The Gold Standard Awards recognise “Gold Standard” achievements by agencies, corporations, NGOs and governmental agencies across Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

Give your teams something to smile about as we come together as an industry to celebrate your success! We are proud of the work achieved within the industry and look forward to celebrating with you all in Singapore on 30th June 2022.

We are pleased to announce this years finalists below.

Practice Area Categories

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS

BMW Group India – BMW SkillNext>>, a Technical Skilling initiative

Golin Hong Kong & Collinson: Getting The World Travelling Safely Again

Grab – Grab’s Journey to Nasdaq

Lalamove with Hill+Knolwton Strategies – Lalamove Deliver Care to SMEs and underprivileged communities

Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific – Elevating the Value of Diagnostics

Westpac Group – Stopping Abusive Payments Messages

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR COUNTRY AND TRADE PROMOTION

APCO Worldwide – Telling New India’s Story at Expo 2020 Dubai

BCW Global – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas – Paving the Road to Recovery in the Philippines’

Hong Kong Tourism Board – Hong Kong Super Fans

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

BlueCurrent Group – Guerbet – Shining Light – The remarkable 100-year story of Lipiodol®

Think and Learn Pvt Ltd – BYJU’S – #ByjusTurns10 – 10th Anniversary Celebration of BYJU’S

Edelman Malaysia – #GetMoving Challenge

Grab – Grab’s Public Listing: #OneGrabCommunity

Sandpiper Health – AstraZeneca Our Shot Together: Making a Better Future

Singtel – Empower Every Generation

Thai Union Group 

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR FINANCIAL COMMUNICATIONS

Concept Public Relations India Ltd – FPO of Ruchi Soya Industries Ltd

Grab – Grab’s Journey to Nasdaq

Sandpiper – St. James’s Place Money Relationship Monitor 2022

Tulchan Communications – Unlocking Shareholder Value

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

APCO Worldwide – Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Movement for Youth in Japan

ERA Communications – Save Our Seafarers

Pfizer Indonesia – TOGETHER ACHIEVING HIGHER HEIGHT ON BIOTECHNOLOGY IN INDONESIA

Zuellig Pharma – Partnering with Governments to Make Immunisation More Accessible

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR ISSUES MANAGEMENT AND CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS

ERA Communications – Save Our Seafarers

OCCAM Komunikasi Indonesia

Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation  –  The Big Refinery Shift: Ensuring Energy Security in the Philippines

Syngenta India Pvt Ltd

The Mekong Club – Reaching Factory Workers at Risk During Covid-19

UPS Asia Pacific – Delivering what matters when the world needed it most

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

ALPAS Consultancy – Sanofi Philippines: Health Connect

AstraZeneca and GCI Health – Communications that helped save lives and economies

Golin Taipei & Taiwan AIDS Society and Taiwan AIDS Nurses Association: Life Is Not A Crime

Grab – Grab’s Journey to Nasdaq

LIXIL – LIXIL Behaviors – Furthering Adoption in Japan

VoxEureka – BMW Group Malaysia: NEXTGen Malaysia

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THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR MEDIA ENGAGEMENT

HP with Edelman India – Decoding the Landscape of PC Gaming in India

Edelman Hong Kong – The M+ Opening

GCI Health – Communications that helped save lives and economies

Grab – Grab’s Journey to Nasdaq

Hong Kong Tourism Board – HONG KONG NEIGHBOURHOODS – WEST KOWLOON

Klareco Communications – Placing RedMart at the heart of the online revolution

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR A PUBLIC SERVICE CAMPAIGN

Golin Taipei & Taiwan AIDS Society and Taiwan AIDS Nurses Association: Life Is Not A Crime

Horizon Communication Group – Check It! Before You Chuck It!

VoxEureka – Digi Yellow Heart

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THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Globe Telecom – Leveraging Transparency and Honesty in Sustainability Reporting

Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation – Investing for New Zealand’s Future Generations

Hong Kong Tourism Board – HKTB ANNUAL REPORT 2020/21 – REDISCOVER HONG KONG

National University of Singapore – Impact for the Future

Singtel – Annual Report 2021: The Singtel Reset

Jardine Cycle & Carriage – Communicating the strength of a diversified portfolio for Jardine Cycle & Carriage in Southeast Asia

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

EON Group – Measuring Filipinos’ Trust During a Pandemic

Matrix Public Relations LLC – Acronis: Using the Law of New Category to create a Distinct Identity

Sandpiper – Schneider Electric Building a Greener Singapore

Sandpiper – Cisco Cybersecurity for SMBs: Asia Pacific Businesses Prepare for Digital Defence

