Asia Integrated Reporting Awards 2016
Vietnam’s Baoviet wins Asia’s top sustainability reporting award
Hong Kong’s Hang Lung Properties clinches multiple awards
Nguyen Anh Tuan, Baoviet’s Deputy Chief Operating Officer and Head of Corporate Strategy and General Affairs Division receiving the top award from the British High Commissioner in Singapore H.E. Mr. Scott Wightman.
Bella Chhoa, Hang Lung Properties’ Assistant Director- Corporate Affairs, General Counsel and Company Secretary, and Assistant Manager- Sustainability Jonathan Li receiving the award from the British High Commissioner in Singapore H.E. Mr. Scott Wightman.
Singapore: Vietnam’s leading state-owned financial-insurance group Baoviet Holdings clinched Asia’s Sustainability Report of the Year award at the just concluded 2016 Asia Integrated Reporting Awards (AIRA). Baoviet also bagged Asia’s Best Integrated Reporting award.
Hong Kong’s leading real estate operator Hang Lung Properties emerged as the biggest winner as it cornered three awards including Asia’s Best Sustainability Report (Stand-alone) award.
Other top winners at the 2016 AIRA included Singapore’s major telco StarHub, India’s textiles group Arvind, Singapore’s eco-hotel Siloso Beach Resort and Japan’s leading consumer products company Suntory Group.
Winners of the 2016 Asia Integrated Reporting Awards were announced and honoured in an exclusive awards ceremony-cum-gala-dinner event in Singapore on 28 November 2016. The event was hosted by the British High Commissioner H.E. Mr. Scott Wightman at his official residence Eden Hall. Sweden’s ambassador in Singapore H.E. Mr. Håkan Jevrell was present as the Special Guest.
Awards in 16 categories were presented by the High Commissioner Mr. Wightman, the Ambassador Mr. Jevrell, and Ms. Camilla Fenning, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s Head of the Climate and Energy Network for South East Asia at the British High Commission Singapore. The event was attended by the finalists of AIRA 2016, and dignitaries from diverse fields including business, non-profit, embassies, trade associations, advocacy organisations and academics.
The winners received a specially designed plaque framed with recycled wood. The winner of the top honours, Asia’s Sustainability Report of the Year, received an exclusive golden plaque. All finalists received a merit certificate printed on FSC certified paper sourced from sustainable forests. In addition, the winners and the finalists will be authorised to use the privileged Asia Integrated Reporting Awards Icons for branding purpose.
Printed edition of Sustainability Reporting: Learn from Asia’s Best, a special publication featuring the 2015 AIRA winners, was released at the event.
Asia’s Best Integrated Report
Winner
Baoviet Holdings
Vietnam