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Better recognition. Better engagement. Better together.

 

Recognize Awards

The Recognize Awards celebrate the achievements of organisations that have seen incredible success with rewards and recognition—and the impact it has had on their employees.

 
Category 1

Category 1

Best change management

 
Winner

NIBCO has always prioritised recognition, but they needed a unified, company-wide strategy that reached all 3,000 of their offline and desk-based employees across four countries.

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With Awardco, they have built a strategy for employee engagement, morale, and wellbeing. This is reinforced by powerful, highly visible appreciation that reaches every employee, regardless of where they work. And the results speak for themselves:

  • 8% reduction in staff turnover since launching Awardco
  • £5.79 million savings in turnover-related expenses
  • 80% recognition received rate

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8.0%
reduction in staff turnover since launching Awardco and other engagement strategies
 
Category 2

Category 2

Best recognition strategy

 
Winner

Greenfield Global knew they needed to do something special to engage and support their global workforce, so they used Awardco to build the Star programme. This gives each employee a monthly budget of points they can use to recognise and reward their peers, driving excitement and appreciation from the ground up.

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This peer-driven approach ensures recognition reaches everyone, whether they work at a desk or not. With Awardco's help, Greenfield Global has achieved:

  • 80% programme utilisation rate
  • 42% increase in Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) in two years
  • 13 recognitions per user

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Honourable Mention

Honourable Mention

Honourable Mention

Honourable Mention

42%
increase in eNPS in 2 years
 
Category 3

Category 3

Best global strategy

 
Winner

Hertz teamed up with Awardco to create a purpose-built, intuitive recognition strategy designed to spread appreciation to their global workforce of over 18,000 employees—80% of which are deskless. By making recognition more immediate, more personal, and more offline-friendly, Hertz is able to celebrate the good work of each employee and reinforce those positive behaviours.

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Hertz has built 10 custom programmes to ensure no effort goes unnoticed, and the results speak for themselves: this year, Hertz saw a 7.6% YoY increase in Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS).

Honourable Mention

Honourable Mention

Honourable Mention

Honourable Mention

7.6%
YoY increase in eNPS
 
Category 4

Category 4

Best employee engagement

 
Winner

4Refuel developed a robust, multi-program strategy designed to engage both their office teams and the 75% of their workforce in the field, ensuring critical client operations stay fuelled. Central to this strategy are key safety programmes that reward and reinforce safe behaviours. This has resulted in a 42% reduction in high-risk actions and contributed to an outstanding 93% overall engagement score. Impressively, 84% of employees log in each month to give or receive recognition.

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The opportunity to earn points and be recognised hasn't just boosted platform usage, it's led to company-wide benefits to be proud of:

  • 15% reduction in high-risk behaviours in 2024 and a 42% reduction since 2022
  • 94% participation in seasonal safety campaigns
  • 32% increase in Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS)
  • 24% decrease in YoY turnover
  • 94% engagement in seasonal safety programmes

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Honourable Mention

Honourable Mention

Honourable Mention

Honourable Mention

33%
YoY increase in eNPS
 
Category 5

Category 5

Best offline programme

 
Winner

When McCormick & Company launched “Bravo” on Awardco, they knew it would take time to extend recognition across their global workforce of 14,000 employees, particularly the 70% who are frontline staff with limited connectivity.

They set an ambitious adoption goal of 45% by the third month. Thanks to a highly strategic and intentional rollout, which included an initial focus on non-monetary recognition, the team exceeded this target, achieving 50% adoption within the first six weeks. Within eight months, nearly everyone in the company had been recognised.

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This success stands as a testament to McCormick & Company’s commitment to building an accessible, intrinsic culture of appreciation that reaches everyone, from the corporate office to the manufacturing floor. The launch generated 6,500 “just because” shout-outs in a single quarter, and the programme received an initial ease-of-use rating of 4.2 out of 5. Not only are employees enthusiastic to take part, but HR now saves 1,200 hours each year through automation, eliminating manual work and unnecessary hassle.

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Honourable Mention

Honourable Mention

Honourable Mention

Honourable Mention

50%
adoption achieved within 6 weeks of launch

How to qualify as a Recognize Award candidate