PRO Partner Group Thought Leaders By SOCIATE

State Street Corporation

Digital and Social Categories

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR BROADCAST AND VIDEO

APCO Worldwide – Creating a Healthier Asia

ERA Communications – Save Our Seafarers

Weber Shandwick – Nureongi: Where Dogs Are No Longer Meat

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

APCO Worldwide – Creating a Healthier Asia

DeVries Global Shanghai & Novartis: MS Warrior: She’s One in a Million

Edelman Malaysia – #GetMoving Challenge

QNET – Bernhard H. Mayer 150th Anniversary Campaign

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS

DeVries Global Shanghai & Novartis: MS Warrior: She’s One in a Million 

ERA Communications – Save Our Seafarers

Horizon Communication Group – Love Food Hate Waste NSW

AIA Singapore – Scared what Scared 

QNET – Bernhard H. Mayer 150th Anniversary Campaign

QNET – HomePure #BottleSelfieChallenge

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS

BCW Global – Shell Eco-marathon China 2021 “How Far Can We Go with 1 Unit of Energy” Campaign

AIA Singapore – What will you do when they grow up?

Redhill – Ministry of Law – Singapore Convention Week 2021

Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific – Elevating the value of diagnostics

Ruder Finn – Sony Brand-new TWS LinkBuds Launching Integrated Marketing campaign

Southern Cross University – Southern Cross University Electric Kombi

VoxEureka – Cornetto Love Series

Good Business & Citizenship Categories

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP (CSR AND SUSTAINABILITY)

DBS Bank

Edelman Hong Kong – HSBC Try Rugby Programme

FrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan Limited – Transforming Pakistan Through Dairy: Better Living For Farmers

HP with Edelman Indonesia – Rethinking Education for Teachers and Parents

Nestlé Hong Kong – Nestlé x Hong Chi “Type 5 PP Plastic Recycling Campaign”

Novartis Group (China) – Carbon-sink Forestry Program Selected into Chinese Government Sustainable Development Report to the United Nations

Syngenta India Pvt Ltd

AIA Singapore – Green Pledge & Better Lives Fund

VoxEureka – Digi Yellow Heart

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THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP (PHILANTHROPY)

Globe Telecom – Encouraging ‘bayanihan’ through tech

Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation – Shell Philippines: Responding to disaster and extending care in the aftermath of Typhoon Odette

Salesforce: Supporting India’s COVID-19 Relief Efforts

VoxEureka Digi Yellow Heart

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP (COMMUNITY RELATIONS)

Edelman Malaysia – #GetMoving Challenge

Southern Cross University – Southern Cross University Flood Response 2022

VoxEureka – Digi Yellow Heart

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

Microsoft Asia Pacific – Code Without Barriers by Microsoft

SwedCham Singapore with PRecious Communications + Dilucidar – Being #CandidonGender

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR NGO ENGAGEMENT

Food Safety Information Council – Your Chicken doesn’t need a bath (but you can refreeze it!) – chicken myth busting

Weber Shandwick – Nureongi: Where Dogs Are No Longer Meat

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

Golin Taipei & Taiwan AIDS Society and Taiwan AIDS Nurses Association: Life Is Not A Crime

The Education University of Hong Kong, Centre for Learning, Teaching and Technology – Artificial Intelligence Literacy for All

VoxEureka – Digi Yellow Heart

The Consultancy & In-House Categories

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR IN-HOUSE TEAM OF THE YEAR

BMW Group India

DBS Bank

JLL

Marina Bay Sands – Elevating Marina Bay Sands’ multidimensional offerings in a new era of hospitality’

Nanyang Technological University

UPS Asia Pacific

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THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR IN-COUNTRY CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR

Edelman Malaysia

ERA Communications

Hill+Knolwton Strategies – Synergy Hill + Knowlton Strategies Korea

VoxEureka

WE Red Bridge

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR REGIONAL NETWORK OF THE YEAR

Golin

Hill+Knolwton Strategies APAC

Redhill

Ruder Finn

Sandpiper

Weber Shandwick

THE GOLD STANDARD AWARD FOR MULTI-MARKET CONSULTANCY OF THE YEAR

ERA Communications

Golin

Redhill

RICE

Ruder Finn

Sandpiper

Sinclair

Individual Categories

THE PROSPECT GOLD STANDARD AWARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE

Jacob Puthenparambil, Chief Executive Officer, Redhill

Dr Vivien Chiong, Chief Communication Officer, NTU Singapore

Lars Voedisch, Managing Director, PRecious Communications

Ferdinand L. Bondoy, Regional Integration and Chief Executive Director, Partner, and Co-Founder, COMCO Southeast Asia

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