A record year for the Corporate & Financial Awards saw an incredibly high calibre of entries, representing the very best in corporate communications. As the only true benchmark of companies’ communications with the City, the Corporate & Financial Awards is proud to celebrate the best practice in cross-sector City communications.

The Corporate & Financial Awards has been identifying and celebrating the very best of City corporate communications for over ten years. This year saw an incredibly high calibre of entries compete in an exciting array of categories.

Publisher of Communicate magazine and founder of the Corporate & Financial Awards Andrew Thomas says: “This is a record year for the Corporate & Financial Awards. There can’t be many awards programmes that see entries from well over half the FTSE 100 and a similar number from the FTSE 250. The entry numbers were high and so too was the calibre of the work submitted. Looking forward, such strength in communications is going to be important.

“We know that for many organisations, the next few years will be hard - at least one company that entered has already called in the administrators," Thomas continues. "We will need the communications skills from the winners of this year’s Corporate & Financial Awards to ensure that investors and wider stakeholders fully understand the paths companies are taking.

“However, having seen the work submitted this year, I know that at least from a communications perspective, corporate Britain has the talent to rise to the challenges it faces. So - to all this year’s winners - congratulations. Your work has never been more important.”

This year’s winners include Mondi Group, which wept up golds for both ‘Best online CSR or ESG report’ and ‘Best integrated report’. Golds for ‘Best corporate website – FTSE 100’ went to both Pearson and Investis Digital, and Associated British Foods and Black Sun. Gold for 'Best diversity and inclusion report' went to KPMG.

The complete list of winners of the Corporate & Financial Awards 2022 is as follows:

Best corporate website - FTSE 100
Gold – Associated British Foods and Black Sun
Gold – Pearson and Investis Digital
Silver – British Land and Investis Digital
Silver – Legal & General
Bronze – Rolls-Royce and Investis Digital
Highly commended – Anglo American and Investis Digital

Best corporate website - FTSE 250
Gold – Britvic and Design Portfolio
Silver – Trainline and Design Portfolio
Bronze – Spectris and Conran Design Group
Highly commended – Inchcape and Conran Design Group

Best corporate website - AIM
Gold – SMS and Instinctif Partners
Silver – Inland Homes plc and Jones and Palmer

Best corporate website - Small cap
Gold – Wincanton and Design Portfolio
Silver – Palace Capital plc and Jones and Palmer
Bronze – Industrials REIT and Jones and Palmer
Highly commended – Halfords Group plc and Jones and Palmer

Best printed report - FTSE 50
Gold – AstraZeneca and Superunion
Gold – Legal & General and Superunion
Silver – Associated British Foods and Black Sun
Silver – Aviva plc and Brunswick Creative
Bronze – IHG and Superunion
Bronze – NatWest Group and Black Sun
Highly commended – BT Group and Emperor
Highly commended – Lloyds Banking Group and Emperor

Best printed report - FTSE 100
Gold – Airtel Africa and Friend Studio
Silver – Howdens Joinery Group and Emperor
Silver – Intertek Group and Emperor
Bronze – Burberry and Black Sun
Bronze – Coca-Cola HBC and Black Sun

Best printed report - FTSE 250
Gold – Wickes and Luminous
Gold – Workspace Group and Emperor
Silver – Dr. Martens and three thirty studio
Silver – Tate & Lyle and Conran Design Group
Bronze – Essentra and Conran Design Group
Highly commended – Britvic and Luminous
Highly commended – Indivior and Black Sun

Best printed report - AIM
Gold – Hotel Chocolat and Emperor
Silver – Warehouse REIT plc and lyonsbennett
Bronze – Belvoir Group and Design Portfolio
Highly commended – GBG plc and Carr Kamasa Design
Highly commended – Windward and lyonsbennett

Best printed report - Small cap
Gold – AO World and Jones and Palmer
Gold – Reach and Black Sun
Silver – Renewi and Wardour
Bronze – Halfords Group plc and Jones and Palmer
Bronze – Luceco and lyonsbennett
Highly commended – Hyve and Friend Studio

Best printed report - International
Gold – Swiss Re and Superunion
Gold – Windward and lyonsbennett
Silver – Saudi Aramco
Bronze – Alphawave IP plc and lyonsbennett
Bronze – The Adecco Group and Black Sun
Highly commended – SGS and Radley Yeldar

Best printed report - Unlisted
Gold – Kantar and Friend Studio
Silver – UK Power Networks and Instinctif Partners
Bronze – Chester Zoo and Denfield
Bronze – Czarnikow with Frances Herrod Design and CooperNixon Corporate Communications

Best online report - FTSE 100
Gold – BT Group and Emperor
Silver – Burberry and Black Sun
Silver – Legal & General and Superunion
Bronze – Experian and Friend Studio
Bronze – Mondi Group
Highly commended – Schroders and Black Sun

Best online report - FTSE 250
Gold – Centrica and Comprend
Silver – Coats and Emperor

Best online report - Small cap
Gold – Halfords Group plc and Jones and Palmer
Silver – Severfield plc and Jones and Palmer
Bronze – Henry Boot plc and Jones and Palmer

Best online report - International
Gold – Banco Santander and Bestiario
Silver – House of HR and Brunswick Creative
Bronze – Lenzing Group and GW+Co
Highly commended – Aliaxis Group SA and Gather
Highly commended – KMG and Fanda

Best online report - Unlisted
Gold – Aliaxis Group SA and Gather
Silver – KPMG
Bronze – UK Power Networks and Instinctif Partners

Best printed CSR or ESG report
Gold – British Land and Black Sun
Silver – LSEG and Superunion
Bronze – Britvic and Luminous
Bronze – Croda and Black Sun
Highly commended – Barratt Developments and Jones and Palmer
Highly commended – WPP and Superunion

Best online CSR or ESG report
Gold – Mondi Group and Radley Yeldar
Silver – Lloyds Banking Group and Emperor
Bronze – Autonom and Fanda
Bronze – Western Union and Brunswick Creative
Highly commended – Anglo American and Salterbaxter
Highly commended – De Beers Group and Conran Design Group

Best diversity and inclusion report
Gold – KPMG
Silver – BT Group and Emperor
Bronze – Schroders and Black Sun

Best integrated report
Gold – Mondi Group and Radley Yeldar
Silver – United Utilities Group plc and Jones and Palmer
Bronze – Coca-Cola HBC and Black Sun
Bronze – Holcim and Brunswick Creative
Highly commended – KPMG

Best cover
Gold – Chester Zoo and Denfield
Gold – Legal & General and Superunion
Silver – The Adecco Group and Black Sun
Bronze – Ocado Group and Jones and Palmer
Bronze – Premier Foods and Jones and Palmer
Highly commended – Saudi Aramco

Best use of digital media
Gold – Anglo American and Investis Digital
Bronze – Ocado Group and Jones and Palmer

Best event
Gold – Bunzl and Black Sun
Bronze – Moody's Corporation and Brunswick Creative

Best in-house corporate & financial communications team
BNY Mellon

Agency or consultancy of the year - small
Cognito

Agency or consultancy of the year – large
Instinctif Partners

Annual report of the year
AstraZeneca and Superunion