Press Release | Gütersloh, 09/07/2023

Bertelsmann Annual Report 2022 Wins Platinum Award

• Platinum and other awards at the LACP Vision Award
• 3rd among global “Top 100”
• Gold Stevie and ARC Awards

Gütersloh, September 07, 2023 – The Annual Report of Bertelsmann, the international media, services, and education company, has once again reaped multiple awards from international experts. The publication for the fiscal year 2022 centers on the strategy and growth dynamics within the Group. With “Boost – The Next Level,” the annual report provides an insight into the progress the Group has made over the past fiscal year under its ”Boost” strategy.

Bertelsmann celebrated a triple success at this year’s Vision Awards presented by the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP). The online Annual Report 2022 received a “Platinum” award from the LACP, and made it to third place in the ranking of the global “Top 100.” The report received further distinctions in the form of the “Worldwide Special Achievement Award” for the Chairman’s Letter and the “Technical Achievement Award” for the technical realization of the online report.

Bertelsmann also did well at the ARC Awards. In particular, the report’s design and graphics won a gold award. The online report also won gold at the Stevie Awards.

Karin Schlautmann, Executive Vice President Corporate Communications at Bertelsmann, comments: “We are thrilled with the awards for our annual report. On the one hand, they show that we have succeeded in presenting the thematic focus on ‘growth’ in an appropriate way for readers and communicating it well to them. On the other hand, the awards recognize the high degree of creativity that went into designing and realizing this annual report in line with our “online-only” principle. For example, in addition to strong images, our stories are accompanied by equally innovative and interactive features – from videos and animations to audio samples and links. The awards are all the more important to us because the annual report is, as always, part of an integrative, holistic communications concept that is likewise reflected in other formats and events.”

The interactive annual report is available at https://ar2022.bertelsmann.com  . The report was conceived and designed in cooperation with Territory, a content agency belonging to Bertelsmann. The online version was technically realized by EQS Group AG.

About Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company that operates in about 50 countries around the world. It includes the entertainment group RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the music company BMG, the service provider Arvato Group, Bertelsmann Marketing Services, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments, an international network of funds. The company has 165,000 employees worldwide and generated revenues of €20.2 billion in the 2022 financial year. Bertelsmann stands for creativity and entrepreneurship. This combination promotes first-class media content and innovative service solutions that inspire customers around the world. Bertelsmann aspires to achieve climate neutrality by 2030.