NEW YORK, New York – Social Accountability International (SAI) today announced the winners of the 16th Annual Corporate Conscience Awards (CCA). The awards will be presented at a gala ceremony in New York City at the Crowne Plaza – Times Square hotel. These awards recognize outstanding examples of businesses that respect the rights and promote the well being of stakeholders.

“The Corporate Conscience Awards use rigorous, independent research to identify outstanding social and environmental initiatives by businesses worldwide,” said Alice Tepper Marlin, President of SAI.

The 2002 award winners are: Great Workplace Award, Intel (USA); SA8000 Implementation Award, Avon Products, Inc. (USA); Environmental Stewardship Award, Shaklee (USA); Innovative Partnership Award, Hewlett Packard (Brazil); Innovative Partnership Award, Tomra Systems (Norway); SA8000 Implementation Award, Prem Durai Exports (India) and Switcher SA (Switzerland); and Overall Corporate Responsibility Performance Award, Co-operative Bank.

Richard Taylor, Vice President of Finance and Enterprise Services at Intel said “At Intel we know that great products come from great workplaces. That’s why we offer our 80,000-plus worldwide workforce sound policies on everything from compensation to diversity, and from employee family needs to training and health and safety.”

Social Accountability International (SAI) is a charitable human rights organization dedicated to improving workplaces and communities around the world by developing and promoting voluntary standards combined with independent verification and public reporting. SAI’s first initiative is SA8000, a global workplace standard that covers all widely accepted labor rights.

For more information about the winners, visit SAI’s website at www.sa-intl.org.