Who won what at IR Magazine’s return to in-person awards in Toronto, London and New York?
Canadian Pacific Railway took home seven prizes from the IR Magazine Awards – Canada 2022, which returned to Toronto on May 25 after two years running virtually.
The railroad company, which went into the event with nine nominations, claimed awards including best overall IR (large cap), best IR officer (large cap) for Maeghan Albiston and best IR during a corporate transaction.
Hut 8 Mining Corp also had a stellar night, picking up three awards: best retail IR strategy, best innovation in shareholder communications and best use of technology & social media for IR.
The Lion Electric Co secured two major awards: best overall IR (small cap) and best IR officer (small to mid-cap) for Isabelle Adjahi. Another double winner on the night was ARC Resources, which walked away with best ESG reporting (small to mid-cap) and best IR website.
The awards are split into two sections. The awards-by-research categories are decided by a survey of portfolio managers, sell-side analysts and buy-side analysts who cover domestic companies. This poll picks the winners for best overall IR, best IR officer, best IR by senior management and best in sector.
The awards-by-nomination categories are open to entries from companies and their advisers, and focus on different areas of IR practice, such as investor meetings, ESG reporting and digital communications. The winners are then selected by differing panels of judges.
This year, the judging panel included:
Winners of the IR Magazine Awards – Canada 2022
L-R: Martha Moen, Broadridge; Maeghan Albiston, Rebecca Stephen and Chris de Bruyn, Canadian Pacific Railway; host Laurie Havelock
L-R: Bob Power, OTC Markets; Maeghan Albiston, Canadian Pacific Railway; host Laurie Havelock
Canadian Pacific Railway
Stantec
Maeghan Albiston, Canadian Pacific Railway
Isabelle Adjahi, The Lion Electric Co
Keith Creel, CEO & Nadeem Velani, CFO, Canadian Pacific Railway
Michael McMillan, CFO & Scott Medhurst, CEO, Toromont Industries
Visit IRmagazine.com to nominate for the upcoming Corporate Governance, South East Asia and Greater China awards in 2022
lululemon athletica
Loblaw Companies
Enbridge
Intact Financial Corporation
Agnico Eagle Mines
Shopify
Fortis
CN
ARC Resources
Hut 8 Mining Corp
SNC-Lavalin Group
Quentin Weber, WSP Global
L-R: Steven Mills, Market One; Taryn Bolder, ARC Resources; host Laurie Havelock
Quentin Weber of WSP Global won the rising star award
Italian banking giant Intesa Sanpaolo took home three awards, including two of the most coveted trophies at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2022 on June 23: best overall investor relations in the large-cap category and the best investor relations officer (large cap) gong for Marco Delfrate and Andrea Tamagnini. The firm also took the best-in-sector award in the financials category.
The winners list at this year’s event was one of the most diverse for years, with many companies winning trophies for the first time. Some of the other big awards of the night saw Poland’s LPP take the gong for best overall IR in the mid-cap category, while Norway’s Norske Skog took the trophy among the small-cap contenders. Carl Vanden Bussche of Belgian company Barco won best investor relations officer in the small to mid-cap category.
Whittling down the competition, the judging panel chose winners across 15 different awards, including two new categories for 2022: best innovation in shareholder communications – won by Switzerland's Baloise Group – and best retail IR strategy, with the trophy taken by Valmet of Finland.
For the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2022, the judging panel comprised:
Winners of the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2022
Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy
LPP, Poland
Norske Skog, Norway
Marco Delfrate & Andrea Tamagnini, Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy
Carl Vanden Bussche, Barco, Belgium
L-R: host Laurie Havelock; Daniel Redman, Design Portfolio; Katie Willison and Katie Holden, Balfour Beatty; Rochelle O’Hagan, Gather London
IR Magazine caught up with Jane Henderson, senior IR manager at Tesco, at the Europe Awards where the UK-listed supermarket operator was nominated for best IR in the consumer staples sector. Click to watch our video on the red carpet.
Deutsche Telekom, Germany
adidas, Germany
Nestlé, Switzerland
TotalEnergies, France
Novo Nordisk, Denmark
Deutsche Post DHL, Germany
Givaudan, Switzerland
Vonovia, Germany
ASML, Netherlands
Iberdrola, Spain
IROs at Baloise Group, Valmet and Ocado reveal what made their inspirational IR innovations stand out from the crowd.
Iberdrola arrived at the IR Magazine Awards – Europe 2022 following a ‘tough year’ for the market in general and utilities in particular, explained Ignacio Cuenca, director of IR at the Spanish company. Click to watch our video on the red carpet.
Host Laurie Havelock with Sophie Pugh of Nestlé, which won the best in sector award for consumer staples
Host Laurie Havelock with Elsa Forster of BNY Mellon, collecting on behalf of BASF, which won for best IR website
Banco Santander, Spain
Balfour Beatty, UK
Hollywood Bowl Group, UK
Biffa, UK
Watkin Jones, UK
Baloise Group, Switzerland
Infineon Technologies, Germany
Endeavour Mining, UK
eDreams ODIGEO, Spain
Mercedes-Benz, Germany
BASF, Germany
Valmet, Finland
Ocado Group, UK
Chandler Benet, Ocado Group, UK
While most investor meetings remain virtual or hybrid, getting back to in-person interaction is ‘very exciting,’ said Benoît Ribaud, ESG IR manager at TotalEnergies. Click to watch our video on the red carpet.
L-R: Host Laurie Havelock; Niall Callan, Design Portfolio, collecting on behalf of Hollywood Bowl Group; Tim Marshall, Alliance Advisors
IR Magazine and online sister publication Corporate Secretary announced the winners of the inaugural ESG Integration Awards in New York on July 14.
The award for best board oversight of ESG went to NRG Energy. Amalgamated Financial Corp was celebrated in the best climate action award category. Gilead Sciences received the best diversity, equity & inclusion award, while the prize for best ESG communications went to Energy Recovery.
The ESG Integration Awards recognize outstanding achievements by governance and investor relations professionals in helping their companies oversee, communicate and engage with stakeholders on their companies’ ESG efforts.
This year, the judging panel for the awards included:
Mary Green, vice president and client portfolio manager, Federated Hermes
Eileen Kamerick, non-executive director at Associated Banc-Corp, ACV Auctions, Hochschild Mining and Legg Mason Closed End Funds
Michael Passoff, CEO, Proxy Impact
Veena Ramani, research director, FCLTGlobal
Tensie Whelan, founder and director, NYU Stern School of Business Center for Sustainable Business
L-R Betty Chiang, Gilead; Laura Avant, NRG Energy: Jim Siccardi, Energy Recovery; Cynthia Curtis, JLL ; Peter Neiman, Amalgamated; host Steve Wade
Laura Avant of NRG Energy, which won the best board oversight of ESG award
L-R: Mike Rodery, OneTrust; Jim Siccardi, Energy Recovery; host Steve Wade
NRG Energy
Amalgamated Financial Corp
Gilead Sciences
Richard Batten, chief sustainability officer, JLL
Energy Recovery
Starbucks Corporation
