PLDT group bags 25 trophies, Company of the Year nod at Anvil Awards

PLDT, Inc. was honored as Company of the Year at the recent 54th Anvil Awards. Considered one of the top citations, the award is given to the company that garnered the most number of Anvil points for public relations programs and tools.

The Philippines’ leading digital service provider, together with its wireless services arm, Smart Communications, PLDT Global, and Voyager Innovations, won a total of 25 trophies, six of which were Gold Awards, under PR Programs Directed at Specific StakeholdersEmployees and PR ToolsPublications.

Gold Anvils were awarded to Handle With Care-PLDT’s groupwide campaign on data privacy, L&D On The Road— an employee program on essential training offerings, the MVP Geek Olympics— a hackathon for employees of PLDT and affiliates, The Rocketeer Project—a campaign about challenging the status quo and being ahead of the curve, #VoxNow—an employee engagement initiative featuring spoken word poetry, singing and storytelling, and Voyager Innovations’ FINTQ Inclusive Digital Finance Report.

Silver Anvil citations were given to the PLDT Infoteach Outreach Program, PLDT Global’s e-Grad, PLDT Enterprise’ Kick-off and Cybersecurity campaigns.

The same citations were also given to the following Smart programs: KulToura Digital Tourism, #LearnSmart mother tongue literacy apps, Smart Communities, Smart LTE Nation, Millenniors, Smart School-in-a-Bag, TNT Tropa Trip Music Fest and the TNT Tropang Ready: Disaster Preparedness caravan.

Silver Anvils were also given to the following initiatives of Voyager Innovations: Freenet’s Freeniversaya Concert, FINTQ Disruptors’ Ball, KasamaKA caravans, the PayMaya iAFFORD Project, the PayMaya “Cashless Ecosystems” campaign and PayMaya’s #ShareTheLove Christmas campaign.

Presented annually by the PRSP, the Anvil Awards are recognized as the Oscars of the communications industry, and symbolize excellence in public relations.