Grand Award Winners
2021 ARC Awards Announces Grand Award Winners
NEW YORK, NY – September 15, 2021 - The 35th 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 1,875 entries from 28 countries.
The 2021 BEST OF SHOW will be announced on Thursday 21 October, at the conclusion of the ARC Emerald Anniversary Evening to be held at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel. The winners of the Platinum and Titanium Achievement Awards will also be revealed that evening.
In their respective categories, the 2021 BEST OF CATEGORY Grand winners are:
Cover Design |
Mens Creation Ltd. For |
Cover Design |
SHIAN INC. for |
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Cover Design |
Toppan Merrill Limited for |
Cover Design |
Brainds Marken und Design GmbH for |
Cover Design |
EDICO Financial Press |
Chairman’s Letter |
Sedgwick Richardson (HK) Limited for |
Chairman’s Letter |
SHIAN INC. for |
Chairman’s Letter |
Bring, LLC for |
Interior Design |
HGB Hamburger Geschäftsberichte GmbH & Co. KG for |
Interior Design |
REF Financial Press Limited for |
Interior Design |
Fast Retailing Co., LTD. |
Interior Design |
SHIAN INC. for |
Photography |
Abbott |
Illustrations |
SHIAN INC. for |
Infographics |
Format Limited for |
Financial Data |
Kanro Inc. |
Written Text |
California Water Service Group |
Annual Reports with Form 10-K |
Granato Creative Group for |
Non-English |
concept c media GmbH for |
Non-Profit Organizations |
ÖAMTC |
Non-Traditional Annual Reports |
United Therapeutics Corporation |
Non-Traditional Annual Reports |
Kanro Inc. |
Non-Traditional Annual Reports |
SHIAN INC. for |
Printing & Production |
SHIAN INC. for |
Printing & Production |
ÖAMTC |
Specialized |
Talantone Creative Group for |
Traditional |
HGB Hamburger Geschäftsberichte GmbH & Co. KG for |
Traditional |
Insight Creative for |
Traditional |
iONE Financial Press Limited for |
Traditional |
EDICO Financial Press |
Interactive |
Cre8 (Greater China) Limited for |
Interactive |
Kammann Rossi GmbH for |
PDF Version |
X_DESIGN for |
PDF Version |
Mecayours Corporation for |
Online |
Rahofer Werbeagentur - |
Online |
HGB Hamburger Geschäftsberichte GmbH & Co. KG for |
Online |
The Task Force for Global Health |
Best of Austria |
ÖAMTC |
Best of China |
Beijing Pengtu Culture and |
Best of Germany |
concept c media GmbH for |
Best of Hong Kong |
iONE Financial Press Limited for |
Best of Japan |
SHIAN INC. for |
Best of Malaysia |
CD CORPORATE REPORTS |
Best of Singapore |
Meta Fusion Pte Ltd for |
Best of |
Intonation for |
Best of Turkey |
Finar Kurumsal for |
Best of USA |
California Water Service Group |
Best of Asia/Pacific |
Insight Creative for |
Best of Europe |
HGB Hamburger Geschäftsberichte GmbH & Co. KG for |
Best of International |
Addison for |
Preliminary and final judges represent top level investor relations executives, financial executives, writers, designers, and photographers from over 69 different agencies and corporations in Australia, Austria, Chile, Germany, Hong Kong, Iran, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Turkey, 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.