The Farmand statue has been awarded annually since 1955. The award was established to “inspire improved quality of annual reports of public and private companies”. Our annual report was shortlisted as one of six finalists in the class of publicly listed companies. The other finalists were AF Gruppen, MOWI, SpareBank1 Nord-Norge, Storebrand and SpareBank1 Østlandet. AF Gruppen won.
The reason for entering the competition is not the award itself, but the jury evaluation that comes with the entry. We have received a ten-page report with feedback on the 2021 content and design, including positive comments and improvement suggestions. These will be used actively as we now start planning the 2021 annual report.