A fair and impartial judicial process is at the heart of the 2019 China Social Impact Awards. The judicial process is audited by a third party to ensure clarity, transparency and integrity.
Judging Panels
The judges for the CSIA’s were handpicked because in the opinion of the Award sponsor and the British Chamber of Commerce in China, they are respected and prominent individuals in the CSR field. We thank all of our judges for their time and energy into ensuring the success of the Awards.
- Each Award will have a separate panel of 5 judges with expertise in the area relating to the award.
- Judges will be independent. In order to avoid a conflict of interests, we require that Judges have no connections with applicants in the award.
- There will be no public vote. The judges have been chosen for their experience and expertise, and they will make the final decision.
- The Panel has been asked to judge based on the effectiveness of the campaign on social impact over the last 12 months. Judges will take into account the resources of the company applying. They will look to see how specialised knowledge and skills have been leveraged to enhancing social and environmental developments.
- The Panel will also judge on the long term sustainability and scalability of any projects.
- Questions have been designed to help applicants structure their applications to meet these judging criteria.
Dr. Babatunde Ahonsi
UNFPA
Representative (China)/Country Director (Mongolia)
Nick Neumann
AB Sugar
Agriculture Devt Director
Eleana Chen
BP
VP Govt. & Partner Affairs
Beth Keck
Volkswagen
Chair Sustainability
Ms. ZHANG Su
WFP
Programme Policy Officer
Medy Wang
British Council China
Head of Schools
Ninette Dodoo
Freshfields
Partner
Dr. Roli Asthana
DFID China
Head
Ms. ZHOU Bohan
WFP
Private Partnership Officer
Hannah Ryder
Development Reimagined
CEO
Ms. Li Li
UIBE
Associate Professor
Liana Lauren Bianchi
UNHCR
Senior External Relations
Zhu Rui
CKGSB
Professor
Jazreel Goh
British Council China
Director Education & Sport
Mr. Zhang Xubiao
ILO Beijing Office
Programme Manager
Callum Douglas
PwC
Director, Corporate Responsibility
Jonathan Dong
Brunswick Group
Partner
Elizabeth Knup
Ford Foundation
China Head
Danny Whitehead
British Council China
Deputy Director, China
Ms. Himalchuli Gurung
UNESCO Programme
Specialist for Culture
Ms. LIU Meng
UN Global Compact
Head, Asia Pacific Networks
Judging Process
The judging process itself is broken down into two stages;
First Stage:
The Panel will individually shortlist and rank the applications. Overall scores will be given to each application. Each judge’s scores will be ranked, each judges ranking will be tallied, and three highest-scoring will be selected as finalists.
Second Stage:
The same Panel will then come together as a group and discuss the merits of each of the finalists, coming to a clear decision on the winner and runners-up. In the case of a split decision, finalists will be asked to interview in front of the Panel.
Winners of the Awards will be revealed during the Gala dinner on 7th November, 2019.
Auditor of the Voting Process
We are delighted to announce that KPMG have agreed to scrutinise the judging process, ensuring that the process is transparent, fair and legitimate.