Shortlist 2021
Best community initiative
Neighbour of the Year
Co-op Insurance
Neighbourly Community Fund and Foundation
Neighbourly
South London Listens
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
Agency: Citizens UK
Schroders
Best consumer campaign
A night on the cobbles
Airbnb
Agency: Hope&Glory PR
EE
Agencies: Unlimited – Nelson Bostock, Pitch Marketing Group
LNER Green Guides
Inspiring people to travel sustainably
London North Eastern Railway
Agency: Tin Man Communications
Best corporate campaign
From Spanish utility to new energy major
Iberdrola
Agency: Headland
Powering the UK’s vital connections
Liberty Global
Agencies: Taylor Made Media, Edmonds Elder
The Big Conversation: Helping Britain Recover
Lloyds Banking Group
Gender pensions gap
Now: Pensions
Agency: Cicero/amo
Best corporate partnership
Mars Petcare, LGBT Foundation
Agency: Cirkle Partnership
Making Malaria No More
Rentokil Initial and Malaria No More
ENO X Uber: Drive-in Opera
Uber
Agency: Hope&Glory
Best corporate publication
The Review
The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment
Agency: Wardour
The Lowdown
Longhurst Group
Courier
Royal Mail
Agency: Linney
Best crisis or issues management
Sponsored by Polpeo
Hitachi Class 800 fleet issues - May 2021
London North Eastern Railway
Forth Bridge: a Royal funeral in a pandemic
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Best diversity and inclusion initiative
10,000 Black Interns
Agencies: Montfort Communications, Nisse Consultancy
Personal allies in action
BT/EE
Agency: Goldbug
Calling time on racism
Greene King
Agency: C&E Advisory
Banking on Racial Equality - a Roadmap for Positive Change
NatWest Group
Best embodiment of corporate purpose
Balfour Beatty
Living its purpose through Covid
Halma
Pivot to sustainability
M&G
Best external event
A night on the cobbles
Airbnb
Agency: Hope&Glory PR
ODI Summit 2020 – Data Futures
ODI
Agencies: The Business Narrative, Allegory Communications, Philpott Design
The Virgin TV 360 Takeover
Virgin Media
Best employee engagement initiative
Spring Fest
PwC
Plan Zero
OVO
Agency: Given
Flu Campaign
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Best social or digital media campaign
International Women’s Day: Choose to challenge
Anglo American
Agency: the tree
21 Days
Green Cola UK
Agency: OneFifty Consultancy
Race Action Plan
Lloyds Banking Group
Best in-house team: corporate communications
Sponsored by Ithaca Partners
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service
Siemens Energy
Whitbread
Best in-house team: internal communications
Sponsored by Ithaca Partners
BDO
DHL Supply Chain UK & Ireland
Lloyds Banking Group
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Best in-house team – media relations
Sponsored by Ithaca Partners
Accenture
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
Marie Curie
S4C
Best internal comms strategy
We Care: We're in this together. Keep doing the right thing
Anglo American
Agencies: H&H, Lucent, Gorilla Gorilla, Russell and Associates
Lloyds Banking Group
Digital Labs digital skills training
The Church of England
Best internal event
Wellfest: a virtual wellbeing festival
AkzoNobel
Agency: Democracy
Celebrating International Women’s Day
British American Tobacco
Consumer Live 2021
BT
Agency: DRP Group
VodaFUN@Home
VodafoneUK
Best international campaign
IDAHOT: Progress Is Made
Ikea
Agency: Given
Showcasing Shell and Sustainability
Shell
Zeronomics: Financing the transition to a net-zero world
Standard Chartered
Agency: Man Bites Dog
Best leadership communications
Ministry of Justice
Shoosmiths LLP
Springer Nature leadership communications during pandemic
Springer Nature
Best low budget campaign
National Day of Reflection
Marie Curie
Agency: Markettiers
Be Puppywise: preventing a puppy pandemic
The Kennel Club
Flu Campaign
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Space Oddity
The Royal Mint
Agency: Hope&Glory PR
Best media relations campaign
We’re open
Shop small by American Express
American Express
Agency: Hope&Glory PR
finnCap Group
Agency: Sapience Communications
Setting the agenda and leading the fight against Covid-19 misinformation
Independent SAGE
Agency: firstlight group
Best sustainability initiative
Polestar 0 project - a climate neutral car by 2030
Polestar
Launching a roadmap to becoming a more sustainable business
Mulberry
Agency: Headland
Water for Free
Great Eagle Holdings
Opportunity 2030
Standard Chartered
Agency: Man Bites Dog
Best wellbeing initiative
Winter Wellbeing Package
BDO UK LLP
Wellness Fest
Derivco Sports
Best use of video
Governance transformation vote
PRS for Music
Agency: Next Rebel
Church of England national online service
The Church of England
Recycle Week 2020
WRAP
Agency: Radley Yeldar
Most creative use of content
Powering the UK’s vital connections
Liberty Global
Agencies: Taylor Made Media, Edmonds Elder
A shave too close
Lloyds Banking Group
Agency: Grayling
Time to pray audio app
The Church of England
In-house communications professional of the year
Sponsored by Broome Yasar Partnership
To be revealed on the night
Agency of the year
To be revealed on the night
Grand Prix
Sponsored by Unicepta
To be revealed on the night