2023 Annual Report Rating: the winners

“For the redesign of Burckhardt Compression’s annual report and company portraits, we were looking for a one-stop shop with many years of experience and relevant references. We were impressed by Linkgroup’s work across the board from the concept and design all the way through to cross-media production. Despite tight deadlines, the final product went to press on time – not least thanks to the professionalism and outstanding commitment of the Linkgroup team.”

Nathalie Roth
Communications Manager Burckhardt Compression AG

“This was the first time we had developed and published our annual reporting including both an annual and a sustainability report. Linkgroup gave us perfect, comprehensive support. Their rich experience and our knowledge were a great match, and we were able to make clear progress in terms of value reporting. We were particularly impressed by Linkgroup’s proposal for a cross-media strategy encompassing significantly improved publication on the corporate website, an online annual report and quick report, a CEO video, social media and a rethink of our report as a magazine. The fact that Linkgroup offers in-house services spanning everything from the concept, content creation and design to implementation made things more efficient for Sika.”

Dominik Slappnig
Head Corporate Communications & Investor Relations at Sika AG, Baar ZG

“The collaboration with Linkgroup was very professional, constructive and highly responsive, even throughout intense times. The project management and the respective roles and responsibilities worked seamlessly, which is key for such a project in a global environment. Our top management wanted, in addition to print, to communicate our key reporting messages to our stakeholders in a more dynamic and multi-media way. Feedback from management has been uniformly positive, with the Board calling the new financial and sustainability reporting a ‘quantum leap’ forward. We are very grateful to Linkgroup for helping us to bring it to life.”

Jonathan Tin
Head of Corporate Reporting Holcim Ltd, Zug

“We’ve been working with Linkgroup since our IPO in 1999. They give us active advice at all stages of the process, and the way they implement is structured and efficient. We like their practical approach to communications design and the fact that they avoid art for art’s sake: they work within the framework of our corporate design to develop solutions for our stakeholders that have an impact and a concrete benefit. Another of Linkgroup’s strengths as a one-stop shop that particularly benefits Geberit is their extraordinarily deep vertical integration and process security.”

Christoph Abt
Global Editor Corporate Communications Geberit International AG, Rapperswil-Jona (Canton of St Gallen)

“A new, fresh website for the Phoenix Mecano Group should better represent the company and more clearly show its strategy. We also wanted to rethink our reporting concept and seamlessly integrate our first sustainability report. The new group website now serves as a central communications hub integrating reporting and sustainability. Linkgroup thinks in terms of content and has provided us with professional support from strategy to conception and design to cross-media implementation. We’ve derived enormous benefit from their one-stop shop approach, experienced project management team and high degree of vertical integration. Thanks to a modern approach and design that matches our philosophy and self-image, we’ve been able to efficiently gear our group communications to all the relevant stakeholders – achieving the goal of the project.”

Philipp Eberhard
Head of Corporate Communications Phoenix Mecano Management AG, Kloten (Canton of Zurich)

“Communications media for financial and sustainability reporting are particularly demanding. Linkgroup has deep expertise in this field, a proven track record and a great deal of cross-media know-how. Together we’re constantly evolving our communications media. Great examples of this are the special investor relations site embedded in our corporate website and the development of the group’s branding. Ever since our IPO in 2016, collaboration with Linkgroup has been perfect in all respects, especially during hectic phases where changes have had to be made at short notice. One-stop services from concept and creation to cross-media production, plus the PublishingSuite Finance® platform, have also helped make things very efficient.”

Michel Gerber
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Communications of VAT Group AG, Haag (Canton of St Gallen)