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 are awarded at the Engage for Good Conference in Chicago on May 30, 2019. 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 25, 2019
Late Deadline (additional fee): January 30, 2019
Halo Finalists Announced: February 14, 2019
Gold and Silver Winners Revealed: May 30, 2019 at the 2019 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 Animal Initiative
- Best Consumer-Activated Corporate Donation Initiative
- Best Consumer Donation/Crowdfunding Initiative
- Best Digital Activation (renamed)
- Best Education Initiative
- Best Employee Engagement Initiative (Group Volunteering)
- Best Employee Engagement Initiative (Skilled Volunteering)
- Best Environmental Initiative
- Best Experiential Marketing Initiative
- Best Health Initiative
- Best Inclusion Initiative (new!)
- Best Small to Medium-Sized Business Initiative
- Best Social Service Initiative
- Best Social Impact Video
Want to ensure your campaign has the best shot at winning a Halo Award?
Be sure to watch this recorded webinar on creating an award winning entry!
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