Brands and agencies in the running include M&C Saatchi, Superdry, Indeed, Shelter, BCW Stockholm, Whalar, Mother, AT&T and Samsung.
Nominee ASG & Partners for HSC NI Foster Care
The Drum Awards for Social Purpose recognize the brands, agencies and people around the world making a positive contribution through socially responsible marketing.
Our global judging panel – co-chaired by Claire Sanderson, editor-in-chief of Women's Health UK (Hearst), and Eduardo Sarmiento, executive creative director at Brunet-Garcia Advertising – was on the lookout for work that was brave, innovative and demonstrated great results.
Winners will be announced at a ceremony at The Drum Labs in London as part of our week-long awards festival running from December 5-9. You can check out the full shortlist of nominations below:
Debby and Ron for Peace Naturals
Fight or Flight for LinkedIn UK
Penguin Random House Children’s
Responsible Business Initiative for Justice for Virgin Unite
Rinat Akhmetov Foundation
Smartsheet
Formula E and Unicef
Indeed
Ruder Finn for Gaf
The Clearing for Tom Kerridge and Marcus Rashford, Full Time
Ally
Always Be Content for Scottish Water
Indeed Creative for Indeed’s Pay Gap Social Experiment
Indeed Creative for A New Beginning: Indeed Promotes Pronoun Acceptance at Work
Indeed Creative for The Ad Says it All: Work Needs Women
The Boulder Group for SCIEX
The Kite Factory and Don't Panic for WaterAid
Guide Dogs UK and Motive Agency
Smithfield Foods
Storycatchers for Network Rail
AnalogFolk for Canesten, Bayer Consumer Health
Hopscotch for Sport England
Livity for Speedo, Pentland Group
NatWest for MoneySense
Samsung UK, We Are Futures, B+A London, Exposure London, FutureLearn, Digital Catapult
Sky and Adobe for We Are Futures
Understood.org in partnership with Good Apple and The Sway Effect
We Are Tilt and Collingwood Learning for Diageo
Hubbub, Ellipsis Earth, McDonald’s and Barley Communications
Hell Yeah! For Olio
Always Be Content for Scottish Water
AnalogFolk for DSM
Economist Impact for The Nippon Foundation
Raw London for Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC)
Superdry
Veganuary
WeBelievers and Allison+Partners for Corona
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Project Hope
TBWA\ANG for Victim Support Malta
Aflac
Arcadis and Man Bites Dog
Collectively for Dove
Economist Impact for Various
M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment for Ballantine’s
Barclays/M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment
British Red Cross and Voices Network
Comms8 for NHS – East of England
Penguin Random House Children’s UK
Rinat Akhmetov Foundation
Ruder Finn for Gaf
Virtue Worldwide for Polycam, Unesco and Blue Shield
WPP Unite for Pride In London
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Ally
Baldwin& for Ponysaurus Brewing
Good Relations
Indeed
The Boulder Group for SCIEX
Whalar for DirecTV
WPP Unite for Pride In London
23red for The Competition and Markets Authority
Ally
Alzheimer’s Society
Purpose Disruptors
Veg Power CIC and ITV PLC
Here Be Dragons for Justice4Grenfell
Golin for Asics
Aldi/BCW for Aldi
Fight or Flight for LinkedIn UK
Frank for The Lewis Pugh Foundation
Good Relations for Celebrity Cruises
We Communications for Vodacom, Vodafone and Safaricom
Always Be Content for Scottish Water
Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I and Hanover Communications
Rinat Akhmetov Foundation
Team Rubicon
Collectively for Dove
Veg Power CIC and ITV PLC
Whalar for DirecTV
23red for Migrant Help
BCW Stockholm for Carlsberg Sweden
EFG
Here Be Dragons for Justice4Grenfell
BCW Stockholm for Carlsberg Sweden
Good Relations for Celebrity Cruises
Here Be Dragons for Justice4Grenfell
Storycatchers for Network Rail
Virtue Worldwide for Polycam, Unesco and Blue Shield
Golin for Asics
Virtue Worldwide for Polycam, Unesco and Blue Shield
Aldi and BCW
Catsnake: The Story Agency for RSPB
Copa90 for Puma
Hearts and Science for AT&T Mobility
Storycatchers for Network Rail
The 10 Group for Now: Pensions
The Film House for Qatar Fund for Development
The Progress Film Company for Tommy’s
Ally
Barclays and M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment
Fight or Flight for LinkedIn UK
Indeed/Indeed Creative for Indeed is Putting Empathy to Work
Indeed/Indeed Creative for The Ad Says it All: Work Needs Women
Timberland, Che Creative and Cr8tive Row
Alzheimer’s Society
Citron Violet for United Nations – International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Penguin Random House Children’s UK
Rise New York & Partners for Inumeráveis
Seven Stones for Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM)
ThirtyThree for South Yorkshire Police
Virtue Worldwide for Polycam, Unesco and Blue Shield
We Are Tilt and Collingwood Learning for Diageo
International Olympic Committee
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment
Sky
Verizon
We Are Futures
Good Relations for Celebrity Cruises
The Boulder Group for SCIEX
ASG & Partners for HSC NI Foster Care
Brunet-García for CDC Division of Drug Overdose Prevention
Indeed for Rising Voices
Indeed Creative for Indeed’s Pay Gap Social Experiment
Rise New York & Partners for Inumeráveis
Virtue Worldwide for Polycam, Unesco and Blue Shield
Bridge
Sensis Agency José Villa
Viaduct Generation
Economist Impact for Infosys
Virtue Worldwide for Polycam, Unesco and Blue Shield
BCW Stockholm for Carlsberg Sweden
Brunet-García for CDC Division of Drug Overdose Prevention
Debby and Ron for Peace Naturals
Indeed Creative
Mother for Goop
Ogilvy and Carat for Vodafone
Rise New York & Partners for Inumeráveis
Shelter