CSR360

Posted: Wednesday 25 June 14, 9.34am GMT

A Big Tick is awarded to an entry that demonstrates significant achievement in tackling key social and environmental issues. In each category some companies were also shortlisted to be considered for the overall winner accolade. In addition, we offer a selection of award categories which focus on local impact in different areas across the UK.

Big Ticks by category:

• Unilever International Award, supported by Business Fights Poverty
  Recognising businesses that can demonstrate positive impact against one or more of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.

• International Disaster Relief Award, supported by the Department for International Development
  This award recognises businesses that can demonstrate positive disaster relief action in the immediate aftermath of international disasters

• Responsible Business Award
  This category recognises businesses that are integrating the sustainability issues most critical to their business and are influencing others to collaborate and create the conditions for long term sustainable change.

• Santander Responsible Small Business Award
  Recognising smaller businesses demonstrating a holistic responsible approach to business in the realms of community, environment, marketplace and amongst their workforce.

• CommunityMark Award
  The CommunityMark recognises businesses that have an integrated and strategic approach to community investment and are making a measurable difference to communities through their programmes

• Sustainable Products and Services Award
  Recognising businesses that are embedding environmental sustainability into core products or services, as well as the processes used to produce or develop them.

• Engaging Customers on Sustainability Award, supported by How on Earth
  This award recognises businesses that use their marketing activity to inspire and enable people to live more sustainable lifestyles.

• Dairy Crest Rural Action Award
  Recognising businesses that support rural communities to maintain a vibrant, sustainable rural economy.

• Inspiring Young Talent Award
  Recognising businesses that address youth unemployment and the UK skills gap by using either ‘youth friendly’ recruitment practices, inspiring work experience programmes or accessible routes to successful working lives such as apprenticeships.

• Bupa Workwell Engagement and Wellbeing Award
  This category recognises organisations that are investing in the engagement and wellbeing of their employees

• Asda Enterprise Growth Award
  Recognising businesses that engage, support and do business with small and medium enterprises to drive local economic growth.

• Work Inclusion Award
  This award recognises businesses that have supported people from disadvantaged groups into employment and/or improved their employability skills.

• Education Award, supported by UKCES
  Recognising businesses that are building sustainable partnerships with schools in the UK, to raise aspirations of young people to enable them to build successful working lives.

• Building Stronger Communities Award
  This category recognises partnerships between businesses and community organisations that successfully address a key social issue and make a lasting impact.

• The Prince’s Ambassador Awards
  Ambassadors are chosen not only for their inspiring personal impact, but also for demonstrating leadership which has both transformed their own business and inspired other organisations to take action.

• The Sieff Award
  The Sieff Award recognises the next generation of business leadership, in partnership with Marks & Spencer.

• Awards Across the Country
  This award recognises companies were acclaimed as the best examples of responsible business practice across the country.

BITC’s 2015 Responsible Business Awards will be launched in November/December 2014.

For further information visit The Responsible Business Awards 2014 website.