Alligator nominated for Sweden's best annual report
The annual report for Alligator Bioscience, which we at Navigator have helped to produce, is one of nine nominees for the award Sweden's Best Annual Report and Best Design. The competition is organized by Nasdaq, the Swedish Society of Financial Analysts, FAR and the Swedish Association of Communicators and the winners in each category will be presented on September 30. Congratulations to our friends at Alligator and fingers crossed...
Nine nominated accounts
The annual report for Alligator Bioscience is one of the reports that we at Navigator had the privilege of helping to create and produce last year and this spring. In the Large Cap category, the nominees are Alfa Laval, Boliden and Volvo. In the Mid Cap category, the nominees are Addnode Group, SAS and VBG Group. In the Small Cap category, the nominees are Alligator Bioscience, Bergs Timber and Egetis Therapeutics. Among the nine nominees, a prize will also be awarded by the Swedish Communicators for Best Design.
Winners to be announced on September 30
The winners will be announced at an award ceremony that will be webcast starting at 16:00 on September 30. In connection with the award ceremony, the jury will present their work and the broadcast is expected to last approximately one hour. The jury consists of Nils Liliedahl from the Swedish Society of Financial Analysts (chairman), Anders Haskel, independent analyst and journalist, Pontus Herin, journalist and Annica Gerentz, Head of Communications at FAR. The jury collaborates in the design award with a specialist group for design, and on sustainability reporting with FAR's Specialist Group Sustainability.
Qualitative focus
There is no doubt that the competition has had an impact on quality, as Swedish companies' financial information is always among the very best in the world in international comparisons. Although the competition essentially has a qualitative approach, the jury has for many years identified a number of areas where companies must provide satisfactory information to be considered in a first screening. These areas are:
- CEO words
- Objectives and achievement of objectives
- Business concept and strategy
- Business area information
- Market and competitor information
- Risk description - preferably graphic
- Sustainability and corporate governance
- Graphic design
Best design
The best design of the year is awarded to the company out of the nine nominees in the other categories that demonstrates functional and aesthetic design adapted to the target group and format. The jury based its decision on four criteria:
- Design that reinforces the brand experience
Is particularly about strengthening trust in the company (clarity about what they want to do and how they do it, and how they hold the story together in text, image and illustration/graphics) - An annual report that conveys the company's identity and DNA and distinguishes it from others
A design that highlights the text and reinforces the reporting (a consistent and distinctive design) - An annual report and design that inspires
Make complex concepts easy to understand, stand out in an emotional and sympathetic way (color, image choice, layout and other design that conveys emotion) - Design that visually and pedagogically highlights the company's message
Graphics, image selection and well-worded texts to reach a wider audience
About Alligator Bioscience
The annual report is important
It takes a lot of time and resources to create a really good annual or sustainability report. Strategies are evaluated, ideas are clarified, interesting projects are highlighted and the future is mapped out. But, despite the hard work, they are often just two items ticked off at the general meeting. It's time to make the annual report one of your company's most important brand-building and relationship-building communication tools. At Navigator, we help our clients to fully utilize the potential of the annual report to strengthen the brand, while placing great emphasis on ensuring that the investor-related information is well-structured and well thought-out.
Why Navigator?
We decided to get really good at producing annual reports a few years ago. We at Navigator:
- Likes what is complicated
- Has developed a well thought-out process
- Help create 5-10 annual reports per year
- Seeing the accounts as some of the company's most important communication tools
- Make the reports an integral part of your branding
Examples of annual accounts
Here are some of the annual reports we at Navigator have produced in recent years - examples of annual reports
