Awards for Excellence Sponsorship

This year we are pleased to welcome back sponsors from previous years and also welcome new businesses to sponsorship.

Our sponsors for 2012 are: 

Asda are the sponsors for the Environmental Leadership Award for a fourth year; Anglo American are sponsoring the Responsible Supply Chain Award for a third year; Dairy Crest will be sponsoring the Rural Action Award for a second year; similarly Jaguar Land Rover are sponsoring the Building Stronger Communities Award for a second year; Santander are sponsoring the Small Responsible Business Award and finally Marks and Spencer are sponsoring the Sieff Award.

This year we are pleased to introduce new sponsorship partnerships; Bank of America Merrill Lynch are sponsoring the the Education Award; Channel 4 will be sponsoring the Work Inspiration Award and Elmfield Training will be sponsoring the Workplace Talent and Skills Award.

We would also like to thank the Workwell Team for supporting the Workwell Award.

A huge thank you to all our sponsors.

In addition to our sponsors the Awards for Excellence also benefit from the invaluable support of various organisations who provide guidance, room space and people when it comes to assessment and judging.

This year our supporters are:

A special mention must also be made of  the Woodland Trust. Each year the Trust donate tree saplings for all Big Tick winners and Examples of Excellence approximately 200 - with a further allocation or more than 4,750 trees each year. These Awards for Excellence trees are currently being planted at Heartwood and this will continue of the next five years.

In addition the Woodland Trust also provides the wooden trophies for the overall Examples of Excellence.

Find out more information about the Woodland Trust here

Each year we work closely with our media partner - the Financial Times. All our Big Tick winners are listed in the Financial Times Responsible Business supplement published in June.

Our overall winners, our Examples of Excellence are featured in a seperate publication in July - with a particular focus on our Responsible Business of the Year.

If you would like to join this illustrious list of companies there are still opportunities to sponsor this year's Awards for Excellence. Below are just a few of the reasons why you should sponsor.

Why Sponsor?

Association

• Your exclusive title of the award category signals your leadership
• Opportunity to access business leaders and government partners
• Demonstrates your leadership in and commitment to responsible business

Profile

• Your company will be synonymous with the most prestigious Awards in Corporate Responsibility
• Profile at the Awards celebration events across the UK and at the National Awards Event
• Profile in the FT Responsible Business supplement, FT.com and BITC.org.uk
• Extensive media hits across national, regional and sector specific outlets

Networking

• Priority places at the main Awards for Excellence celebration event where you will meet a wide range of business leaders, representatives from government organisations, and the CEOs from other sponsoring companies
• Priority places at the assessment panel where you will work with CR professionals with expertise in the category area.
• Chair the Judging panel which will be attended by other senior business leaders.
• Meet short-listed entries and Big Tick winners at National Celebration Event and the opportunity to connect directly with the learning that sponsorship has enabled

If this sounds like something that is of interest to you, or you would simply like to find out more information email Claire Brady or call 0207 566 6628.