Asia Pacific – Corporate social responsibility (CSR) creates value for business performance by enhancing the company’s reputation as an employer of choice, improving staff morale and employee engagement. In addition, CSR establishes positive relations in society.

The CSR programmes in the region that successfully exhibit those qualities will be recognised with the Excellence in CSR Practices award at the HR Excellence Awards, Asia’s most respected awards recognising & celebrating excellence in outstanding human capital strategy & execution.

“Shaping a socially conscious culture in an organisation is essential in lifting employee satisfaction, which contributes to harmony and efficiency in the workplace,” said Aditi Sharma Kalra, regional editor of Human Resources.

“Through this award, the HR Excellence Awards is able to promote the importance of community relations, sustainability and leadership in today’s world.”

The winners of the Excellence in CSR Practices award at the HR Excellence Awards in Singapore last year were global technology company, Dell which won gold, the National Environment Agency which won silver and ANZ Bank which was awarded the bronze trophy.

Meanwhile, at the HR Excellence Awards in Malaysia last year, recipients of the Excellence in CSR Practices award were PwC which snapped up the gold trophy, UEM Group which was awarded the silver trophy and RHB Banking Group which took home the bronze trophy.

“A successful CSR project is built on a clear and solid purpose, competent mechanism, and strategic collaboration,” said Evon Yew, regional producer at Human Resources magazine.

“The Excellence in CSR Practices award provides more depth to a company’s brand as an employer of choice, an industry leader and a social agent of change.”

As always, the HR Excellence Awards are judged solely by an esteemed jury of over 60 regional heads of HR from around Asia, making the HR Excellence Awards the only HR awards in Asia based on a peer review system. Companies represented on the HR Excellence Awards jury are the most respected Fortune 500 organisations and some of the biggest employers in Asia and the 2015 jury is no different.

Past HR Excellence Awards winners are a who’s who of the most respected HR teams in Asia – AccorHotels, Agilent Technologies, ANZ Bank, Astro Holdings, BASF, BMW, Cisco Systems, DBS Bank, Dell, Deloitte, eBay, Ericsson, Ernst & Young, Facebook, Fuji Xerox, Google, Groupon, KPMG, Land Transport Authority, Malaysia Airports, Manulife, Maybank, McCann Erickson, Media Prima, Ministry of Manpower, National Environment Agency, PwC, Philips, Samsung, Siemens, Singapore Telecommunications, SMRT Corporation, Star Publications, Starwood Hotels, Thomson Reuters, UPS, VMWare, Unilever, Waggener Edstrom and many more have all proudly accepted HR Excellence Awards trophies over the years.

The awards are six weeks away but there’s no time to lose – the first entry deadline is only one week away.

For more information on the HR Excellence Awards and to review the award categories, ,judging panel and to download the entry kit please visit www.hrexcellenceawards.asia or contact Seraphine Neoh on seraphinen@humanresourcesonline.net or call +65 6423 0329.