Congratulations to everyone who has been shortlisted for the ESG Awards 2023.

Thanks to all of our partners for their support, including our headline partner UNICEPTA. Unicepta's ESG Sensor gives companies a precise picture of how they and their competitors are perceived relative to the most important ESG issues- and which topics and actors have the greatest impact.

The winners will be announced live on Wednesday 8th November, at 4pm GMT from The ESG Awards website. The live virtual awards show is free to attend. Don't miss the show, where we will take our viewers on a tour of some of the world's most amazing ESG work in 2023. Add The ESG Awards show to your Outlook calendar by clicking on this link and make sure your colleagues register to watch the show via our homepage.

The ESG Awards 2023 received entries from all around the world. The variety of truly inspirational work, driven by the ESG agenda is clear. The scope, volume and ambition of this work is accelerating quickly as brands, businesses and organisations rise up to their ESG responsibilities and challenges.

Congratulations again to all those shortlisted for the ESG Awards 2023.

CAMPAIGN & CASE STUDY CATEGORIES

Best ESG Campaign Or Case Study To Create Or Improve Access To Affordable And Clean Energy
Sponsored by

BLUE Communications - Supporting a green hydrogen start-up’s €130million investment announcement in the green molecules market
GingerMay & Coolbrook - How Coolbrook & GingerMay sparked a Clean New Industrial Era
Princeton Digital Group - MU1 Data Center solar power contract

Best ESG Campaign Or Case Study To Create Or Improve The Sustainability Of Cities And/Or Communities
Sponsored by

FINN Partners & Iceland – Positioning Iceland as a Leader in Sustainability
IKEA & Shelter with Hope&Glory & Weber Shandwick - Real Life Roomsets
Red Consultancy for Redrow - Turning the heat pump climate from cold to warm

Best ESG Campaign Or Case Study To Improve And Encourage Responsible Consumption And Production
Sponsored by

Cirkle & Heineken - The Green Pub Guide
FINN Partners & Mainetti - Redefining the circular economy for the retail industry
Kindred for WRAP - Love Food Hate Waste: Win. Don't Bin

Best ESG Campaign Or Case Study To Improve Conservation, Restoration And Sustainable Use Of The Terrestrial Ecosystems
Kelani Valley Plantations PLC - Halgolla Biodiversity Research Concept - Biodiversity & Eco-system Conservation through Comprehensive Research Trials
Milk & Honey PR & The Freyja Foundation - Patagonia Park Argentina 'Witness The Wild'
TATA Consultancy Services Ltd - India campuses as valuable resources for urban biodiversity conservation

Best ESG Campaign Or Case Study To Improve Education Or Access To Education
The judges decided not to reveal a shortlist for this category. The winner will be revealed at the virtual awards ceremony.

Best ESG Campaign Or Case Study To Improve Gender Equality
Sponsored by

Golin & McCann - Nurofen, See My Pain
Hill+Knowlton Strategies India - Moller Maersk India's Equal at Sea 2023
The Romans & Estrid - Human Renaissance

Best ESG Campaign Or Case Study To Improve Health And Well-Being
Sponsored by

CALM with Hope&Glory & adam&eveDDB - The Last Photo
Golin & McCann - Nurofen, See My Pain
Red Consultancy for KP Nuts - Testicular cancer is pants
The Romans & Livi - Miss Diagnosed

Best ESG Campaign Or Case Study To Improve Industry, Innovation And Infrastructure
Sponsored by

The judges decided not to reveal a shortlist for this category. The winner will be revealed at the virtual awards ceremony.

Best ESG Campaign Or Case Study To Improve The Quality Of People's Work Or Their Access To Work
Sponsored by

adidas & #Merky Foundation with Hope&Glory - Launching #Merky FC
Cirkle & Tango - CAN-riculum Vitae
PeoplePlus - Harnessing Collective Power to Change Lives One at a Time
Sodexo UK & Ireland - Starting Fresh
Tangerine Communications & Peldon Rose - The Sustainability Sprints

Best ESG Campaign Or Case Study To Promote And Encourage Climate Action
Commercial - Putting the Value into Zero
Engro Fertilizer - Climate Resilience: A Sustainability Triumph
Jinko Solar - Embrace a Zero Carbon Future
Red Consultancy for Redrow - Turning the heat pump climate from cold to warm
Smarts - The Met Office: Attributing Extreme Weather to Climate Change
UPM Biochemicals & The Tilton Consultancy - No excuses

