Expolanka Holdings wins ARC Awards, New York
Expolanka Holdings PLC, walked away with the Best of Category, Grand
Award for the year 2011 in Green/Environmentally Sound Annual Reports
winning the Gold award from among 2200 entries from 32 countries at the
glittering Academy Awards of Annual Reports the 26th ARC Awards
International in New York City. Commenting on the award, Paddy
Weerasekera, Head of Marketing, Corporate Communications and CSR stated,
"we are elated by winning this prestigious international award.
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Brad
Schwark, CEO, Expolanka USA LLC with the award. |
This is a testimony to our efforts and commitment in building a
greener environment. The production of this annual report,
conceptualized by 'Smart Media - The Annual Report Company', was done
largely on recycled paper and with recycled material through one of our
subsidiary companies, Neptune Recyclers.
We made the annual report available on CDs to the larger public to
ensure minimum use of paper. In addition, we went one step further and
created a dedicated web portal for the report, so that people could read
it online with convenience, again reducing the use of paper and hence,
helping the environment."
The Expolanka Holdings Annual Report themed, "Our Spirit of
Dare-to-Do Spells Success," went through a stringent judging process,
where each entry was evaluated three separate times during the
preliminary rounds. The three sets of scores were then averaged into a
single score for the individual entry. Only one Gold, Silver, Bronze and
Honours award was awarded to each classification.
Expolanka Holdings having won Gold, was then named the Best of
Category - Grand Award winner from among all Gold Award winners. For
over a quarter of a century, The MerComm Annual Report Competition - the
ARC Awards - had been the most anticipated Annual Report event of the
year. The awards are globally recognized, providing a platform for the
highest standards in the annual report industry.
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