Smart Media The Annual Report Company

Smart Media The Annual Report Company

Smart Media – The Annual Report Company is a global annual report consultancy with a team of over fifty top professionals and is one of the very few companies in the world to specialize exclusively in annual reports. Smart Media takes on the entire responsibility from concept, design, writing, photography and pre-press to printing and even the online HTML version.

They advise and guide clients on developing the overall communications strategy of the annual report -- what to say, especially when this is not very obvious or the results are bad; the information needed and how to collect it; write sections of or the entire annual report, or just edit what the client has written. For instance, take the example of sustainability, which is just one aspect of the annual report. Some clients may require help on how to structure, collect data and present their sustainability reports based on various internationally accepted guidelines.
 
Others may need help on very specific areas such as how to measure and report on the carbon footprint of the company. Likewise, in every aspect of the report, Smart Media can help clients bring in international best practices. In 2010, Smart Media became Annual Report World Champions at the 24th International ARC Awards in New York, popularly dubbed as the Oscars of Annual Reports.

Environmental Commitment

In 2008, we encouraged our first client to publish their carbon footprint in their annual report. Since then we have been encouraging and helping many clients to calculate and publish their carbon footprints as well as helping devise strategies to reduce their footprint. Creating such awareness and action among our wide base of clients we feel is our single largest contribution to the environment.

In 2009, we embarked on a project to become carbon neutral by 2011. Our strategy was to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible and to offset the rest thereafter. Our product, the printed version of the Annual Report, is now Carbon Neutral. In addition to instituting several initiatives to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, we are now offsetting the emissions produced in the process of writing, designing, photography, production, project management, usage of paper, printing and transportation by purchasing verified carbon offsets.

"Our philosophy when in comes to partnerships is “the best or not at all.” Thus we shopped around and did a lot of research to identify the best partner in the world for the subject. We identified Carbonfund.org as an independent foundation having a great track record and credibility. We felt that they were the ideal partner to take our environmental mission forward. They have the experience and expertise to help clients in almost any sector in any part of the world. Thus, their capabilities matched our requirements as well as those of our wide spectrum of clients." - Dr. Vijith Kannangara, Chairman

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  • Country: Sri Lanka

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