CSR Shortlist 2014

BITCI News - Aug 26, 2014

The shortlist for the 2014 Corporate Social Responsibility Awards was launched on Wednesday 16th July. The full shortlist is below. Click on the category link below to learn more about the projects:


Excellence in CSR Communication

•    Bluebird Care – An EngAGEment with Bluebird Care
•    Dell – Spread the word for Daffodil Day 2014
•    Intel – Stakeholder Communications
•    Lidl Ireland – Lidl and Barretstown – Choose to be part of the magic

Excellence in Community – Partnership with Charity – LIC

•    Dublin Airport Authority – DAA Staff Charity Of The Year Programme – Supporting Irish Charities
•    eircom – eircom & Special Olympics Ireland (SOI) – The Partnership
•    Lidl Ireland – Choose to be part of the Magic – Lidl and Barretstown
•    Telecom Internet Federation – IBEC – 116 123 Samaritans Ireland Free to Call Number
•     Ulster Bank – One Week in June

Excellence in Community – Partnership with Charity – MNC
•    BNY Mellon – BNY Mellon and Dublin Simon Community Partnership
•    Boots Ireland – Boots Ireland & the Irish Cancer Society
•    Covidien – Covidien/Irish Heart Foundation Blood Pressure Roadshow
•    Dell Ireland – #DAFFODILDAY2014
•    M&S Ireland – Marks & Spencer Ireland’s Charity Partnership with the Marie Keating Foundation
•    Microsoft Ireland – Youth2Work
•    Vodafone – Vodafone Ireland & Young Social Innovators ‘Go Do’ Partnership

Excellence in Community – Community Programme – LIC
•    Aramark Ireland – Building Community Day
•    Bord Gais Networks – Science Forward
•    DHR Communications – DHR Working with and for The Liberties
•    Dublin Airport Authority – Giving Something Back
•    EirGrid – EIRGRID SMART LEARNING PROGRAMME – Educational Outreach on STEM and Power
•    Eversheds – The Eversheds School Sports Day for Barretstown
•    IPB Insurance – The IPB Youth and Community Fund
•    KBC Bank Ireland – Promoting inclusion and music in the community– feel the music
•    Lidl Ireland – Lidl and Crosscare – Partnering to create Ireland’s first structured food donation programme

Excellence in Community – Community Programme – MNC
•    Citi – Access Outreach Programmes at UCD Access Centre and DCU Access Office
•    Diageo Ireland – Arthur Guinness Projects
•    HP in Ireland – HP Employee Volunteer Program – Blood Platelet Donations
•    Intel Ireland – Mini Scientist
•    KPMG – Get Cents with WALK
•    Microsoft Ireland – Microsoft: IT for Non-Profits
•    MSD – MSD International Neighbour of Choice Programme
•    Shell E&P Ireland – Corrib Natural Gas: Social Investment Programme for Educational Inclusiveness
•    SSE Airtricity – The SSE Airtricity Community Fund Programme for Ireland

Excellence in Community – Volunteering – LIC
•    A&L Goodbody – Volunteering for Step Up – A&L Goodbody’s Community Programme
•    TTM Healthcare – Volunteer @ TTM: helping to shape all of our communities
•    Ulster Bank – Jobnet: helping unemployed get back to work

Excellence in Community – Volunteering – MNC

•    Abbott Ireland – Abbott Ireland & Junior Achievement Partnership – Supporting Schools in the Community
•    BT Ireland – The Great BT Charity Shops Challenge
•    Citi – The Citi Volunteers Programme
•    Dell Ireland – Powering the Possible: Dell Ireland Gives Back to the Community
•    O2 – Employee volunteering for O2’s charity partner, Headstrong, The National Centre for Youth Mental Health
•    Oracle – Leadership in Society (LIS)
•    SSE Airtricity – The SSE Airtricity Community at Heart Volunteering Programme

Excellence in Environment – LIC – Sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency
•    Dawn Meats – Dawn Meats Sustainability
•    ESB – Ardnacrusha Station Sustainable Generation Initiative

Excellence in Environment – MNC– Sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency
•    Abbott Ireland – Abbott Ireland’s Waste, Water & Energy Programme (2009-2013)
•    AbbVie Ireland – AbbVie Ireland Operations – Reducing, Reusing and Recycling
•    Dell – Dell Cherrywood Planet Team; Dell Green Technology
•    Heineken – “Brewing a Better Future” – Our sustainability vision

Excellence in International CSR
•    Arthur Cox – Zambia Project
•    Deloitte – The Consultancy for Change Volunteering Trip
•    IBM Ireland – IBM Corporate Service Corps Program

Excellence in Marketplace

•    Abbott Ireland – Abbott Nutrition Hospital to Home programme
•    EirGrid – Smart Grid Innovation Hub
•    MSD – MSD Cardio‐Metabolic Nurse Screening Service
•    Ulster Bank – Enabling Social Impact:  Banking for the Non-Profit sector

Excellence in CSR by an SME

•    BCP Asset Management – BCP Staff Volunteering Programme
•    Colbert & Co – C&C Paperless Office
•    Hayes Culleton – Introducing Wall Street to the Classroom
•    The Carmabola Ltd – Carambola Kidz Foundation-sponsored Library at St Thomas’ SNS, Jobstown, Tallaght, Dublin
•    Three Q Recruitment – Celebrate Nurses our Everyday Heroes (#Celebratenurses)

Excellence in Workplace – LIC
•    ESB – Positive Mental Health Promotion among ESB Staff
•    KBC Bank Ireland – Grass Roots Peer Supporter System

Excellence in Workplace – MNC
•    Abbott Ireland – LiveLifeWell – Mental Health Awareness campaign
•    Aviva Health & HP – The Power of Prevention
•    Enterprise Rent-A-Car – Enterprise Founding Values – Workplace Diversity and Inclusion
•    Janssen Supply Chain Ireland – Fit4life is Janssen Supply Chain Ireland Health Promoting Team
•    O2 – O2 Quest
•    Oracle – Enhancing Lifeskills Programme

*LIC – Large Indigenous Company
*MNC – Multinational Company