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BP, BHP Billiton and Shell have all made the shortlist of winners for Association of Chartered Certified Accountants annual UK Sustainability Reporting Awards.

The 17th annual awards have this year been broadened to include 20 countries worldwide such as Australia and Europe.

Rachel Jackson, head of social and environmental issues at ACCA said: "As the economic climate continues to turn ever-more gloomy, it is now more important than ever for organisations to be accountable for their impacts, and to ensure that corporate social responsibility remains at the forefront of everybody's business strategy."

The judging panel includes Paul Burke, Senior Partner, Acona Ltd; John Hill, Independent Sustainable Business Advisor; Mike Kelly, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, KPMG Europe LLP; Professor Dave Owen, Professor of Social and Environmental Accounting, Nottingham Business School and Paul Scott, Director, CorporateRegister.com.

BT will have to defend their title as last year's winners and Vodafone are competing to win back their title having won the accolade in 2006.

Thames Water and Body Shop did not make the shortlist this despite appearing in it last year.

The shortlist is:

Large Corporations

Anglo American - provides financing services to the mining industry
BAT – British American Tobacco
BHP Billiton – Resources company including aluminum, diamonds, oil & gas
BP – Oil and gas exploration
BT – British Telecom – telecommunications
Camelot – Operator of the national lottery
GSK – GlaxoSmithKline, pharmaceuticals company
Shell - Oil and gas exploration
The Co-operative Group – Mutual retailer
Unilever – Food, drink and goods manufacturer
Vodafone – Mobile communications company
Xstrata – Mining company

Small and Medium Sized Enterprise (SMEs)

REAP – Sustainable development charity
Traidcraft – Fair traders