CARY, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 3, 2026--
Cornerstone Building Brands, a leading manufacturer of exterior building products in North America, has been recognized as a winner of Sprout Social's inaugural 2026 Social Intelligence Awards, earning the Precision Impact Award. The awards, organized by the social media management and customer experience platform, honor brands and visionaries who have moved beyond basic monitoring and measuring metrics to uncover deep insights, scale proactive care and drive measurable ROI.
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Cornerstone Building Brands was recognized for leveraging social intelligence across its portfolio of brands, transforming social data into actionable insights that help marketing teams optimize performance, better understand customers and support business objectives.
“Rather than asking each business to become experts in social intelligence, we centralized the analysis and delivered customized, automated reports tailored to each brand’s goals and challenges,” said Chelsey Godfrey, Social Media Marketing Specialist at Cornerstone Building Brands. “This approach made insights easier to consume and immediately actionable.”
The award highlighted how this approach worked to raise awareness of Cornerstone Building Brands’ Home for Good project. The Home for Good project was launched in 2016 in partnership with Habitat for Humanity and raises awareness and support for affordable housing through employee engagement and partnerships with country music artist ambassadors. Using Sprout Social analytics, Cornerstone Building Brands’ team was able to note and react to how different content formats for the campaign resonated with different audiences and adjust their efforts accordingly. As a result, campaign impressions grew 122% and engagements rose 75% year over year.
"Sprout Social's platform has been instrumental in helping us better understand and connect with our customers across all brands,” said Susan Selle, Chief Marketing Officer at Cornerstone Building Brands. “These insights help us create greater impact, from expanding the reach of initiatives like the Home for Good project to making faster, more informed decisions across our portfolio."
The 2026 Sprout Social Intelligence Awards recognized winners across five categories. Other recognized organizations include City of Hope, Teranet Inc., ETS, and Atlas Copco Group.
About Cornerstone Building Brands
Cornerstone Building Brands is a leading manufacturer of exterior building products for residential and low-rise non-residential buildings in North America. Headquartered in Cary, N.C., we serve residential and commercial customers across the new construction and Repair & Remodel (R&R) markets. Our market-leading portfolio of products spans vinyl windows, vinyl siding, metal roofing, metal wall systems and metal accessories. Cornerstone Building Brands’ broad, multi-channel distribution platform and expansive national footprint includes approximately 19,400 team members at manufacturing, distribution and office locations throughout North America. Corporate stewardship is embedded in our culture and guides our commitment to responsible growth, environmental care and community impact. For more information, visit us at cornerstonebuildingbrands.com.
Cornerstone Building Brands was recognized with Sprout Social's 2026 Precision Impact Award for leveraging social intelligence to drive customer engagement, business insights and measurable results across its portfolio of brands. Photo courtesy: Cornerstone Building Brands
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, first lady Jill Biden, Oprah Winfrey and a slew of celebrities, writers and social justice activists are lauding Gloria Steinem as a revolutionary and inspiring figure.
The celebrated author and activist, who became one of the most visible symbols and potent voices of the U.S. women’s movement, died Wednesday at her home in New York City. She was 92.
“She pushed open doors not just for herself, but for literally millions of women behind her. She wasn’t going to be an astronaut, but my goodness, she made it possible for Sally Ride to be an astronaut. She wasn’t going to play college sports, but she stood behind the women in Congress who passed Title IX and opened up opportunities in sports and academics for girls. And she wasn’t on the Supreme Court when Roe v. Wade was decided, but her voice and her activism was behind that advancement for women’s rights. Gloria Steinem was, at heart, an optimist. Her activism was rooted in optimism, and that’s a moral choice she made every day. Even though we’ve faced setbacks to women’s full participation and equality in America and around the world, I want Gloria’s voice to remain in our heads.” — the former secretary of state, on social media.
“Every woman who has ever walked into a room knowing she belongs there; every woman who has demanded equal pay, equal respect, ownership of her own body, and the right to make her own choices; every girl who has grown up assuming that her dreams are hers to pursue — whether she knows Gloria Steinem’s name or not — is living, in some measure, inside the progress Gloria helped create. She leaves us with more freedom than she inherited and with the responsibility to keep widening that freedom for the women and girls who come next.” — the media mogul and television producer, on social media.
“Gloria Steinem understood that women’s equality begins with the freedom to make decisions about our own bodies, health, and futures. For decades, she fought to make that freedom real for generations of women and girls. She spoke up when it was difficult, listened to those whose voices too often went unheard, and never stopped pushing our country forward. Joe and I are holding Gloria’s loved ones in our hearts today. Her voice changed our country, and her courage will continue to inspire us to keep fighting for the freedoms she spent her life defending.” — the former first lady, on social media.
“Generational change doesn’t happen by accident or fate — it takes leaders like Gloria Steinem who work hand in hand with so many others to build a lasting movement. The decades of energy, brilliance, and advocacy she devoted to women’s rights helped so many of us see that we belonged at the tables where decisions are made. … What a light she was for me and so many others. What a debt we owe her.” — the philanthropist and businesswoman, on social media.
“The time I spent studying Gloria Steinem in order to play her was one of the most edifying of my life. Everything I watched, everything I read, everything I observed about her gave me a template for how I wanted to behave.” — the actor, who played Steinem in the 2020 film “The Glorias,” on Instagram.
“Privately, she was even better than you would imagine — spending Thanksgiving with our family, introducing me to one of my best friends (forever the champion of female friendship), loving our children with her whole heart, counseling me during hard times, and giving extraordinary advice and perspective with a cup of tea and an unrivaled cheekiness and wit.” — Duchess of Sussex, on Instagram.
“Gloria was one of a kind. Genuine, generous, curious, thoughtful. She lived a staggering life and her passing is a staggering loss tempered only by the ferocity of her legacy.” — the writer, commenting on Instagram.
“Everything Gloria did was rooted in kindness. It flowed through her political activism.” — her friend and fellow activist, to The Associated Press.
“Gloria, you changed my life. You seeded a fire in me that would result in my own activism. I am forever grateful to have learned from what you offered the world.” — the author and social justice activist, commenting on Instagram.
“An unstoppable visionary who demanded an equal role for females in a male dominated world and worked tirelessly, for decades, to bring that change about. The greatest irony was how many women she had to battle as they cowered behind their male owners. But battle she did. Equal rights! Freedom to choose! Access to political power! Equal pay for equal effort.” — the actor and playwright, on social media.
“I have done what I wanted to do with my life. That would not have been possible without Steinem and the scores of other feminists who it is no exaggeration to say radically reshaped America and the world.” — the author and feminist, in her Substack newsletter.
FILE - Feminist Gloria Steinem speaks at a rally organized by Women's March NYC in New York on Jan. 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
