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Justmeans/Financial Times Social Innovation Awards Finalists Announced

Mar 5, 2010 8:41 AM CST

(Justmeans.com / CSR News) - New York, NY - The Financial Times-Justmeans Social Innovation Awards launched in early 2009 to an overwhelming response from the corporate and social enterprise communities. The collaboration demonstrates one of the most successful partnerships of traditional media and social media in the name of social innovation. 

The Social Innovation Awards present a forum for organizations to highlight their latest concepts and practical applications to improve to advance social needs and better business. Over 100 companies applied to the awards program in categories ranging from Best Corporate Philanthropy to Communication and Sales. The winners will be announced The Justmeans/Financial Times Social Innovation Awards gala immediately following The Investing in a Sustainable Future Conference in New York City on March 24, 2010. Featured speakers at the conference include Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund, Rand Waddoups, Senior Director of Sustainability, Wal-Mart, and Sarah Murray, Specialist Writer on Corporate Responsibility and Sustainable Development, Financial Times.

Here is a list of Social Innovation Awards Finalists:

Activeion Cleaning Solutions

Banco Ispirito Santo

Barclays

Brighter Planet

Cabot Creamery Cooperative

Cisco Networking Academy

Cisco Systems, Inc

Con-way

Dispensary of Hope

Disney

eBay, Inc.

Emerson

Envirofit International/Shell Foundation

Forest Products Association of Canada

Franklin & Marshall College: LIFE/LanX Local Investment Project

Gap, Inc.

Goldman Sachs & Co

Green Map System

Institute for Sustainable Communications, ECO360 TRUST

John Wiley & Sons, Inc

NextLab m-logistics

Paharpur Business Centre & Software Technology Incubator Park

Pfizer Inc.

Sparkseed

Tesla Motors

Thomson Reuters

United Health Group

Vestergaard Frandsen

Western Union

 

The Awards program also consists of a Citizens Choice Award winner, determined solely by the number of votes received.  Currently, the three submissions with the most votes are:

Manpower Inc.

Emerson

McDonalds

 

Register for the conference and the dinner here.

For more information about the Social Innovation Awards contact Deb Berman at dberman@justmeans.com or 917-326-8944.

For more information on the Investing in a Sustainable Future Conference contact Annette Berry at Annette.Berry@FT.com

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