Monday, 26 March 2012 06:31 Kenan Kalagho
(Bank M Tanzania Head of Corporate Affair Mr Ambrose Nshala talking to journalist in Dar es salaam on the CSR's awards due on April 17. Photo By Kenan Kalagho)
Bank M Tanzania's head of corporate affairs, Mr. Ambrose Nshala, told East African Business Week in Dar es Salaam last week that the CSR's awards to take place on April 17 are aimed at recognizing companies that have gone an extra mile in coming up with programs that help the needy in the community.
This year's CSR awards have been categorized into four categories. Which includes environmental excellence awards, best workplace practice awards.
Others include most ethical and responsible business practice for supply chains award, most sustainable and scalable community investment awards and award for innovative partnerships.
A senior consultant with Africa Practice Ltd, Mr. Teweli Teweli said, the conditions that were met for short listing companies were aimed at looking at the contributions of these companies to the public at large.
He said judges from the EAC region and Europe short listed a total of 17 companies that includes, Sarova Hotels and Resort lodges, Unilever East and Southern Africa, British American Tobacco and Exim Bank Tanzania.
Other companies include, AAR Uganda, Unilever Tea Kenya, Tullow Uganda Operations, Serengeti Breweries ltd, Swissport Tanzania, Standard Chartered, Kuoni private Safari East Africa, Vodacom Tanzania Ltd and Tigo Tanzania.
This is the second time for the CSR awards to take place in Tanzania; the previous awards took place in 2010. These awards have been sponsored by Bank M in partnership with the East African Business Council (EABC) among others. The second Bank M's CSR awards also included a 50 set category - the Elvis Musiba Award for Innovative Partnerships.
The short-listed candidates will now enter the judging phase and the winners will be announced at the awards ceremony in Dar es Salaam.
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