CATEGORIES OF AWARDS

Awards will be offered in the following two categories:

General
Non-profit Making and Charitable Organizations
 
Overall Awards
  Gold, Silver, Bronze prizes and Excellence Report Award will be awarded in both categories. A "Best Report Award" will be awarded to a company/organization if the Panel of Adjudicators finds that its annual report has sufficient merit to deserve the prize.
Sub-Category Awards
  The following sub-category awards will be offered to recognize other exceptional achievements:
  Excellence Award for Charitable Organizations
  Excellence Award for First-Year Listed Companies
  Excellence Award for GEM Entries
  Excellence Award for H Share & Red Chip Entries
  Excellence Award for Small Size Entries
  Best New Entry
  Citation for Design
  Judges' Special Award
     
  For the purpose of these awards:
  Small size entries are defined to be any companies / organizations with no more than 250 full time employees; and
  Charitable organizations are defined as organizations which are exempted from tax under Section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance.
Special Awards for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Reporting
 

Special Awards for ESG Reporting will be awarded to recognize companies and organizations which show outstanding ESG disclosure. The awards include Best ESG Reporting Award ("Industry")*, Excellence Award in ESG Reporting and Certificate of Excellence in ESG Reporting.

 

* Industries under Best ESG Reporting Award include:

 
  1. Accounting & Finance Services
  2. Advertising, Marketing & Public Relations Services
  3. Architecture, Engineering & Construction
  4. Association Services
  5. Business Management & Consultancy Services
  6. Charity
  7. Cleaning Services
  8. Design Services & Brand Strategy
  9. Education & Training
  10. Entertainment & Media
  11. Environmental Services
  12. Food & Beverage
  13. Government
  14. Infrastructure & Real Estate / REIT
  15. Insurance
  16. Legal Services
  1. Logistics & Transport
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Medical & Healthcare
  4. Non-profit Making / Social Service Organization
  5. Printing & Publishing
  6. Property Development & Investment
  7. Property Management
  8. Public Utility
  9. Quality Inspection & Testing
  10. Retail
  11. Shipping & Maritime Services
  12. Social Enterprises
  13. Technology & Information
  14. Telecommunications
  15. Tourism & Hospitality
  16. Trading

Please note that winners of overall awards (i.e. Best, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Excellence Report Award) would not be included in the assessment for Citation for Design, and Judges' Special Award as they have already attained an outstanding level in each of the judging criteria.