Going Responsible at the SERA Awards
On Friday, August 15th, TruContact Communication held the 2nd edition of the Social Enterprise Reports & Awards 2008. It was a lovely evening with some of the finest and socially responsible brands in Nigeria. This year’s edition was themed “Beyond Rhetoric: Making Your CSR Count” and it was held at the MUSON Center in Lagos.
Here are the categories, nominees and the favoured winners at the 2008 SERA Awards.
1. Best Company in Poverty Reduction
· MTN
· UBA Foundation
· Zenith Bank
· Western Union {Winner}
2. Best in Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria etc.
· Unilever {Winner}
· Coca Cola
· MTN
3. Best Company in Banking Sector
· BankPHB
· Zenith {Winner}
· GTBank
4. Best Company in Art promotion
· Fidelity {Winner}
· GTBank
· Skye Bank
5. Best in Gender Equality
· Access Bank
· Zenith Bank
· MTN {Winner}
6. Personality of the Year
· Chief Gani Fawehinmi SAN {Winner}
· Mo Abudu
· Kanu Nwankwo
7. Best in Environmental Sustainability
· Guinness {Winner}
· British American Tobacco Nigeria
· UBA Foundation
· Union Bank
8. Best Company in Food & Beverages
· Coca Cola {Winner}
· UAC
· Friesland Foods
· De United Foods – Indomie
9. Best Company in Partnership for Development
· Coca Cola and YEF /Enigma Theatre /USAID/WOFAN
· Unilever
· MTN and Hope Worldwide
· GSK, the Federal Republic of Nigeria FG and UNICEF {Winner}
10. Best Company in Telecoms
· MTN {Winner}
· GLO
11. Best Company in Children Centered CSR
· De United Foods - Indomie {Winner}
· UAC
· GTBank
· Friesland foods
12. Best Company in Universal Primary Education
· GTBank
· Zenith Bank
· BankPHB {Winner}
· Access Bank
13. Best Company in Maternal Health
· MTN
· Western Union
· Lulu Briggs foundation {Winner}
14. Best Company in Child Health
· Zenith
· Union Bank
· MTN
· GSK {Winner}
15. Best Company in Safety & Environment
· Union Bank
· De United - Indomie {Winner}
16. Best Company in Manufacturing Sector
· British American Tobacco Nigeria {Winner}
· Guinness
· Unilever
· Dangote Group
17. The Tunmise Adekunle Award for CSR Reporting
· Marcel Mbamalu, The Guardian
· Blessing Ogunli, The News Magazine
· Joseph Chibueze, Financial Standard {Winner}
18. Most Voted Company
· BankPHB {Winner}
· UAC
· Coca Cola
19. Grand Winner
· Guinness, 2nd Runner-up
· Zenith, 1st Runner-up
· MTN {Winner}
The winners in these categories were chosen from a pool of votes based on their engaging and instigating social responsible activities.
Date Published: 8/27/2008 8:28:00 AM
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