The H&H Webranking research, published in collaboration with the Financial Times and Corriere della Sera, represents Europe's most comprehensive survey of corporate online communication. The 82 largest listed companies in Italy are considered out of a total of 630 companies throughout Europe.
The awards were presented by Helena Wennergren, senior partner at H&H in Stockholm, in several categories. Autogrill was honoured with a prize for Commendable Website Initiative, for its launch of a new corporate website dedicated to the use of interactive Web 2.0 applications. Benetton received an award for the Best Media Section, and Parmalat was recognised as this year's Best Improver for the achievement of the most increased score of all Italian websites in the survey.
Third place overall in the Italian ranking went to Edison for the high quality, contents and interactive features of its website. UniCredit received the distinction of coming in second place, with an overall score of 87.75 points out of a possible 100. First place went to Telecom Italia, which also was number one among all 630 of Europe's largest listed companies.
Several keynote speeches were given prior to the handing out of the awards in an event moderated by Massimo Fracaro, Editor-in-Chief of CorrierEconomia.
Massimiliano Carnevali, the head of Listed Companies, Compliance and Disclosure at the Borsa Italiana opened up the first part of the event, speaking briefly on the topic of the evolution of online communication in Italy. He was followed by Mario Spreafico, Director of Investments for Citibank Italy who discussed online communication in Italy from an international perspective. The head of the Italian market for Sustainability Asset Management - Dow Jones Sustainability Index (SAM -DJSI), Jon Winslade, spoke on the issue of sustainable ratings and communication in the area of corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Also present were Stuart Anderson, director of UK-based communications consultancy 85four and Alessandro Sordi, managing director and co-founder of Dada, a multinational web and mobile community service company. They focused on the subjects of online annual reporting and Web 2.0 respectively.
The purpose and contents of the 2007 research were highlighted and the new Webranking criteria explained by Joakim Lundquist, the head of H&H in Italy. Also presenting for H&H Italy were James Osborne and Nicole Heyermann on the importance of copy editing for corporate websites. For more information visit our website or contact:
Marcus Eriksson
Head of H&H Webranking
Tel: +46 8 407 22 17
Mattias Lindquist
Media & Press
Tel: +46 8 407 22 33
Joakim Lundqvist
H&H Italy
Tel +39 3395013612
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H&H Webranking is Europe's leading survey of corporate websites. It has been conducted annually since 1997. Each year approximately 700 websites are reviewed. Results are published in financial newspapers around Europe.
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Hallvarsson & Halvarsson AB (H&H) is the leading corporate communications and financial communications agency in the Nordics with approximately 100 consultants. Through it's H&H Webranking survey and Online Corporate Communications research and advisory services a leader in Europe with a significant number of Euro Top 500 companies as clients.
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