The shortlist for this year's Corporate Engagement Awards has been revealed, celebrating the very best in collaborative CSR, sustainability and partnership programmes.

The Corporate Engagement Awards is Europe’s leading celebration of corporate partnership, corporate sponsorship and corporate philanthropy. The awards shine a spotlight on best practice and excellence in engagement strategies. 

Categories in the 2023 programme include  'Best educational programme' 'Best community involvement during a CSR programme' and 'Best collaborative approach' among many others.

Judges from across the ESG landscape examine entries to determine those setting the benchmark for excellence in corporate engagement and communications. The very best entries demonstrate a clear alignment between purpose and business objectives, mutual benefits in partnership programmes and an engagement with charities and communities.

This year's awards ceremony will take place on 28 September 2023, at The May Fair Hotel in London. For more information, contact Finley Chesson at finley.chesson@communicatemagazine.co.uk. 

The full shortlist is as follows:

PARTNERSHIPS

Best arts and culture programme
Sigma Software LLC

Best charity, NGO or NFP programme
Greene King and Macmillan Cancer Support
Robert Walters Group
Sigma Software LLC
Superdrug, Savers and Marie Curie

Best educational programme
AstraZeneca and Plan International UK
Barclays LifeSkills
Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games and EVERFI
National Literacy Trust and WH Smith
National Numeracy and KPMG
NatWest MoneySense
OVO Foundation

Best environmental or sustainable programme
Cargill Türkiye
Northumbrian Water Group and Hopscotch Consulting
SailGP and Aggreko
Springer Nature and Hubbub
The Conservation Volunteers and NatWest Group

Best pro-bono work for a charitable, social or ethical cause
Bowel Research UK (BRUK) and Bladonmore
ITV 'Britain Get Talking', Mind, YoungMinds and SAMH
New Horizon Youth Centre and Havas UK
Sigma Software LLC
Ukraine Warrior Games Team and TEAM Lewis Foundation

Best sports and leisure programme
Flutter Entertainment plc
Project Rugby
NBA and EVERFI
Sport England and Hopscotch Consulting

SPONSORSHIPS

Best sponsorship activity to support or develop a corporate reputation
Jaguar and Tata Consultancy Services
Takeda, Over The Wall and Hill+Knowlton Strategies

Best alignment of brand values through sponsorship activity
Samaritans, Chelsea F.C. and Three UK
Wiltshire Farm Foods and Stroke Association

Best engagement of an internal audience in a sponsorship programme
Superdrug, Savers and Marie Curie
Gowling WLG and DRPG

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Best CSR activity/programme to support or develop a corporate reputation
Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority
Softserve
St Richards Hospice and DRPG

Best alignment of brand values during a CSR programme
Aldermore Bank and Everfi
Turkish Aerospace

Best community involvement during a CSR programme
Cargill Türkiye
Sigma Software LLC

Best engagement of an internal audience in a CSR programme
Flutter Entertainment plc
Paramount and The Chameleon Agency
Pets at Home and Hubbub
Take Five and Virgin Media O2
TEAM LEWIS Foundation
We Are Futures, B+A London, Exposure London, Future Learn and Digital Catapult and Samsung UK

Best collaboration for a single event
B&Q and Shelter
EPAM Systems Inc
Samaritans, Chelsea F.C and Three UK

Best foundation
Make-A-Wish UK, Tommy’s, Whizz Kidz with Poundland and Poundland Foundation
OVO Foundation

TIME

Most effective one-off campaign
Lidl UK and NSPCC
Samaritans, Chelsea F.C and Three UK

Most effective long-term commitment
Barclays LifeSkills
Greene King and Macmillan Cancer Support
Make-A-Wish UK, Tommy’s, Whizz Kidz with Poundland and Poundland Foundation
National Numeracy and KPMG
NatWest MoneySense
Premier Inn and Restaurants (Whitbread) and Great Ormond Street Hospital Charity
Robert Walters Group
Superdrug, Savers and Marie Curie

COMMUNICATIONS

Best stakeholder communications
Coloplast UK, Four Agency Worldwide, Colostomy UK, Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Association, and Urostomy Association.

Best internal communications
Paramount and The Chameleon Agency
Sigma Software LLC

Best PR and external communications
Samaritans and Chelsea F.C. and Three UK
Turkish Aerospace
Weleda and Red Consultancy

PROCESS

Best collaborative approach
Greene King and Macmillan Cancer Support
National Literacy Trust and WHSmith
Network Rail and Shelter
Samaritans & Chelsea F.C and Three UK
Women in Sport, Places for People, Hey Girls and Hopscotch Consulting

Best team effort during a programme
Convatec
CBRE UK and Macmillan Cancer Support

Most effective sponsorship of a single event
Takeda, Over The Wall and Hill+Knowlton Strategies

The winner of the ‘Grand prix’ award will be announced at the awards ceremony on 28 September.