Australasian Reporting Awards 2025

For those of you in the Australasian region, you might want to act quickly.

In 1950, the Australasian Reporting Awards (“ARA Awards”) were introduced as the Annual Report Awards by a group of business professionals concerned that the annual reports at that time were not adequate for informing stakeholders about the purpose, activities and performance of organisations.  Well, it’s taken off a little since then.

Celebrating its diamond (75^th) jubilee next year, the ARA Awards continue to go from strength to strength as companies strive to benchmark their annual report against world best practice criteria, be recognised for the quality of their reporting, and also have the opportunity to access expert advice to help improve their reporting.

Now in our second year of sponsorship, SumProduct is a proud and ardent Supporter Partner for these awards: they are open to all private sector, public sector and not-for-profit organisations in Australia, New Zealand and countries in the Asia Pacific region.

Those responsible for preparing the annual report may:

• get great personal satisfaction from achieving an Award
• have a feedback session with a senior ARA adjudicator to find out how to improve their reporting
• attend the gala 75th Year ARA Anniversary Awards Presentation Dinner to be held in Melbourne on Thursday, 29 May next year to receive an Award.

Just be mindful of the closing date: entries close on Friday 6 December 2024, although there is an extended closing date of Friday 31 January 2025 if you meet certain criteria.  If the release of your organisation’s report may be delayed beyond the closing date, please contact ARA at ara@arawards.com.au to obtain an extension.

Full details may be found here: https://www.arawards.com.au/ .

Good luck!