In March 2013, CCCS received the Vitus Bering Ethnic Diversity Award (approximate translation) from the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North, Siberia, and the Far East (RAIPON) [Ассоциация коренных, малочисленных народов Севера, Сибири и Дальнего Востока Российской Федерации (АКМНССиДВ)].
It was awarded for excellence in engagement with Indigenous Peoples in the context of the Sakhalin Energy Project.