Call for Entries & Nominations for CSRNZ Responsible Business Awards 2021

– Zimbabwe’s Leading Responsible Business Awards 2021

Recognising those that are challenging the status quo and leading to a new, sustainable future

CSR Network Zimbabwe (CSRNZ) & The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) Responsible Business & Environmental Stewardship Awards are the Zimbabwe’s leading Awards celebrating leadership in sustainable business. It’s more than acknowledging excellent sustainability strategies but the Responsible Business Awards recognise those that are truly having an impact on business, society and the environment – delivering a new blueprint for business in the 21st Century.

For the past Fife years our Awards have served as the benchmark for businesses from across Zimbabwe that are looking to showcase real leadership, against their peers.

Important dates for your diary:

  • Shortlist Announcement: 14 October 2021
  • Awards Ceremony: 26 November 2021  

Three reasons to enter

  • GAIN RECOGNITION FROM THE COMMUNITY as well as your shareholders, investors and experts as a leader in the industry
  • GET THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT YOU DESERVE for your company’s commitment to excellence in the responsible business space
  • BOOST YOUR REPUTATION for spearheading innovation and best practice with the largest sustainability community in Zimbabwe and the world

The CSRNZ Responsible Business Awards are widely renowned as the leading platform for businesses to demonstrate leadership and showcase their vision in making business truly sustainable. They offer more than just the chance to be considered for an accolade, but to also take a leadership position among the key players around Zimbabwe and the globe.

Enter / Nominate: https://csrnetworkzimbabwe.co.zw/call-for-entries-nominations-for-csrnz-responsible-business-awards-2021/

Main Categories

Environmental Stewardship Award Category

Environmental Stewardship Awards are presented annually to recognize outstanding achievements by individuals, businesses, organizations, educational institutions, and agencies for successful environmental projects and conservation measures. In short, they recognize and honour organizations committed to environ-mental management and dedication to the value of clean. Most of the winners in this category has made great efforts to conserve the environment and to protect it in their day to day running of their businesses.

Efforts in recycling waste, wildlife conservervation among them are some of the aspects looked at awarding these companies.

Business Transformation Award

Business must change… Our planet is on the brink of irreversible collapse and increasingly society expect companies to lead and address these social and environmental challenges. This award will reward companies that have embraced innovative opportunities to develop a sustainable business model for the future.

Sustainability Innovation Award

The award will go out to companies that have developed innovation in a sustainability initiative or project that has been enabled by technology. This award will celebrate innovation which puts sustainability at the heart of a project. Innovation means any environmental, social or financial consideration has been generated from research into commercialisation.

SDG Impact Award

This award will recognise a company initiative or campaign which is best aligning impact to the SDGs and sets industry-leading standards as a company. Entries must demonstrate measurable impact on the Global Goals.

Social Impact Award

This award rewards how companies can be a force for good on social impact. This award will go to a project or initiative that has best demonstrated measurable impact positive change through deploying technology or innovation. Entries will be considered over a 2-to-5-year timescale, but activity during 2020-21 must be demonstrated.

Partnership of The Year

This award will recognise innovative partnerships that are transforming the operations and outputs of either a business and/or industry towards higher levels of environmental or social responsibility.

Honouree Award

The Award goes to an individual, or individuals, that has dedicated their career to delivering change and has a track record of success. The Responsible Business Honouree has been and continues to be a catalyst for change within the industry. The winner will have been a catalyst for real, proven change and a widely recognised positive social or environmental impact, preferably beyond the boundaries of one particular industry.

Other Categories Include

  • Top Covid Fight Supporting organisation of the year Award
  • Business Leader Category
  • Excellence Award Category
  • CSR projects in National Priority Areas
  • CSR projects in Aspirational Districts/ difficult terrains
  • Responsible Supply Chain Category
  • Clean Energy Transition Category
  • Reporting & Transparency Category
  • Purpose – Driven Communications
  • CSR Manager of the year

Enter / Nominate: https://csrnetworkzimbabwe.co.zw/call-for-entries-nominations-for-csrnz-responsible-business-awards-2021/