2024 Grand Award Winners
2024 ARC Awards Announces
Platinum and Titanium Winners + Best of Show
NEW YORK, NY – October 10, 2024 - The 38th Annual International ARC Awards - the world's largest annual report competition – announced the top winners today. This year, the ARCs received 1,550 entries from 32 countries.
The 2024 BEST OF SHOW was awarded to KANRO INC. (Tokyo, JAPAN) for their 2023 Annual Report, Japanese Delights. TOPPAN NEXUS LIMITED (Central, HONG KONG SAR PRC) won the Platinum Achievement Award, for the agency with the greatest number of wins (71), and the Titanium Achievement Award was granted to FINAR KURUMSAL İLETISIM COZUMLERI LTD. STI. (Istanbul, TÜRKIYE) for the agency with the greatest percentage of wins (58%).
In their respective categories, the 2024 BEST OF CATEGORY Grand winners are:
Cover Design |
Cre8 (Greater China) Ltd. for |
Cover Design |
Kanro Inc. |
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Cover Design |
DNA Komunika for |
Cover Design |
ÖAMTC |
Cover Design |
Abbott |
Chairman’s Letter |
Kanro Inc. |
Interior Design |
GenNex Financial Media Limited for |
Interior Design |
Kanro Inc. |
Interior Design |
The Arab Energy Fund |
Photography |
ÖAMTC |
Illustrations |
Kanro Inc. |
Financial Data |
Emagewise (Pvt) Ltd for |
Written Text |
California Water Service Group |
Written Text |
Finar Kurumsal İletisim |
Non-English Annual Reports |
ÖAMTCAir Rescue Service |
Non-English Annual Reports |
by J design group / Design Team for |
Non-Profit Organizations |
ÖAMTC |
Non-Traditional Annual Reports |
Cre8 (Greater China) Ltd. for |
Non-Traditional Annual Reports |
Kanro Inc. |
Printing & Production |
Cre8 (Greater China) Ltd. for |
Printing & Production |
Berichtsmanufaktur GmbH for |
Specialized |
iONE Financial Press Limited for |
Specialized |
Insight Creative Ltd. for |
Traditional |
iONE Financial Press Limited for |
Traditional |
The Arab Energy Fund |
Traditional |
Abbott |
Interactive |
3st kommunikation GmbH for |
Interactive Specialized |
3st kommunikation GmbH for |
PDF Version Annual Reports |
HGB Hamburger Geschäftsberichte GmbH & Co. KG for |
PDF Version Annual Reports |
Insight Creative Ltd. for |
Online Version Annual Reports |
International Organization for Migration |
PDF Version Specialized |
Avila Creative for |
PDF Version Specialized |
Uzabase, Inc. |
Online |
Insight Creative Ltd. for |
Online |
Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. |
Online |
Talantone Creative Group for |
Online |
UniCredit S.p.a. |
Online |
Finar Kurumsal İletisim |
Online |
Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd. |
Best of Austria |
ÖAMTC |
Best of People’s Republic of China |
Cre8 (Greater China) Ltd. for |
Best of Germany |
3st kommunikation GmbH for |
Best of |
The University of Hong Kong |
Best of Indonesia |
Mitragrafia (PT Mitra |
Best of Japan |
Kanro Inc. |
Best of Malaysia |
Nova Fusion Sdn Bhd for |
Best of Singapore |
Siliconplus Communications |
Best of |
Talantone Creative Group for |
Best of Sri Lanka |
Emagewise (Pvt) Ltd for |
Best of Türkiye |
Finar Kurumsal Iletisim |
Best of USA |
Avila Creative for |
Best of Asia |
FANDA CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS LTD. for |
Best of Europe |
HELLENiQ ENERGY Holdings S.A. |
Best of |
Publicis Sapient for |
Best of International |
Insight Creative Ltd. for |
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Preliminary and final judges represent top level investor relations executives, financial executives, writers, designers, and photographers from 70 different agencies and corporations in Austria, Chile, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Türkiye, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Judges ranked the annual reports with a score between one and one hundred. The top 30% scoring annual reports won Gold, Silver, Bronze and Honors Awards.
Criteria used to choose winners included Cover Design, Chairman's Letter, Writing, Interior Design, Financial Presentation, and Overall, how well the spirit of the company is reflected in the annual report.
The ARC Awards, established by MerComm, Inc. in 1987, were created to honor overall excellence in annual reports, and to encourage noteworthy and vital writing, as well as imaginative and original design.
The ARC Awards is sponsored by MERCOMM, INC., the world's only independent awards organization, founded with the mission to advance the standards of excellence in the fields of corporate communications. The MerComm Awards Programs are free from advertising, membership dues, or outside sponsorships. In keeping with its policies of openness and transparency, the judges' names are published and the judging criteria are available to all. Further, entrants may review the judges' evaluations; and are guaranteed fairness and impartiality. As such, the ARC Awards is considered the most highly respected and prestigious competition in the industry.