The shortlist for this year's Corporate Engagement Awards has been revealed, recognising and celebrating the good in business through fantastic collaborative CSR and sustainability campaigns and partnership programmes.

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

Our 2024 programme includes an exciting array of categories in order to accurately capture the diversity and expanse of work taking place. This year, our categories include 'Best environmental or sustainable programme,' 'Best educational programme' and 'Best PR and external communications,' to name a few. 

Judges from across the ESG landscape examined entries to determine those that are setting the benchmark for excellence in corporate engagement and communications. The very best entries show 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 19 September 2024, at the Underglobe, Shakespeare's Globe, in London. For more information or to book for the event, please contact Lauren Ditcher at lauren.ditcher@communicatemagazine.co.uk or call +44 (0)20 3950 5356.

The full shortlist is as follows:

PARTNERSHIPS

Best arts and culture programme
Foundation for Future London and Westfield Stratford City

Best charity, NGO or NFP programme
Barclays and Refuge
Blueprint for All and Deloitte
Marie Curie, Superdrug and Savers
Only A Pavement Away and The Hilton
School Food Matters and Whole Kids, a project of Whole Foods Market Foundation
SoftServe and Superhumans Center

Best educational programme
CGI UK Ltd and Local London Careers Hub
Cisco UK and Ireland with Connectr
Dove Self-Esteem Project and UNICEF
Premiership Rugby with Central YMCA, The CVC Foundation and East Head Impact
Team GB and ParalympicsGB with Hark
The Rail Industry and The Scouts Association

Best environmental or sustainable programme
Booking.com and UN Tourism
CGI UK Ltd and Local London Careers Hub
Coca-Cola Türkiye and Linkus PR
Springer Nature and Giki
WRAP with Hark and Radley Yeldar

Best pro-bono work for a charitable, social or ethical cause
Cargill Türkiye and Linkus PR
Lightyear Foundation and ApotheCom

Best sports and leisure programme
Lyca Mobile and West Ham United FC
Premiership Rugby and Gallagher UK
Youth Sport Trust and Lidl Ireland 

SPONSORSHIP

Best sponsorship activity to support or develop a corporate reputation
L’Oréal Men Expert and Movember
Macmillan Cancer Support and Santander

Best alignment of brand values through a sponsorship activity
L’Oréal Men Expert and Movember
Macmillan Cancer Support and Santander

Most effective sponsorship of a single event
FIFA Women’s World Cup and McDonald’s with Red Consultancy

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Best CSR activity or programme to support or develop a corporate reputation
BSI and Hill & Knowlton
Charter Walk Shopping Centre and Shoppertainment
EPAM Systems
Samsung Electronics UK and We Are Futures
Sky
TUSAS Engine Industries

Best alignment of brand values during a CSR programme
Aldi, Team GB and ParalympicsGB with Hark
Boots Soltan and Macmillan Cancer Support
Intellias
Kaplan International and Plan International UK

Best community involvement during a CSR programme
AstraZeneca and Plan International UK
Coca-Cola Türkiye and Linkus PR
Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi
M&G plc and The Talent Foundry
The Rail Industry and The Scouts Association
WWF, Aviva and the RSPB Save Our Wild Isles Community Fund

Best engagement of an internal audience in a CSR programme
Cisco UK and Ireland with Connectr
Marie Curie, Superdrug and Savers
Springer Nature

Most innovative collaboration
Charter Walk Shopping Centre and Shoppertainment
Dove Self-Esteem Project and UNICEF
Rise, championed by ICAEW with The Talent Foundry
Movember and Pringles

Best foundation
Avon and The NO MORE Foundation with Red Consultancy
Elite Hotels and Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
Poundland

TIME

Most effective one-off campaign
Lovehoney and Macmillan Cancer Support
The Rail Industry and The Scouts Association

Most effective long-term commitment
AllClear and Stroke Association
British Airways
Cancer Research UK and Slimming World
Dell Technologies and The Talent Foundry
Marie Curie, Superdrug and Savers
Premiership Rugby and Gallagher UK 

COMMUNICATION

Best internal communications
Marie Curie, Superdrug and Savers
Maxeon Solar Technologies and Hill & Knowlton
Philip Morris International
Springer Nature

Best PR and external communications
Auto Trader
Marie Curie, Superdrug and Savers

PROCESS

Best collaborative approach
City Harvest and London Early Years Foundation
Essity, Haleon, Kimberly-Clark, Tesco and Unilever with In Kind Direct
first direct and Shelter
Team GB and ParalympicsGB with Hark

There is no shortlist for the Grand prix. Everyone shortlisted is eligible and the winner will be announced at the very special awards ceremony on 19 September 2024.