Leistungsstarke Unternehmen und Führungskräfte auf der ganzen Welt wurden bei den 18. jährlichen International Business Awards®, dem weltweit einzigen internationalen, allumfassenden Wirtschaftspreisprogramm für ihre großartigen Leistungen inmitten von COVID-19 geehrt.

Mit großer Spannung haben Unternehmen auf der ganzen Welt auf diesen Moment hingefiebert: am 26. August 2021 wurden die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner  der Gold, Silber und Bronze Awards des beliebten Awardprogramms bekannt gegeben.

Wer darf bei den IBAs teilnehmen? 

Alle Unternehmen weltweit sind berechtigt, an den IBAs teilzunehmen und können Beiträge in einer Vielzahl von Kategorien für Leistungen in den Bereichen Management, Marketing, Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Kundenservice, Personalwesen, neue Produkte und Dienstleistungen, Technologie, Websites, Anwendungen, Veranstaltungen und mehr einreichen.
Die Gewinnenden wurden aus mehr als 3.700 Nominierungen ausgewählt, die von Organisationen aus 65 Ländern eingereicht wurden.

Eine vollständige Liste aller 2021 Gold-, Silber- und Bronze-Gewinnenden der Stevie Awards nach Kategorien finden Sie unter www.StevieAwards.com/IBA. Mehr als 260 Führungskräfte weltweit nahmen an 11 Jurygremien teil, um die Stevie-Gewinner zu ermitteln.

Auch das deutschsprachige Europa erhielt hohe Auszeichnungen

Zehn deutsche und vier schweizerische Unternehmen beeindruckten die Juroren im diesjährigen Wettbewerb. Mehrfache Stevie Gewinnende sind:

• Siemens Healthineers wurde mit drei goldenen Awards für Brand & Experiences und Corporate & Community - Veranstaltung zum Kundenengagement ausgezeichnet.
• Die DKMS GmbH erhält den Gold Stevie Award für die Wertvollste Non-Profit-Reaktion auf COVID-19 und einen Silber Stevie für den vorbildlichsten Arbeitgeber.
• Die SAP SE gewann einen Gold und einen Silber Stevie für das beste Business-to-Business Produkt – Computersoftware.
• Die Deutsche Telekom Services Europe SE gewinnt zwei Bronze Stevie Awards für Leistungen in Wissenschaft oder Technik und Unternehmen des Jahres - Finanzdienstleistungen – Groß.
• Philip Morris International gewann einen Gold und zwei Silber Stevies für die IT-Führungskraft des Jahres, Leistungen in Wissenschaft oder Technik und Auszeichnung für lebenslanges Engagement in der Konsumgüterindustrie.
• Die Sigrun GmbH wurde mit einem Gold und einem Bronze Award für Leistungen im Bereich Verkauf oder Umsatzgenerierung und für die Frau des Jahres ausgezeichnet.

Weitere deutsche und schweizerische Gewinnende sind: artegic AG, Avenga, AX Semantics, Bertelsmann SE&Co, Deutsche Telekom Services Europe SE, DKMS GmbH, DHL Express, Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne, Korth-Media GmbH, SAP SE, Siemens Healthineers, Sirona Dental Systems.

Außerdem gaben die Stevie Awards die sechs Grand Stevie-Gewinner ("best in show") bekannt. Für die Grand Stevie Awards konnten sich die Nominierten der IBAs 2021 konnten nicht direkt bewerben. Die Grand-Gewinner sind Google, Telkom Indonesia, LLYC (mit zwei bahnbrechenden Grand-Preisen), Business Awards Consulting und Ayala Land, Inc.

Aufgrund der Covid19-Pandemie werden die Preise im Rahmen einer virtuellen Preisverleihung am 8. Dezember 2021 überreicht.

Grand Stevie Award winners will be presented with trophies at the Andaz Vienna am Belvedere Hotel, on 19 October.

