The IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2023 | IR Magazine | 8 Northumberland Avenue, London WC2N 5BY, UK

Since the annual event first launched in 1990, tens of thousands of analysts and investors have voted in the surveys behind the awards. The result: vital benchmarking information on which companies do the best IR. In recent years, the awards program has expanded to recognize more aspects of an IRO’s role as we add new categories to the list and give IR teams the opportunity to nominate themselves.

By popular demand, we present two types of award categories – researched and nominated – both celebrating the success of those individuals and companies that are leading the way in IR across Europe.

Awards-by-nomination Categories
• Best annual report (large cap)
• Best annual report (mid-cap)
• Best annual report (small cap)
• Best ESG materiality reporting (large cap)
• Best ESG materiality reporting (mid-cap)
• Best ESG materiality reporting (small cap)
• Best innovation in shareholder communications
• Best investor event (large cap)
• Best investor event (mid-cap)
• Best investor event (small cap)
• Best IR during a corporate transaction
• Best IR website
• Best retail IR strategy
• Best use of multimedia for IR
• Rising star

Researched Categories
• Best overall investor relations (large cap)
• Best overall investor relations (mid-cap)
• Best overall investor relations (small cap)
• Best investor relations officer (large cap)
• Best investor relations officer (small to mid-cap)
• Best in sector: communications
• Best in sector: consumer discretionary
• Best in sector: consumer staples
• Best in sector: energy
• Best in sector: financials
• Best in sector: healthcare
• Best in sector: industrials
• Best in sector: materials
• Best in sector: real estate
• Best in sector: technology
• Best in sector: utilities

2022 Winners

Awards By Research

Best overall investor relations (large cap)
• Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy

Best overall investor relations (mid-cap)
• LPP, Poland

Best overall investor relations (small cap)
• Norske Skog, Norway

Best investor relations officer (large cap)
• Intesa Sanpaolo, Marco Delfrate & Andrea Tamagnini, Italy

Best investor relations officer (small to mid-cap)
• Barco, Carl Vanden Bussche, Belgium

Best In Sector

Communications
• Deutsche Telekom, Germany

Consumer discretionary
• adidas, Germany

Consumer staples
• Nestlé, Switzerland

Energy
• TotalEnergies, France

Financials
• Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy

Healthcare
• Novo Nordisk, Denmark

Industrials
• Deutsche Post DHL, Germany

Materials
• Givaudan, Switzerland

Real estate
• Vonovia, Germany

Technology
• ASML, Netherlands

Utilities
• Iberdrola, Spain

Awards By Nomination

Best annual report (large cap)
• Banco Santander Spain

Best annual report (mid-cap)
• Balfour Beatty, UK

Best annual report (small cap)
• Hollywood Bowl Group, UK

Best ESG materiality reporting (large cap)
• Banco Santander, Spain

Best ESG materiality reporting (mid-cap)
• Biffa UK

Best ESG materiality reporting (small cap)
• Watkin Jones, UK

Best innovation in shareholder communications
• Baloise Group, Switzerland

Best investor event (large cap)
• Infineon Technologies, Germany

Best investor event (mid-cap)
• Endeavour Mining, UK

Best investor event (small cap)
• eDreams ODIGEO, Spain

Best IR during a corporate transaction
• Mercedes-Benz, Germany

Best IR website
• BASF, Germany

Best retail IR strategy
• Valmet, Finland

Best use of multimedia for IR
• Ocado Group, UK

Rising star
• Ocado Group, Chandler Benet UK