The Halo Awards are North America’s highest honor for corporate social initiatives and cause marketing and showcase successful consumer engagement and employee engagement efforts. The Halo Awards will be awarded at the Engage for Good Conference in Austin on May 28, 2020. This prestigious CSR, cause marketing and corporate social impact award focuses on initiatives where brand purpose and social impact intersect to help build a better world and the bottom line.
The submission period is NOW OPEN
Important dates:
Regular Deadline: January 17, 2020
Late Deadline (additional fee): January 22, 2020
Halo Finalists Announced: February 14, 2020
Gold and Silver Winners Revealed: May 28, 2020 at the 2020 Engage for Good Conference
Each entry consists of a completed Submission Background form, a Submission Detail section no more than four pages long, up to six pages of Supporting Materials and payment of the entry fee.
Outstanding companies and causes compete in the following categories:
- Best Activism/Advocacy Initiative (new!)
- Best Consumer-Activated Corporate Donation Initiative
- Best Consumer Donation Initiative
- Best Disaster Prevention or Relief Initiative (new!)
- Best Education Initiative
- Best Employee Engagement Initiative (new!)
- Best Experiential/Event Initiative
- Best Health Initiative
- Best Inclusion Initiative
- Best Social Service Initiative
- Best Social Impact Video
- Best Sustainability Initiative (new!)
- Best Group Volunteerism Initiative
- Best Skilled Volunteerism Initiative
Want to ensure your campaign has the best shot at winning a Halo Award?
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Levi Strauss & Co.
Jeans started as an invention for the American worker in 1873 and quickly became the uniform of progress. Worn by miners, cowboys, rebels, rock stars, presidents and everyday men and women, this functional denim staple were the clothes people not only worked in—they lived their lives in, too. From its…
Habitat for Humanity International
There are two commonly held myths about Habitat for Humanity. First, that former President Jimmy Carter founded the global housing nonprofit. Second, that the organization gives homes away for free. Neither, it turns out, are true. President and Mrs. Carter are indeed Habitat’s most famous volunteers, but they didn’t found…
Stop Bullying: Speak Up: Cartoon Network & Committee for Children
In 2018, Cartoon Network used the global reach of its networks, its multiple digital platforms and strategic partnerships to advance the causes of kindness, inclusion and empathy. Millions of kids were presented messages and given resources to help them create more positive attitudes and behaviors towards themselves and others. Cartoon…
Thanks: Giving Hope: WestJet & Hope Air
WestJet Cares for Kids was launched March 2007 providing donations of the gift of flight and helping eight partners, such as Hope Air, deliver essential programs to the patients they serve, raise funds and reduce the cost of their business travel. In addition to providing Hope Air with the gift…
Vivint Gives Back: Vivint Smart Home
Founded in 1999, Vivint provides smart home products and services for the broad consumer market. Vivint has installed more than 28 million devices in homes throughout North America and its cloud-based smart home platform processes more than one billion events per day. Vivint’s nonprofit foundation, Vivint Gives Back, focuses on…
Stirring Up Change: Williams Sonoma & Share Our Strength
In 2010, Williams Sonoma began a partnership with Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign due to the company’s commitment to social service and their mission to bring communities together around food – both directly aligned with No Kid Hungry’s work and mission to end childhood hunger in America. When…
Day of Understanding: PwC - CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion
US Chairman and Senior Partner of PwC Tim Ryan meets with the nation’s top CEOs every day to discuss their business challenges. In these conversations, diversity is often a focal point. While CEOs are passionate about the topic, they are also concerned that not enough is being done inside and…
Turn Up The Love: AT&T & The Trevor Project
AT&T, one of the original corporate allies of the LGBTQ community, has been at the vanguard of promoting LGBTQ equality since 1975, when AT&T became one of the first American corporations to add protections for lesbian and gay employees to its nondiscrimination clause. This was the first step on a…
My Special Aflac Duck: Aflac and Children's Miracle Network Hospitals
For more than 23 years, Aflac has been devoted to the childhood cancer cause through its ongoing Aflac Childhood Cancer Campaign®, having donated $131 million toward pediatric cancer and in support of the Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Aflac wanted to evolve its childhood…
Grow With Google Tour
Google recognizes that upskilling is crucial for employees to be able to fill the job market gap. As small and medium businesses grow, they look to their local community to fill jobs to bolster their growth. Grow with Google partners with libraries, local community organizations, and SBDCs (Small Business Development…
