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Two international best practice PR awards in green category for HWB

By Gillian Abrahams · AdVantage archive
From the AdVantage archive. This report was published on this domain when AdVantage covered the South African media, marketing and advertising industry as a monthly title. It is kept online for reference and has not been updated; people, prices and companies named in it have moved on.
Two international best practice PR awards in green category for HWB
Woolworths Johannesburg. Photo: Jeff Attaway · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

HWB Communications recently won Silver and Bronze awards at the annual Public Relations Global Network’s (PRGN) Best Practice Awards.

The annual awards, now in its second year had 120 entries in 13 categories. There were a total of 37 awards distributed consisting of 13 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze.

“HWB Communications are thrilled to be one of the 37 agencies who won Best Practice Awards,” said Evelyn John Holtzhausen, CEO of HWB Communications. “This truly shows us and our clients, that our campaigns, our strategic thinking, our implementation and of course our talented team is on par with the best agencies and public relations practices globally,” he continued.

The PRGN Best Practices awards competition helps to build the networks knowledge center that can be accessed by member firms and their clients. The judges’ criteria took into account strategy, creativity, execution and results.

HWB won Silver in the
category for their communications campaign implemented with Heartland Property, to announce the relocation of the renowned Cheetah Outreach project from Spier Wine Farm to Heartlands, Paardevlei Property in Somerset West, Cape Town. They were awarded Bronze in the same category for their campaign implemented with L.E.D Lighting SA to promote the local company and the green, energy efficient light bulbs it produces.

Filed under: ceo of hwb communications · evelyn john holtzhausen · green awards · green pr · hwb communication · pr best practice awards · public relations global network

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