CSR Reporters Award Holds November 26 As Entry And Nomination Begin

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h4>CSR Reporters Award Holds November 26 As Entry And Nomination Begin<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>OpenLife Nigeria has gathered that the editorial board of CSR Reporters&comma; Nigeria’s first and only all-Corporate Social Responsibility &lpar;CSR&rpar; and Sustainability publication&comma; has announced the dates and entry for its annual awards on Social Impact and Sustainability Practices in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The award recognizes initiatives of companies in promoting sustainable economies in Nigeria and in serving the needy public&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Now in its third year&comma; the CSR REPORTERS’ PHILANTHROPIC AWARDS ON Social Impact &amp&semi; Sustainability Practices in Nigeria is an annual event to recognize&comma; honor and celebrate the outstanding efforts of organizations and individuals that have made transformative impact on the Nigerian society&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Particularly&comma; the award will recognize the companies that have integrated globally recognized and measurable sustainability standards including ISO 37101 Management Standards on Sustainable Development in Communities &lpar;MSSDC&rpar;&comma; ISO 26000 Social Responsibility&comma; ISO 14001 Environmental Management&comma; ISO 9001 Quality Management&comma; ISO 20400 Sustainable Supply Chain Management&comma; ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Standards&comma; among others&period; It will also recognize organizations that have followed best reporting standards such as GRI and IIRC Standards&period; Other categories include specific initiatives in support of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals &lpar;SDGs&rpar; and individual philanthropic efforts for the year under review&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eche Munonye&comma; the Editor-In-Chief of the publication who briefed newsmen on Thursday July 28th that the award&comma; as always&comma; will have 30 categories across Social Impact&comma; CSR and Sustainability&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The highpoint of the event usually is the unveiling of the Philanthropic Person of the Year which is the most competitive category of the award&period; The last two winners of this coveted category&comma; popularly tagged the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Star Award” were Alhaji AbdulSamad Rabiu &lpar;2020&rpar; and Barrister Allen Onyema &lpar;2021&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The process of nomination of organizations and individuals for the awards is simple and interactive&period; A click on the award&&num;8217&semi;s website&comma; www&period;csrreportersawards&period;com will help the intended nominator achieve this with utmost ease&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The theme for this year’s award is&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;’BUILDING A PROSPEROUS AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY&colon; THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP’’&period; This is very imperative considering that Nigeria is in its election year and we hope to use this opportunity to explore ways of helping the system grow through sustainable interventions&comma; Munonye said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The entry-vetting panel&comma; he further disclosed&comma; is made up of top media&comma; CSR and sustainability researchers&comma; headed by Mr&period; Eustace Onuegbu&comma; one of the most respected names in the CSR and Sustainability Research and Consultancy sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Entry for the award closes on September 9th while the in-person ceremony holds on Saturday&comma; November 26&comma; 2022 at the Ball Room of the Radisson Blu Hotel&comma; Ikeja&comma; Lagos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;