Submission Period Now Open for 2014 Cause Marketing Halo Awards Competition

Recognition for business campaigns that do well by doing good
Nov 12, 2013 8:40 AM ET

Rye, New York, November 12, 2013 /3BL Media/ – What do Ford Motor Company, The Boston Beer Company and Kohl's Department Stores have in common? They all took home gold from this year’s Cause Marketing Halo Awards.

Now companies that fielded campaigns designed to generate financial and social dividends in 2013 have a chance to compete for cause marketing’s highest honor.

 “We’re pleased to open the submission period for the 2014 Halos,” said Cause Marketing Forum President David Hessekiel, the organization behind the prestigious awards program. “We’re eager to learn the stories behind the stories of 2013 programs that generated strategic benefits for their corporate producers, consumers and society as a whole.”

Cause Marketing Halo Award application materials are available online at here. To be eligible for consideration, programs must have occurred in 2013 and show benefit to both a business and a cause effort. Applications will be accepted until January 21, 2014. Additional considerations as well as judging criteria can be found here.

Finalists will be selected in Q1 of 2014 and winners will be announced at the 2014 Cause Marketing Forum Conference May 28-29, 2014 in Chicago.