications during the Covid-19 pandemic

Gold - Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Silver - Places for People 

Silver - Publicis Sapient

Bronze - Paysafe

Highly commended - Anglo American

Highly commended - Colt Technology Services 

 

 

CIPR Inside Internal Communications Team of the Year

Gold – Ministry of Justice

Silver – Philip Morris International

Bronze – Places for People

 

CIPR Inside Business Leader of the Year

Dale Parmenter, DRPG

 

Grand Prix

Travelport