CSA: Corporate Sustainability Awards

APPLICATION CATEGORY

CSA 2025 – E-S-G ETERNAL VALUE

Increased scrutiny from investors, changes in consumer and customer expectations, and changes in public policy have made ESG (Environment-Social-Government) standards the norm. Essential for businesses. Accordingly, enterprises must improve and move towards compliance with relevant environmental, social and governance issues. Since then, ESG has become a pillar to help businesses grow at the highest level of sustainability.

The CSA 2025 divided into 16 award categories, on the one hand, helps companies to focus on their candidacy for the year's sustainable development activities, and on the other hand, makes it easier for the community to recognize the business's contribution.

There are 16 honors categories, including 2 special prizes (*) chosen by the panel of judges and 14 self-nominated or nominated corporate categories:

E – Environmental Protection
  • 1. MINIMIZE CARBON FOOTPRINT
    • -   Businesses pursue a low-carbon strategy.
    • -   Switch to renewable energy, use energy wisely and efficiently, and energy management...
  • 2. PIONEER IN WASTE REDUCTION
    • -   Increase waste recycling.
    • -   Reduce waste generation.
  • 3. OUTSTANDING SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT
    • -   Sustainable transport.
    • -   Green logistics.
  • 4. OPTIMIZE THE USE OF SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS
    • -   Optimal use of raw materials.
    • -   Development of local materials.
  • 5. SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
    • -   Conserve land, water and air resources.
    • -   Reduce fossil fuels/ replace them with green fuels.
  • 6. RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTS
    • -   Improve/encourage/implement solutions for socially and environmentally responsible production and consumption.
S – Social Responsibility
  • 7. LEADING SOCIAL INTEGRATION
    • -   Leading Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
      Always putting people at the center of business for the goal of sustainable development so that all the people of different backgrounds may have the chance to participant in business activities on an equal basis without discrimination and prejudice at workplace
  • 8. OUTSTANDING CSR ACTIVITY
    • -   Labor policy improvement. Diverse, fair and inclusive workplace. Policies aimed at protecting environment. Volunteering activities, volunteer to improve local issues…
  • 9. HR STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
    • -   Initiatives/solutions and human resource development roadmap to create opportunities for all employees to participate in realizing the common mission of “building a sustainable life” for the community.
  • 10. RESPONSIBLE MARKETING
    • -   Outstanding initiatives that adhere to the standards of product and service marketing and branding, etc for the benefit of the community.
  • 11. PIONEER IN CIRCULAR ECONOMY
    • -   Outstanding activities in the circular economy model.
    • -   Outstanding activities in the material recycling model.
G – Corporate Governance
  • 12. GENDER EQUALITY STAR
    • -   Significant efforts to promote the gender diversity policy among the board of directors and the C-suite executives; nurture female leadership.
  • 13. OUTSTANDING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
    • -   Companies with efficient corporate governance, orienting to international standards of governance, thereby, contributing to reforming the corporate governance field in Vietnam, meeting international commitments and building a solid foundation for businesses.
  • 14. ESG LEADERSHIP
    • -   Business leaders are determined to implement/realize an excellent sustainable development strategy.
Special prizes voted by the panel of judges (*)
  • 15. SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE OF THE YEAR (*)
    • -   Enterprises are highly rated on all 3 categories: E, S, G.
  • 16. RISING STAR (*)
    • -   Companies have not yet met the common sustainability standards but have an outstanding project or strategy.