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Business Report Award
Who should enter?
This award is open to all companies operating in Africa that have issued a non-financial report on their business.
Criteria
Judges will assess how well the report addresses the following:
• Membership of relevant associations and industry bodies
• Clarity of communication
• Narrative outline of strategy, initiatives, case studies
• Statistical support to narrative
• Relationships of different aspects of the business and report (including financial and non-financial elements)
• Ease of access and appropriateness of material to the medium
• Comprehensive coverage of issues
• Transparency and honesty
• Frameworks and standards followed, including the Millennium Development Goals
• Third-party verification
• Recognition of ongoing nature of business: historical review and future strategy
• Stakeholder input, feedback and dialogue
Please note entrants should submit an electronic version of the report and a 500 words summary for the judges.
