Biggest gold haul for Emagewise at Annual Report awards

Annual Reports produced by Emagewise swept the boards at the ICASL organised Awards for Excellence in Annual Reporting 2010, with the company’s productions walking away with 10 gold awards.

Hatton National Bank Plc walked away with the highest number of gold awards, winning the night’s ultimate Prize – the overall gold award for excellence as well as three other gold awards.

HNB’s annual report designed under the theme ‘How it works’ was recognised as the best in Corporate Governance disclosures, the best Management Commentary and best report in the Banking sector.

Longstanding Emagewise client John Keells Holdings Plc received two gold awards and the overall bronze award. The JKH Annual Report was named Gold winner in the diversified holdings (above 5 companies) sector while their Sustainability Report was named gold winner in the Sustainability Reporting category.  

Among the Emagewise-produced reports to win sector gold, silver and bronze awards were John Keells Hotels Plc, Sri Lanka Telecom Plc, Hayleys Advantis Plc, HNB Assurance Plc, Aitken Spence Plc, Aitken Spence Hotels Holdings Plc, Aviva NDB Insurance Plc and Asian Hotels and Properties Plc.

Varuni Amunugama Fernando, Joint Managing Director of Emagewise said, “We congratulate every one of our clients on the success of their reports and we are indeed honoured to partner them in their quest for reporting excellence”.

Saruchi Dissanayake, General Manager of Emagewise added, “We try to infuse a strong spirit of partnership in our engagement with our clients and I believe the long standing relationships we share with many of the top blue chips in Sri Lanka is a true testament to the Emagewise work ethic of professionalism, flexibility and commitment to quality.”

Emagewise, a subsidiary of advertising giant Triad, has been designing and producing Annual Reports and corporate publications for over 15 years and has an enviable selection of top blue chips in its client portfolio. Emagewise in fact, designed and produced the 2009/10 reports of 10 of the Business Today Top 20 companies.  The Company is also engaged in the specialised design and production of corporate collateral, image management solutions, coffee table books and other corporate publications.