Awards & Recognitions

Nielsen highlights recognitions received for our commitment to excellence and innovation

Corporate Awards

• IGA Red Oval Partner of the Year - IGA Red Oval Family - Independent Grocers Alliance - Nielsen North America Retail - 2011
• Top 100 Employers of the Class of 2011 - Diversity Employers Magazine (formerly The Black Collegian) - The Nielsen Company - US
  
• Exemplary work done by research partners in the Middle East, Africa & India (Nielsen received 5 of 7 awards) - Philip Morris International's Annual 'Vendor Meet' (India) - 2011
  
  • "Best Qualitative Agency" (UAE)
  • "Best Agency in Project Management" (India)
    
  • Best Agency in Project Management & Reporting (India)
  • Special Individual Award (Cyprus Team)
  • Special Individual Award (UAE Team)

• Singapore Business Superbrands 2010 - Superbrands Singapore - Nielsen Singapore, 2010
• "Best Company to Work For in Chile" (2nd Place), Great Place to Work Institute & Capital Magazine (Nielsen Chile)
• "2010 Corporate Impact Award", Asian Pacific American Legal Center
• "Corporate Equality Award", Human Rights Campaign
• "2010 Best Places to work for Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, and Transgender Equality", Human Rights Campaign, U.S.
• "Patriot Award", U.S. Department of Defense (Nielsen Engineering)
• "Best Collaboration & Partner", Proctor & Gamble (Nielsen Thailand)
• "Researcher of the Year", Asian American Advertising Federation
• "Start! Fit-Friendly Company - Gold Level", American Heart Association (Tampa Bay GTIC)
• "2010 Learning Leaders, Learning and Talent Technology Excellence Category", Bersin & Associates - Global eLearning Community & The Learning Center (Global Learning Services)
• "Top 100 Employers of the Class of 2010", The Black Collegian
• "Best Data Quality in Asia", Gallup (Nielsen Sri Lanka)
• "Highly Protected Risk Award", FM Global (Nielsen Global Technology and Information Center, Tampa, FL, USA)
• "Outstanding Performance and Learning Award (Excellence in Customer Satisfaction Category)", American Society of Training and Development/International Society for Performance Improvement's Tampa Bay Chapter of the Outstanding Performance and Learning Awards (Nielsen Global Learning Services and Nielsen Online Training and Client Services)
• "Engineering Emmy® Award for Audience Television Measurement System", The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
• "Strategic Commercial Partner (Market Research Suppliers)", Cadbury Adams (Nielsen Mexico)
• "Best Companies to Work for in Chile 2009", The Great Place to Work Institute (Nielsen Chile)
  
• "100 Best Companies to Work For in Latin America" Great Place to Work Institute Latin America & HSM Group
• "American Heart Association Award", American Heart Association
• "Publicity Club of Chicago (PCC) Silver Trumpet Award", North America United Way Campaign  
• "2009 Corporate Equality Index", Human Rights Campaign
  
• "CODE Award - Research Category", CODE (Congress of Diversity Executives)
• "Corporate Support Award", Chicano News Media Association
• "Excellence in Leadership Award", Salvadorean Leadership and Educational Fund (SALEF)
• "City of Los Angeles Award", The Getty House Foundation  
• "Corporate Partnership Award", Center for Asian United For Self Empowerment (CAUSE) 
• "Excellence in Customer Satisfaction Award", American Society of Training and Development    
• "Golden Trumpet Award," Publicity Club of Chicago
• "NYS NAACP Corporate Partnership Award", NAACP
  
• "President's Award", Imagen Foundation    
• "Scholarship Education Donor", Western Association of Food Chains
• "Certificate of Recognition", BOCOG
• "Humanitarian Aid Love & Care Certificate", Shanghai Red Cross (Nielsen China)
  
• "2008 Bizz Award", World Confederation of Business
• "Caring Company Award", Hong Kong Council of Social Service
• "Gold Award - Social and Community Category", Market Research Effectiveness Awards
• "Swedish Award 'Guldnappen'", HTF, The Salaried Employees Union

• "Research Agency of the Year", Indy's Award (Nielsen India)

Individual Leadership Recognition

• Community Leadership Award - SABEResPODER - Monica Gil
• 2011 Hall of Fame Inductee - Career Communication Group - D. Sangeeta
• IAEE Merit Award - International Association for Expositions and Events - Kevin Gaffney
• 2011 Outstanding Asian Business Award - Asian American Business Development Center - Cheong-Tai Leung
• "2011 Warren J. Mitofsky Innovators Award" - American Association for Public Opinion Research - Michael W. Link
• "2011 Men of the Year, Media Industry", Impactor Awards, Elzbieta Gorajewska (Nielsen Poland)
• "Vision 2020 Ambassador", GBS (Measurement Science), Cristina M. Abreu
• "2010 Great Mind Award", Advertising Research Foundation, 
  • Arun Ramaswamy - Silver
  • Michael Link, Pete Doe, and Caroline Winnett (Neurofocus) - Certificate for Research Distinction
  • Jon Gibs - Bronze
  • Shiven Ramji and Gilles Duterque - Certificate for Research Distinction  
  • Pete Blackshaw - Grand Winner
    

