Hilton’s 2021 ESG Report won for best large cap ESG Report in the 2023 IR Magazine US Awards. The awards are determined by a panel of expert judges made up of investment professionals and IR Magazine editorial team members. The Hilton IR team received numerous awards and we are thrilled to support their reporting efforts.
More than 500 entries were received for the annual Financial Communications Society competition, recognizing the great and iconic financial services marketing and communications work. The Tradeweb Corporate Sustainability Report was included in the just-released list of finalists. Winners will be announced at the Awards Gala in May 2023.
Nicole Loher, a Sustainability/ESG Content Strategist & Writer at IOP, gave a keynote on the future of sustainability communications at @Zero100’s Forum 2023, an annual gathering of Chief Operating Officers and Chief Supply Chain Officers from the world’s largest companies — all of whom are at the forefront of building the next generation of global supply chains.
Leaving the event, Nicole had a few takeaways:
Armstrong World Industries 2021 Sustainability Report was recognized by Corporate Register prestigious Reporting Awards. CRRA – the only global annual awards for corporate responsibility (CR) reporting. They were developed to identify and acknowledge excellence in reporting. Armstrong was awarded 1st place as the best first-time reporter. A judge said: “As a first report it puts many long-time reporters to shame.”
A record 14 IOP client report projects were recognized in the League of American Communication Professionals Vision Awards. Projects included ESG Reports, Annual Reports, Sustainability Reports in print, interactive PDF and digital formats. We were thrilled to earn 12 spots in the Top 100 Global Reports. With entries from all over the world, and a over 1,000 participating organizations, this year’s competition was tough. We are proud our clients had such a strong showing including: Coca-Cola, Hilton, Stanley Black & Decker, Dominion Energy, Carrier, Tradeweb, Wintrust, Armstrong, Simon Property Group, Broadridge, and Ciena.
The IOP team delivered outstanding creativity and strategic thinking for our clients, telling many unique sustainability and ESG stories. We are proud to support the reporting for Hilton, Coca-Cola, Stanley Black & Decker, Armstrong World Industries, Brilliant Earth, Oshkosh, Wintrust, and more. See more here.
This week Dominion Energy launched a reporting suite that positions them as a leader in digital first reports. The suite consists of an ESG site for the overall company, and then deep dive reports on Sustainability and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion that IOP created as well as a number of other useful reports, links and resources. This strategy supports unprecedented levels of transparency and brings accountability to the fore. We’re thrilled to continue our long-term partnership with Dominion Energy, supporting them as they build a culture of sustainability, DEI and accountability.
Nine IOP client report projects were recognized in the League of American Communication Professionals Vision Awards. Projects included ESG Reports, Annual Reports, Sustainability Reports in print, interactive PDF and digital formats. We were thrilled to earn 7 spots in the Top 100 Global Reports. With entries from 20 countries across 4 continents, and a nearly 40% increase in participating organizations, this year’s competition was tough. We are proud our clients had such a strong showing including: Coca-Cola, Hilton, AGCO, Raytheon, Stanley Black & Decker, Dominion Energy, Carrier, Tradeweb and Ciena.
Seven IOP client projects were recognized for their annual and sustainability reports in the League of American Communication Professionals Vision Awards.We were thrilled to see Coca-Cola garner the #2 spot worldwide, and pleased with a strong showing for AGCO, Stanley Black & Decker, Dominion Energy, Tradeweb and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.
We were excited to learn that our work for United Technologies was the subject of an article on the Bowen & Craggs blog on best practices for corporate websites. They lauded the simple interactive graphic used to “successfully combines charts, captions and case studies to demonstrate progress against CSR targets.” Read the article here
AGCO’s report showcases their culture of service and growing impact on agriculture through the lens of innovation. The IOP-written, designed and developed digital-first report is built around the theme “What does it take to feed a changing world?” This concept puts AGCO’s productive solutions front and center, while positioning AGCO as problem-solvers, taking on the biggest issues imaginable—problem-solving with customers, on behalf of farmers and ultimately for the world. In addition, for the first time, AGCO combined a Sustainability report into one unified digital-first report, supported by a 10-K wrap. With a visually appealing interactive web design, IOP brought AGCO’s strategic and sustainability platform to life.
Stanley Black & Decker launched the IOP-designed and written 2019 Year In Review suite. We created a robust site expressing the company’s purpose, innovation story, and performance. The review includes a full GRI-based Sustainability Report. The suite of materials is anchored by the digital Year in Review, with an accompanying annual report and sustainability highlights brochure.