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Media Savvy Awards adds Best Sustainability Communications category

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Media Savvy Awards adds Best Sustainability Communications category

Awards celebrating great local orators and media performers returns for sixth year

SINGAPORE/KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday, 16 May 2023 – Hong Bao Media has added a Best Sustainability Communications category to its annual Media Savvy Awards, which recognise Singaporean and Malaysian business leaders for excellent traditional- and new media skills.

The Awards have been convened for six consecutive years to celebrate great homegrown orators and media performers, and to encourage other local business leaders to follow their example.

This year’s Hong Bao Media Savvy Awards are again supported by the Asia-Pacific Association of Communications Directors (APACD) and Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA), as well as new supporters, Singapore Institute of Directors (SID) and ACN Newswire.

This year’s judges are:

  • Keith Morrison, Director of Marketing & Communications at Black & Veatch and President, Asia-Pacific Association of Communications Directors
  • David Venn, Global Director, Communications, World Scout Bureau
  • Lina Marican, Regional Managing Director, Mutant Communications
  • Yang Wai Wai, Head, Communications and Research, Singapore Institute of Directors
  • Bridgit O’Donovan, Head of Communications, Product and Partnerships APAC, Meta
  • Christina Koh, Director Communications, AMEA, Avantor
  • Asiya Bakht, CEO & Founder of Beets Public Relations
  • Ramya Chandrasekaran, Chief Communications Officer, QI Group
  • Rimmi Harindran, Senior Director, Corporate Affairs, AMEA, Kellogg Asia Pacific
  • Shruti Bose, Head of Communications & Public Affairs, Roche Diagnostics
  • Shruti Gupta, Former Chief of Marketing Communication, Cashify.in
  • Bruce Porter, Managing Director, ACN Newswire

The new category this year, Best Sustainability Communications, is in addition to the existing criteria Best Broadcast Interview, Best Online Interviewand Best Hybrid Presentation.

Keith Morrison, President of APACD, said: "Today's dynamic and diffuse media landscapes demand that leaders connect with authority, empathy and authenticity with their customers, employees, regulators, investor and other key stakeholders. Failure to be great communicators and media savvy, which these awards recognise, risks the reputation of their organisations and misses out on opportunities to influence and attract success."

Lina Marican, Regional Managing Director, Mutant Communications said: “With the rise of social media consumption, CEOs and leaders must increasingly connect with audiences on these new platforms. Often, this means having a direct dialogue with consumers and journalists who frequently use social media to break and share news. When it comes to sustainability communications, there is an additional layer of scrutiny as leaders need to be genuine and transparently articulate what their company is doing to cut through greenwashing claims and scepticism.

“Overall, leaders have to be intentional and genuine about not only landing key messages but doing it effectively on new and emerging platforms where people are spending their time.”

Media Savvy Award convenor Mark Laudi said: “We have added the Best Sustainability Communications category this year, in recognition of the many corporate spokespeople who talk about their organisations ESG initiatives without greenwashing.

“Greenwashing is just another word for exaggerating sustainability action, embellishing the truth or even spreading half-truths and untruths. Spokespeople who tell the unvarnished truth, focus on materiality and provide evidence for their sustainability initiatives stand a good chance of winning this award.”

This is in addition to the previous criteria of Best Broadcast Interview, for interviews first carried on traditional radio and television stations, and “Best Online Interview”, for interviews posted on the websites and channels of online-only and traditional print publications.

Nominations officially open Monday, July 3 and can be made for free at www.mediasavvyawards.com by Friday, September 15, 2023.

Multimedia: Videos available at https://vimeo.com/showcase/10369525

For further information:

Mark Laudi

Convenor, Hong Bao Media Savvy Awards

(+65) 9017 3534

mark.laudi@hongbaomedia.com

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Hong Bao Media provides media solutions for corporate and government clients in the Asia Pacific and Middle East.

Our three core businesses are:

  1. Media skills and executive presence training and coaching for senior business leaders
  2. Live webcast production from our green screen studios, or on-location
  3. Active investments in a portfolio of blockchain and fintech start-ups

We operate two Integrated Communications facilities, one in Singapore's Central Business District and another in Kuala Lumpur's Central Business District. These consist of green screen television studios for on-camera recordings and webcasts, adjoining training facilities for small groups of senior executives.

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