Corporate Secretary and sister publication IR Magazine are delighted to announce the short-lists for their inaugural ESG Integration Awards. The winners, selected by an independent panel of judges, will be revealed following the ESG Integration Forum – Summer on Thursday, July 14 in New York. Click here for more information on the forum and awards. The ESG Integration Awards recognize outstanding achievements by governance and investor relations professionals in helping their companies oversee, communicate and engage with stakeholders about their companies’ ESG efforts. Submissions have been made for a variety of issuers and individuals for their work in areas such as board oversight of ESG, climate action, ESG engagement programs and diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I). These submissions highlight the extensive and excellent work being done in the field. The nominees for the ESG Integration Awards are:
Best board oversight of ESG Hewlett Packard Enterprise Horace Mann Marsh McLennan NRG Energy Starbucks CorporationBest climate action Amalgamated Financial Corp JLL Medtronic Philip Morris International Starbucks CorporationBest DE&I Advance Auto Parts Gilead Sciences Medtronic Paramount Global Starbucks CorporationBest ESG by a senior management team Energy Recovery JLL Paramount Global PepsiCo The Travelers CompaniesBest ESG communications Chesapeake Energy Corporation elf Beauty Energy Recovery PepsiCo Philip Morris InternationalBest ESG engagement program Energy Recovery Splunk Starbucks Corporation The Travelers Companies The prestigious members of the judging panel for this year’s awards are:
Mary Green, vice president and client portfolio manager, Federated Hermes Eileen Kamerick, non-executive director at Associated Banc-Corp, ACV Auctions, Hochschild Mining and Legg Mason Closed End Funds Michael Passoff, CEO, Proxy Impact Veena Ramani, research director, FCLTGlobal Tensie Whelan, founder and director, NYU Stern School of Business’ Center for Sustainable Business.