The Stevie® Awards have announced the winners of the Best of the IBA Awards in The 2019 (16th Annual) International Business Awards®, the world’s premier business awards competition.

Nominees in the 2019 IBAs were not able to apply for the Best of the IBA Awards directly. Winners were determined by a points system based on the total number of awards won in the IBAs with a Gold Stevie win counting for three points, a Silver Stevie win for two points, and a Bronze Stevie win for 1.5 points.

This year’s Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners in The International Business Awards were announced on 14 August. The winners of the Best of the IBA Awards will be presented with Grand Stevie Award trophies at The 16th Annual International Business Awards banquet at the Andaz Vienna am Belvedere Hotel in Vienna, Austria on 19 October.

Winners of the 2019 Grand Stevie Awards are:

Most Honored Organization: International mail and logistics company DP DHL Group, with 86.5 award points earned by Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie-winning entries submitted by their offices and affiliates in 32 countries. This is the 11^th Grand Stevie Award won by DP DHL Group in one of the Stevie Award competitions since 2014.

Most Honored Public Relations Agency: LLYC, with a total of 69.5 award points earned by Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie-winning entries submitted on behalf of clients like BBVA, Coca-Cola, and Starbucks. The Madrid-headquartered global communications and public affairs consulting firm won a Top 10 Grand Stevie Award in 2018.

Most Honored Awards Consulting Agency: Melissa Sones Consulting, with a total of 36.5 points earned by Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie-winning entries submitted on behalf of numerous innovative clients in fields from consumer products, technology and filling board-level positions to best research paper and business book. The consulting agency is based out of New York, NY.

Most Honored Marketing Agency: Switching-Time, with a total of 20 points earned by Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie-winning entries submitted mostly on behalf of outdoor brand Columbia. The agency is based in Shanghai, China.

Most Honored Interactive Services Agency: The XD Agency, with 20.5 points earned by Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie-winning entries submitted on behalf of clients such as Porsche and Red Bull.  The Atlanta, Georgia USA-based strategic communications agency is hyper-focused on experience design. The agency also won the Grand Stevie for most honored interactive services agency in The 2019 American Business Awards®.

Top 10: These are the top Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie winners among all other organizations honored in the 2019 IBAs. They’ll also be presented with Grand Stevie Award trophies.

1. MSL, worldwide (66.5 points)
2. IBM, worldwide (65)
3. ASDA’A BCW, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (59.5)
4. The Audacious Agency, Coombabah, QLD Australia (37)
5. PT Petrokimia Gresik, Gresik, Indonesia (35.5
6. (tie) Dell Technologies, worldwide (30)
Ooredoo, worldwide (30)
8. Dan Lok Education Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada (29)
9. (tie) Jeunesse Global, Lake Mary, FL, USA (24.5)
Thai Life Insurance Plc., Bangkok, Thailand (24.5)

“Of all the outstanding organizations and achievements that were recognized among this year’s record-breaking number of IBA nominations, these 15 organizations stand out as the ones with the widest breadth of achievement,” said Michael Gallagher, president and founder of the Stevie Awards. “The Best of the IBA Awards are intended to honor organizations that show an especially strong dedication to honoring the work of their employees, commitment to their clients, and a sense of innovation, and we look forward to celebrating these firms with Grand Stevie Award trophies at our gala event in Vienna on 19 October.”

The International Business Awards feature a wide variety of categories to recognize achievement in every facet of work life, including management awards, new product awards, marketing awards, PR awards, customer service awards, website awards, and more.
Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award placements in the 2019 IBAs were determined by the average scores of more than 250 professionals worldwide in the three-month judging process.

For more information about The International Business Awards, including a complete list of all Stevie Award winners in the 2019 competition, visit http://www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.

Interested in winning a Stevie Award in 2020?

More than 280 executives from over 30 nations will gather at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Toronto, Canada this coming Friday evening, October 23 for the presentation of The 12th Annual International Business Awards, the world's premier business awards program.

Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevie Award® winners, selected from more than 3,700 nominations received from organizations and individuals in more than 60 nations, were announced on August 13. All organizations worldwide are eligible to compete in The International Business Awards, and can submit entries in a wide range of categories, including management awards, new product awards, marketing awards, PR awards, customer service awards, website awards, and more.

More than 200 executives worldwide participated in the judging process this year to determine the Stevie winners.

Winners of People's Choice Stevie Awards for Favorite Companies, as voted by the general public, and Grand Stevie Award trophies, as determined by the total number of Gold, Silver and Bronze Stevies won in the IBAs, were also announced earlier and will be presented in Toronto this Friday.

Here is the list of 2015 Stevie-winning organizations that will be represented in Toronto this Friday.

Accenture
ACE enterprise Slovakia
AECOM
Airglow Aviation Services FZC
Akmerkez
Amec Foster Wheeler
Amira Nature Foods
Anadolu Efes
AssisTT
Atmel Corporation
Bahrain National Gas Company
BeneXchange Financial Group
Bharti Airtel
BI Group Company
boogy the event company
Çalik Enerji
CallidusCloud
Carbonite  Inc.
CareerArc
Carestream NDT
Cathy Turney
CCC
Ceyhinz Link International Inc.
Cisco Systems Inc.  San Jose
Cisco Systems Raleigh
Cision
Dani Communications Co., Ltd
De Beers Group of Companies
DHL Express Canada
Dogus Group
Dubai First Pvt. JSC
Dubai Statistics Center
Edelman Indonesia
Entrepreneurial Business School
Enzaim Health Co.  Ltd.
Fareportal
FCV Interactive
Firmex
Forest Seawall Association
Frank & Oak
Freelancer.com
Garanti Bank
Garanti Pension and Life
Garden Centre
GeiserMaclang Marketing Communications
GENESIS Public Relations sp.z o.o. sp.k. & LEWIATHAN
Globe Telecom  Inc.
HANAROADCOM
HansaWorld
Hay Group
Hindustan Petroleum Co.
IBM
IETT General Directorate
Innography
iPai
J2 Global
KB Kookmin Bank
KEPCO Nuclear Fuel Company
Kim Hung Ki Mentor Team
Kinova, Inc.
Korea Occupational Safety & Health Agency (KOSHA)
Korea Workers’ Compensation and Welfare Service (COMWEL)
Limak Kosovo International Airport
LLORENTE & CUENCA
M3 Communications Group, Inc.
MANILA ELECTRIC COMPANY (MERALCO)
MapAction
Market Edge Limited
Micro Kickboard
Natcom S.A
Nerium International
NU SKIN Greater China
OptumCare
PagerDuty
Passion Film
Plum.io.
PMFTC, Inc.
Progress
PT Perusahaan Gas Negara (Persero) Tbk
PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk
QLess, Inc.
Resolute Forest Products
RheinBrücke IT Consulting
RiseSmart
Road and Transport Authority - Rail Agency
Roshan
RSA Insurance
SABIC
ScaleFocus AD
Seegene Medical Foundation
Sharjah Police
SOOHYUN
Strategic Public Relations Group
Studio 5 Designs
Su Hee Jo, Photographer
Tahincioglu Group
TELUS Communications
Textual Serviços de Comunicação
The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
The Guarantee Company of North America
The National Archives
THEPARTNERS
Time Warner Inc.
TRACCS
TrademarkNow
Türk Telekom
U.S. Green Building Council
UnitedHealth Group
Vakif Emeklilik
Verne Global
Victaulic
Viettel Timor Leste Unipessoal  Lda
Weber Shandwick
WNS Global Services Pvt. Ltd.
Xcel Energy
Zeno Stratcom Indonesia
Ziehm Imaging GmbH
Zorlu Shopping Mall

Photos and videos of the awards presentations will be available next week.

Entries for The 2016 International Business Awards will open in January.  Join the mailing list and you'll be emailed the 2016 entry kit as soon as it's available.