The Golden Halo Award for corporate social impact has been handed out, and this year's winner is none other than Amazon.
The mega-retailer was honored Monday with the award for its work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other causes, the Washington Post reports.
In a Facebook post, Amazon's Jeff Bezos explained that this year's award focused on the foundation's 25 in 5 Initiative to End Playspace Inequity, which will see the companies work together to build 25 playgrounds in five US cities by 2024.
The playgrounds will be "filled with new ways for kids to enjoy the outdoors and play under the surroundings of nature, such as shade trees, resilient plants, and other natural elements," says CEO Lysa Ratliff ofKABOOM!, which has worked with Delta Air Lines to build 37 playgrounds over the last decade.
Other winners of the award, which is given out on the first Monday in January, include Ford, Macy's, DonorsChoose, and Habitat for Humanity.
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