AMCHAM Announces Winners of 2018 CSR Excellence Awards

AMCHAM Announces Winners of 2018 CSR Excellence Awards

November 21, 2018 – Four special awards were unveiled at AMCHAM Thailand’s CSR Excellence (ACE) Awards, which honor the corporate social responsibility (CSR) programs of member companies. Chargé d’ Affaires Peter Haymond, U.S. Embassy and AMCHAM President, Jeffrey Nygaard, presided over the 9th annual awards celebration yesterday evening; recognizing companies with a demonstrated commitment to conducting business responsibly and giving back to society.

Out of the 77 companies that applied for the awards, 60 met the rigorous qualification standards for recognition of their CSR activities, and three were selected as best in class:

Minor International won the Excellence in CSR Project Award – presented by AMCHAM President, Jeffrey Nygaard, recognized the general excellence in CSR projects over 1 million Baht.
Cargill Siam won the Excellence in CSR Project Award (Project under 1 Million Baht) – presented by AMCHAM President, Jeffrey Nygaard, recognized the general excellence in CSR projects under 1 million Baht.
Microsoft won the Excellence in Developing Smart People – presented by Director-General, Auramon Supthaweethum, Department of Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Commerce recognized excellence in the internal or external projects contributing to Thailand 4.0’s objectives of building human capacity. Focusing on meeting the challenges of an industrialized economy, Thailand 4.0 places strong emphasison public-private partnerships.
Cisco won the Excellence in Education Partnership (Ambassador’s Award) – presented by Chargé d’ Affaires, Peter Haymond, U.S. Embassy and recognized the efforts to link US knowledge, expertise, or best practices to Thailand’s education system (vocational, general, informal, at any level).

Special designations were also given to firms that have received ACE awards for five or more consecutive years (Gold), and three to four consecutive years (Silver). See Appendix for a list of all companies that received recognition.

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AMCHAM Thailand is the leading international business association in Thailand, with over 2,000 members representing over 650 American, Thai, and other international companies. Member companies have cumulatively invested over U.S. $50 billion in Thailand and provided more than 200,000 local jobs.

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All 2018 recipients with award presenters and judges

APPENDIX

2018 ACE Recipients – Gold Status (5 or more consecutive years of ACE recognition)

Accenture Solutions  
AIA 
Amway  
Bank of Ayudhya  
Baxter Healthcare  
Bumrungrad Hospital  
Central Food Retail 
Chevron Exploration & Production 
Cisco Systems (Winner of Excellence in Education Partnership-Ambassador’s Award)
Citibank 
Coca-Cola 
Colgate-Palmolive 
Diageo Moet Hennessy 
Dow Chemical 
Esso 
FedEx Express 
Ford 
General Motors 
GlaxoSmithKline 
Grand Hyatt Erawan
HSBC
IBM
Kenan
KFC Thailand
MarriottHotels-Luxury Hotels & Resorts
McThai 
Microsoft (Winner of Excellence in Developing Smart People)
Minor International (Winner of Excellence in CSR Project Award)
Pfizer
Procter & Gamble Trading
 Sansiri 
Santa Fe
Seagate Technology
Shangri-La Hotel Bangkok
Standard Chartered Bank
Western Digital
WHA Industrial Development

2018 ACE Recipients – Silver Status (3 or more consecutive years of ACE recognition)

Cargill Siam (Winner of Excellence in CSR Project Award-Project under 1 Million Baht)
Caterpillar 
Conrad Bangkok  
Johnson & Johnson  
Laguna Resorts & Hotels  
Mondelez International 
MQDC Magnolia 
Nu Skin 
Renaissance Hotel 
Samitivej Hospital  
The Athenee Hotel