2026 Grand Award Winners
2026 ARC Awards Announces GRAND AWARD WINNERS
NEW YORK, NY – October 21, 2026 – The 40th Ruby Anniversary International ARC Awards - the world's largest annual report competition – announced the Grand Award winners today. The winners were deemed the BEST OF CATEGORY. This year, the ARCs received over 1,200 entries from 31 countries.
The 2026 BEST OF SHOW will be revealed Friday 30 October, along with the Platinum Achievement Award, for the agency with the greatest number of wins, and the Titanium Achievement Award, for the agency with the greatest percentage of wins.
In their respective categories, the 2026 BEST OF CATEGORY Grand winners are:
Cover Design |
Yellow Creative (HK) Limited for |
Cover Design |
NOVA FUSION SDN BHD for |
|---|---|---|---|
Cover Design |
PT Desain Nindya Amarta |
Cover Design |
ABBOTT |
Cover Design |
Sia Addison for |
Chairman’s Letter |
ABBOTT |
Interior Design |
Yellow Creative (HK) Limited for |
Interior Design |
ÖAMTC AirRescueService |
Photography |
ÖAMTC AirRescueService |
Written Text |
California Water Service Group |
Non-English Annual Reports |
ÖAMTC AirRescueService |
Non-Profit Organizations |
ÖAMTC |
Non-Traditional Annual Reports |
Lab 4 / United Therapeutics |
Printing & Production |
KPJ Healthcare Berhad |
Specialized |
by J design group/Design Team for |
Traditional |
ABBOTT |
Traditional |
Yellow Creative (HK) Limited for |
Traditional |
Meta Fusion Pte Ltd for |
Interactive |
Meta Fusion Pte Ltd for |
Interactive |
Kirchhoff Consult GmbH for |
Interactive |
Fanda Management |
PDF Version Annual Reports |
Granato Creative Group for |
PDF Version Annual Reports |
Yellow Creative (HK) Limited for |
PDF Version Annual Reports |
MRM WORLDWIDE SPAIN for |
PDF Version Annual Reports |
Sia Addison for |
Online |
Tom, Dick & Harry Creative |
Online |
Cre8 (Greater China) Ltd. for |
Online |
Finar Kurumsal İletisim |
Online |
EMA ENTERPRISE CO., LTD. for |
Online |
Cre8 (Greater China) Ltd. for |
Online |
Berichtsmanufaktur GmbH for |
Online |
Finar Kurumsal İletisim |
Online |
Berichtsmanufaktur GmbH for |
Best of China |
TOPPAN Nexus Limited for |
Best of |
Yellow Creative (HK) Limited for |
Best of Türkiye |
AKTIF BANK |
Best of USA |
ABBOTT |
Best of Asia/Pacific |
FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. |
Best of Europe |
ÖAMTC AirRescueService |
Best of International |
Fanda Management |
Preliminary and final judges represent top level investor relations executives, financial executives, writers, designers, and photographers from 57 different agencies and corporations in Chile, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, People’s Republic of China, 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.