2025 Grand Award Winners
2025 ARC Awards Announces
PLATINUM and TITANIUM WINNERS + BEST OF SHOW
NEW YORK, NY – October 23, 2025 - The 39th Annual International ARC Awards - the world's largest annual report competition – announced the top winners today. This year, the ARCs received 1,375 entries from 28 countries.
The 2025 BEST OF SHOW was awarded to ABBOTT (Abbott Park, Illinois USA) for their 2024 Annual Report, Abbott 2024: Delivering Now, Designing What's Next. TOPPAN NEXUS LIMITED (Central, HONG KONG SAR) won the Platinum Achievement Award, for the agency with the greatest number of wins (70), and the Titanium Achievement Award was granted to CRE8 (GREATER CHINA) LIMITED (Central, HONG KONG SAR) for the agency with the greatest percentage of wins (76%).
In their respective categories, the 2025 BEST OF CATEGORY Grand winners are:
Cover Design |
AKTIF YATIRIM BANKASI A.S. |
Cover Design |
iONE Financial Press Limited for |
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Cover Design |
Abbott |
Cover Design |
REF Financial Press Limited for |
Cover Design |
Nova Fusion Sdn Bhd for |
Chairman’s Letter |
FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. |
Interior Design |
TOPPAN Nexus Limited for |
Interior Design |
Sia Addison for |
Interior Design |
Shiseido Company, Limited |
Photography |
FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. |
Illustrations |
Emagewise (Pvt) Ltd for |
Infographics |
Nova Fusion Sdn Bhd for |
Financial Data |
Nova Fusion Sdn Bhd for |
Written Text |
California Water Service Group |
Written Text |
Finar Kurumsal İletisim |
Non-English Annual Reports |
ÖAMTCAir Rescue Service |
Non-Profit Organizations |
REF Financial Press Limited for |
Non-Profit Organizations |
Tom, Dick & Harry Creative for |
Non-Traditional Annual Reports |
DNA Komunika for |
Printing & Production |
TOPPAN Nexus Limited for |
Specialized |
FAST RETAILING CO., LTD. |
Traditional |
TOPPAN Nexus Limited for |
Traditional |
section.d GmbH for |
Traditional |
Abbott |
Interactive |
Kirchhoff Consult GmbH for |
Interactive |
OOO «Zebra-PR» for |
PDF Version Annual Reports |
Ulled for |
PDF Version Annual Reports |
Insight Creative Ltd. for |
Online Version Annual Reports |
International Organization |
PDF Version Specialized |
Granato Creative Group for |
PDF Version Specialized |
Uzabase, Inc. |
PDF Version Specialized |
Fanda Management |
Online |
Publicis Sapient for |
Online |
Kanro Inc. |
Online |
Cre8 (Greater China) Ltd. for |
Online |
Talantone Creative Group for |
Online |
Miranda Partners for |
Best of Austria |
section.d GmbH for |
Best of China |
BEIJING IDEABOX BRAND |
Best of |
TOPPAN Nexus Limited for |
Best of Indonesia |
DNA Komunika for |
Best of Japan |
Uzabase, Inc. |
Best of Korea |
Talantone Creative Group for |
Best of Malaysia |
Nova Fusion Sdn Bhd for |
Best of Sri Lanka |
Emagewise (Pvt) Ltd for |
Best of Türkiye |
AKTIF YATIRIM BANKASI A.S. |
Best of USA |
Abbott |
Best of Europe |
Kirchhoff Consult GmbH for |
Best of Mid-East |
Publicis Sapient for |
Best of International |
Miranda Partners for |
Preliminary and final judges represent top level investor relations executives, financial executives, writers, designers, and photographers from 59 different agencies and corporations in Austria, Chile, Germany, 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.