Winning Companies Named at Corporate Responsibility Award 2022
On October 20, Pullman Tbilisi Axis Towers Hotel hosted the Corporate Responsibility Award 2022 - "Business for Sustainable Development" event organized by the Global Compact Georgia Network.
This award was held for the fifth time, and its nominations were selected according to the "Sustainable Development Goals" adopted by the United Nations in 2015. In total, this document includes 17 points, although the corporate responsibility award was established with six nominations this year. These nominations are:
SDG 4 – quality education
Bank of Georgia - project "Ideatheca" multifunctional library
SDG 8 – Decent work and economic growth
Bank of Georgia - a project to support women entrepreneurs
SDG 9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Liberty Bank - Project "Teleclinic MyDoc"
SDG 12 – Sustainable consumption and production
"Polyvim" - plastic processing enterprise
SDG 16 – Peace, justice and strong institutions
TBC Bank - "Support to Ukraine" project
SDG 17 – Partnership for sustainable development
"Qwerty" and "Superhero" - Project "Superhero"
"The Corporate Responsibility Award 2022 ceremony was successfully held and winners were announced in six main nominations. It is worth noting that two of these six nominees are small and medium-sized companies, one of them was announced in the nomination - "SDG 17 – Partnership for Sustainable Development", where Both businesses and non-governmental organizations were awarded.
In addition, we recognized the "2022 Sustainable Development Goals Pioneer" and also identified two winners in the category "Media for Responsible Business". The Corporate Responsibility Award aims to raise awareness in the business sector of international standards for corporate sustainability and the sustainable development agenda. This is not only a way to recognize the companies, but also to raise awareness in both the business sector and the community. Therefore, we intend to continue the competition next year and will start accepting applications in the spring. From year to year, we see how the quality of incoming applications improves, which is confirmed by the members of the jury. I am sure that we will receive interesting applications from companies in the future as well", says Salome Zurabishvili, Executive Director of Global Agreement Georgia Network.