2023 Grand Award Winners
2023 ARC Awards Annnounces Grand Winners + Best of Show
NEW YORK, NY – September 27, 2023 – The 37th Annual International ARC Awards – the world's largest annual report competition – announced the top winners today. This year, the ARCs received 1,560 entries from 34 countries.
The 2023 BEST OF SHOW was awarded to SHIAN INC. (Tokyo, JAPAN) for their client NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (Tokyo, JAPAN). iONE FINANCIAL PRESS LIMITED won the Platinum Achievement Award, for the agency with the greatest number of wins (59), and the Titanium Achievement Award was granted to CRE8 (GREATER CHINA) LIMITED for the agency with the greatest percentage of wins (59.2%).
In their respective categories, the 2023 BEST OF CATEGORY Grand winners are:
Cover Design |
Nova Fusion Sdn Bhd for |
Cover Design |
Kanro Inc. |
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Cover Design |
DNA Komunika for |
Cover Design |
Fast Retailing Co., LTD. |
Cover Design |
SHIAN INC. for |
Chairman’s Letter |
Abbott |
Interior Design |
Toppan Merrill Limited for |
Interior Design |
SHIAN INC. for |
Interior Design |
Kanro Inc. |
Photography |
Fast Retailing Co., LTD. |
Illustrations |
SHIAN INC. for |
Infographics |
Emagewise (Private) Limited for |
Financial Data |
Nova Fusion Sdn Bhd for |
Written Text |
California Water Service Group |
Written Text |
Canada’s National Arts Centre |
Non-English Annual Reports |
Finar Kurumsal Iletisim |
Non-Profit Organizations |
Insight Creative for |
Non-Traditional Annual Reports |
Insight Creative for |
Non-Traditional Annual Reports |
SHIAN INC. for |
Printing & Production |
The University of Hong Kong |
Printing & Production |
Brunswick Group for |
Specialized |
Sedgwick Richardson |
Specialized |
California Water Service Group |
Traditional |
Formex Financial Press Limited for |
Traditional |
iONE Financial Press Limited for |
Traditional |
Meta Fusion Pte Ltd for |
Interactive |
Meta Fusion Pte Ltd for |
Interactive |
Stakeholder Reporting |
Online Version Annual Reports |
The Task Force for Global Health |
PDF Version Annual Reports |
Solberg / Volvo Cars for |
PDF Version Specialized |
RBK Advertising + Design for |
PDF Version Specialize |
Talantone Creative Group for |
Online |
Cre8 (Greater China) Limited for |
Online |
nexxar GmbH for |
Online |
Solberg / Volvo Cars for |
Online |
Nippon Paint Holdings |
Online |
KNSK Bissinger + for |
Online |
Nippon Paint Holdings |
Online |
Solberg / Volvo Cars for |
Best of Austria |
nexxar GmbH for |
Best of People’s Republic of China |
Toppan Merrill Limited for |
Best of Germany |
Stakeholder Reporting |
Best of |
iONE Financial Press Limited for |
Best of Indonesia |
DNA Komunika for |
Best of Japan |
SHIAN INC. for |
Best of Malaysia |
Nova Fusion Sdn Bhd for |
Best of Singapore |
Meta Fusion Pte Ltd for |
Best of |
Talantone Creative Group for |
Best of Sri Lanka |
Emagewise (Private) Limited for |
Best of Türkiye |
Finar Kurumsal Iletisim |
Best of USA |
California Water Service Group |
Best of Europe |
Solberg / Volvo Cars for |
Best of International |
Insight Creative Limited 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.