• "Tampa Bay Business Journal Up & Comers Under 30 Award", GBS (Measurement Science), Cristina M. Abreu
  
• "Upper Tampa Bay Cup Award", Upper Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce, Amy Rettig, Public Affairs
• "Top 100 Influentials of 2009", Hispanic Business Magazine, Roberto Llamas
• "Women Who Make a Difference Award", International Women's Forum (IWF), Susan Whiting
• "Made In NY Award", New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, Gerry Byrne
• "The Most Influential Woman in Radio 2009", Radio Ink, Erica Farber
• Identified as an influential woman in radio by Radio Ink, Lorraine Hadfield
• Identified as an influential woman in radio by Radio Ink, Cyndee Maxwell
• "2009 Woman of Excellence Award," Chicago Defender, Keisha Smith
  
• "Martin Luther King Jr. Boys & Girls Club Legacy Award", Dr. Martin Luther King Boys & Girls Club Cheryl Pearson-McNeil
• "Fellow - Executive Leadership Training Program", NHLI (National Hispana Leadership Institute), Cristina Abreu
• "Diversity Business Award", Champion of Diversity, Monica Gil
• "Humanitarian of the Year", Hollenbeck Police Activities League, Monica Gil
• "50 Most Influential Latinos List", Imagen Foundation, Bob Llamas
• "50 Most Influential Latinos List", Imagen Foundation, Manana Freyre
• "Best of the Web Digital Hotlist", CableFax magazine, Bruce Haymes
• "Gold MarCom Creative Award", Association of Marketing & Communication Professionals, Karen Darress
• "Humboldt Research Award", The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Dr. Robert Knight
• "National Latino Technology Achievers Award Chair", Latinos in Information Sciences and Technology Association (LISTA), Susan Whiting
• "Woman of the Year", Asociación Internacional de Mujeres Salvadoreñas (AIMSA), Dora Garcia
• "2008 ABC Ovation Merit Award", International Association of Business Communicators (ABS), Dwight Konings & Jonathan Payne
• "Best in Business Service Individual" P&G Greater China CMK Supplier Award Night, Victoria Chen
• "Best Paper Award", MRSI (Market Research Society of India), Dr. Gayathri Swahar
• "Best Paper Award", MRSI (Market Research Society of India), N.S. Muthukumaran
• "Pepsi Star AHA Award", Pepsi, Bhavesh Gupta

Industry and Magazine Recognition

• "The Best Innovation in Marketing", Marketing Magazine (Nielsen Indonesia)
• "2010 Agency of the Year" (Research Agency Category), MIX Magazine (Nielsen Indonesia)
• "Best Single Magazine Issue" (b2b), min's 2010 Editorial & Design Awards
  
• "Gold Awards - Market Research Consultancy of the Year" (Quantitative), Marketing Magazine
  
• "Market Research Consultancy of the Year" (Qualitative), Marketing Magazine (Nielsen Singapore)
• "Gold Awards - Market Research Agency" (both Qualitative and Quantitative), Advertising & Marketing Magazine (Nielsen Malaysia)
• "Agency of the Year Award," Advertising & Marketing Magazine (Nielsen Malaysia)
  
• "Nielsen ranks #1 on the HONOMICHL U.S. Top 50 List",  Marketing News (American Marketing Association)
  
• Leader in Listening Platform Report 
• "Top Show Organizer Gold Grand Award", Trade Show Executive Magazine (Nielsen Business Media)
• "Consumer Insights and Strategy (CIS) Partner of the Year Award", Kraft Canada (Nielsen Consumer Specialized Analytics)
• "Market Research Consultancy of the Year", Marketing Magazine (Singapore)
  
• "BOBI (Best of Business Intelligence) Award for Most Innovative Approach", British Healthcare Business Intelligence Association
• "Best Companies to work for in Chile", Capital Magazine
• "Best Technical Capability Partner", P&G Greater China CMK Supplier Award Night
• "Marketing TOP Award", Äripäev magazine
• "Brilliance in Partnership", Reckitt Benckiser
• "Agency of the Year", Marketing Magazine
• "Better Services Agency in 2008", Nestlé
• "The Leading Companies in Mexico", Gestión de Negocios magazine
• "Supplier of the Year award", Clorox

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