Best ESG Campaign Or Case Study To Promote Peace And Social Justice
Hill+Knowlton Strategies & Institute for Economics & Peace - Global Peace Index 2023
The Romans, Wiggle & Adidas - Hikers Against Hatred

Best ESG Campaign Or Case Study To Reduce Inequality
adidas & #Merky Foundation with Hope&Glory - Launching #Merky FC
IKEA & Shelter with Hope&Glory & Weber Shandwick - Real Life Roomsets
Virgin Media O2 with Hope&Glory, Missive & Broadcast Revolution - Creating the National Databank

Best ESG Campaign Or Case Study To Reduce Poverty
IKEA & Shelter with Hope&Glory & Weber Shandwick - Real Life Roomsets
Intesa Sanpaolo - Sharing Energy: solidarity energy communities
Red Consultancy for Centrepoint - #NotComingHome
Virgin Media O2 with Hope&Glory, Missive & Broadcast Revolution - Creating the National Databank

Best ESG Campaign Or Case Study Which Has Played A Role In Strengthening Global Partnerships
The judges decided not to reveal a shortlist for this category. The winner will be revealed at the virtual awards ceremony.

ESG PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES

Brand Activism ESG Campaign Of The Year
Sponsored by

CALM with Hope&Glory & adam&eveDDB - The Last Photo
IKEA & Shelter with Hope&Glory & Weber Shandwick - Real Life Roomsets
Red Consultancy for Weleda - Beauty Kitchen, Naïf Care & The Plastic Soup Foundation - Leading The Fight Against Microplastics
Scottish Widows with Frontier Economics, BCW & Opinium - Green Pension's Report
The Romans, Wiggle & Adidas - Hikers Against Hatred
Virgin Media O2 with Hope&Glory, Missive & Broadcast Revolution - Creating the National Databank

Carbon Footprint ESG Performance Of The Year
The judges decided not to reveal a shortlist for this category. The winner will be revealed at the virtual awards ceremony.

Employee Engagement ESG Programme Of The Year
Sponsored by

Assent Inc. - Assent’s Award-Worthy Journey to Employee Engagement in ESG
Guess?, Inc. - GUESS Culture
Hill+Knowlton Strategies India & Urban Company - Come Let's Clean Campaign
MBH Bank Nyrt - Let’s work together for sustainability!

Environmental Product ESG Campaign Of The Year
Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad - Virtual Credit Card with Dynamic Card Number
The Jargon Group - Profiling Fishtek Marine's SharkGuard: an electrifying way to protect endangered sharks
The Tilton Consultancy & UPM Biochemicals - No Excuses
Third City & Kia - Electric Futures
Tru Earth Environmental Products Inc - Tru Earth Disrupts the Multi-Billion-Dollar Household Cleaning Product Industry with Innovative Laundry Eco-Strips™

ESG Related Charity Partnership Of The Year
Guess?, Inc. - GUESS supports Gyrl Wonder Inc.
IKEA & Shelter with Hope&Glory & Weber Shandwick - Real Life Roomsets
Red Consultancy for KP Nuts - Testicular cancer is pants
Robert Walters Group - Transforming Tsavo with Global Angels
Virgin Media O2 with Hope&Glory, Missive & Broadcast Revolution - Creating the National Databank
Yorkshire Building Society & Citizens Advice - Real Help with Real Lives

TEAM / CONSULTANCY CATEGORIES

ESG Consultancy Of The Year
BWP Group
Cognito
Kindred
The NationSwell Studio
The Tilton Consultancy
Third City

ESG REPORT OF THE YEAR

Sponsored by

CAE Inc. - Fiscal Year 2023 Global Annual Activity & Sustainability Report
Diversified Energy Company plc - Decarbonising While Delivering
Guess?, Inc. - GUESS ESG Report FY2022 – 2023, Our Best Today, Better Tomorrow
Ideas On Purpose & Hilton - 2022 Environmental, Social & Governance Report
Milk & Honey PR - People, Purpose, Planet Report 2023
MRM - FLUIDRA & The perfect pool experience
PT Pertamina (Persero) - Pertamina Sustainability Report 2022: Revolving